Warren G recently appeared on an episode of the Drink Champs podcast, sharing some notable stories from throughout his career. He talked saving Def Jam, working alongside Snoop and Nate Dogg, and more. The West Coast legend even opened up about an incident with Suge Knight, telling a tale about how a studio session once nearly ended in gunfire.
The artist begins his story by noting how he had previously thought Knight was “a cool n***a.” He describes going into the studio one day, “thinking the sh*t is all good.” From there, he says that people kept telling him that Knight had to talk to him, which he was brushing off to catch up with his friends. Eventually, Suge himself came out to let him know that the situation couldn’t wait. He recalls being pulled into a room with him, and things quickly took a left turn. Unfortunately, someone he had thought he was on good terms with wanted to confront him about some rumors he had heard.
He says he was confused about the confrontation, since he had been friends with the guy for a while. Warren G then recalls his chain being “snatched” from his neck, and notes that he had a gun on him at the time. “I could have pulled that motherf*cker out and started bussin,’” he explains. Ultimately, he decided not to. He says he knew there was “no winning situation,” if he had, as there were countless people on his escape route that would have shot him, too. Warren G then says a friend of his walked in at that point, and he took the opportunity to “ease out that motherf*cker.”
Warren G then claims that as he made his way away from the room, Suge Knight came after him. “Get that n***a!” he recalls him shouting to those around. He says after he heard that, he “took off” running. Luckily, he was able to get away in time and drive off in his truck. He claims that Snoop Dogg had told him to come and get his chain back eventually, but he refused. Keep an eye on HNHH for more updates on Warren G.
On Drink Champs, Tony Yayo provided a hilarious account of what went on that day. He explained that dancers and extras on the set began panicking as they yelled, “Suge is coming!” He detailed a chaotic environment as pieces of the set and cameras fell to the ground while crew members fled. “Look, Suge came but this is why I always respected Eminem, 50 Cent and n***as that was with us,” he said. Yayo explained that he was startled by the individuals rolling with Suge due to their face tattoos. Still, he was ready for war, explaining, “If we don’t pop now, it’s back to the hood.”
While Eminem, 50 Cent, and their crew were ready to fight against Suge Knight and his crew of alleged Blood members, Yayo explained that the Death Row CEO was largely waiting to see what happened before he acted. “This the sh*t about Suge. He’ll light the cigar – he trying to see what you’re going to do,” he said. “Eminem, 50, everyone outside. [Suge] lights his cigar. I was buggin’ ‘cause I seen – this is when I knew Eminem was real. He was like, ‘I don’t give a f*ck, man,’” Yayo said in his best Eminem impression. “I was like, ‘Damn, Eminem is a real n***a.’”
Yayo continued, “50’s n***as outside, [like], ‘Wassup?!’ and then the n***a Suge just walked away. Mexican n***as looked kind of confused like they didn’t know what was going on. Eminem came outside 100%.” Again, Yayo reiterated that Eminem stated, “I don’t give a f**k, man!’” and explained that Proof previously had a run-in with Suge Knight where he accused the music mogul of murdering Tupac. Check the clip above.
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Ice Cube shot down the conspiracy theory that Suge Knight injected Eazy-E with the AIDS that killed him in 1995. The legendary N.W.A. rapper discussed the idea during an appearance on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast. Co-host Mike Majlak was the one to bring up the theory.
“How would [Suge] do that?” Cube asked. “And Eazy would never tell anybody that?” Majlak answered: “No, I mean, Eazy didn’t even know. ‘Cause you just poke somebody, like, and they don’t even know. Maybe they were at a club or some shit.”
Rappers Eazy-E (Eric Lynn Wright), MC Ren (Lorenzo Jerald Patterson) and Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson) of N.W.A. poses for photos after an interview at the Holiday Inn Lakeshore in Chicago, Illinois in February 1989. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
Cube didn’t back down on his skepticism: “Nah, I think if somebody poke you with one of them goddamn needles, you know. You know. I mean, I’m just saying… just say this happened, Eazy would tell somebody, ‘This muthafucka poked me with some shit!’ Now, if he was unconscious and — I don’t know. It’s like… I don’t know. It just sounds… um… if Eazy would have known he got poked, he would’ve said something. If he didn’t know he got poked, then the conspiracy lives on.”
When asked whether he would put it past Knight to do something so despicable, he did admit, “I don’t put shit past nobody.” Elsewhere in the interview, Cube discusses Kevin Hart owing him money, Kendrick Lamar carrying West Coast hip-hop, the Lakers’ chances to win another NBA championship with LeBron James, 2Pac & Biggie’s impact on hip-hop, and more. Check out his appearance on the Impaulsive podcast below.
Ice Cube On The Death Of Eazy-E
Eazy-E passed away at just 31 years old on March 26, 1995, due to AIDS-induced pneumonia. He had been hospitalized weeks earlier with a violent cough that resulted in his diagnosis. Eazy-E only announced his illness to the public days before his death.
Rapper Ice Cube recently made an appearance on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast. During the interview, Paul encouraged him to discuss known rival Suge Knight. The artist wasn’t interested in diving too deep into the topic of the music executive, however, he did share “one of the funniest stories” he had heard about Knight.
In the appearance, Paul asked, “Isn’t Suge a little unhinged?” The artist responded, telling the YouTuber, “I don’t know.” Paul then brought up hearing that Knight “ran over someone, twice.” Ice Cube, again, responded with, “I don’t know about that.” Ice Cube went on to share “one of the funniest stories [he] heard” about the now-incarcerated executive. “Suge had an apartment full of producers,” he said. The rapper continued, “I guess they wasn’t coming up with the right songs. And he gathered them all up and said, ‘Look, either y’all start producing some hits, or I’ma start producing some hits.’”
The rapper also recently received praise on the same Paul brother’s podcast. Comedian Kevin Hart discussed his relationship with the rapper during his visit to Impaulsive. “Cube might be one of the most genuine, kindest spirits that you can be around,” he shared. Hart went on, “He wants nothing but good for other people. He loves to see the people around him succeed- he’s such a creative mind.” The comedian claims, “That’s all he does,” saying, “He loves the foundation of creativity.” Hart calls Ice Cube, “One of the most professional people [he’s] worked with on set.”
Ice Cube spoke about the state of America earlier this year, calling it “uneasy.” In an interview with Wall Street‘s Maria Bartiromo, he revealed that the goal of his basketball league, BIG3, is to make cities “A little better than [they] found them.” He added, “Everybody got to do their part. The BIG3, we’re going from city to city this year.” The rapper continued, saying, “Everybody’s got to look in the mirror and say, ‘What can I do to make things better?’”
Suge Knight is perhaps Hip-Hop’s most infamous villain of all time. The former Death Row Records CEO is currently serving a prison sentence for voluntary manslaughter. Yet, this is just one of many instances of violence throughout Suge’s life. Knight’s career is marred in sadistic violence, much of which has been documented in interviews or writing. Many rappers, executives, and other people within the music industry have shared their own stories as the legend of Suge Knight continues to grow with time. Here’s a look at five of the craziest Suge Knight stories.
In an interview with Cam Capone News in 2019, Eminem’s former bodyguard, Big Naz, spoke about when Suge Knight sent goons to Hawaii for Eminem, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg. At the time, Snoop and Suge were engaged in a feud after Snoop left Death Row Records to sign with No Limit. While Snoop prepared for a show with Dr. Dre and Eminem in Hawaii, things went bad. According to Big Naz, Suge sent around 50 goons from Los Angeles to disrupt the event.
About the event, Big Naz stated, “The scariest moment is when we went to Hawaii. When the plane landed we are greeted by twenty Honolulu police officers, and they told us that Death Row is here — they tried to hem [Snoop Dogg] up. Suge Knight had sent fifty guys to try to break up the show. When we got there, vacation mode was over, we were lockin’-n-loading, putting on bulletproof vests with their wives and girlfriends sitting next to them. We had to have Interscope pick up the tab to put Honolulu police with each bodyguard because of how deep Suge was over there.”
Big Naz also mentioned that the goons were on the plane back to Los Angeles with them. Naz had a confrontation with some of them on the plane that did not get violent. Eminem also told one of them that he was not working with Suge while on the flight. The incident, fortunately, did not result in violence. However, it showed just how far Suge Knight would go to get what he wanted.
Napoleon’s Story About Standing Up To Suge Knight
Another Suge Knight story comes from Outlawz member Napoleon’s Bomb1st interview in 2022. In the interview, Napoleon told the story of the first time he stood up to Suge Knight. While in New York for Tupac’s Saturday Night Live performance, things almost got violent between Napoleon, Suge, and Tupac. Suge took one of Napoleon’s friends into a room for allegedly disrespecting him, and things escalated from there.
While speaking about the incident, Napoleon stated, “Suge took one of my homies in a room, and he was mad at something he said. I went in there, and I remember pushing Suge’s hand because he was pointing at one of my homies. And, when I pushed his hand, then Pac got mad at me.” Tupac expected Napoleon to fall in line and side with Suge, as he asked him to “bomb” on his homie. However, Napoleon refused, as he knew the violent extent Suge could have gone to.
According to Napoleon, he may have also saved Suge that night. His homie’s uncle, known as “The Reaper,” was pacing outside the room and ready to intervene. Thankfully, Napoleon was able to act first. However, as we’ll see in the next story, things could have worsened for Napoleon and his friend.
Allegedly Making A Promoter Drink His Urine
This Suge Knight story comes from excerpts published in the New York Times from Hip-Hop journalist Ronin Ro’s book Have Gun Will Travel: The Spectacular Rise and Violent Fall of Death Row Records. The entire book examines the inner workings of Death Row Records, yet this story is particularly crazy. Ro claims that Suge made a promoter drink his urine after beating him with champagne bottles.
On Suge’s actions, Ro wrote, “If Suge felt someone was trying to cheat him, the offender would be dragged into a storeroom by his goons and pounded to a bloody pulp. Death Row employees went about their filing and faxing as bloodcurdling shrieks filled the office. They saw the doorknob jerking, knowing that people were desperately trying to escape a beating.”
Suge allegedly took it one step further with Mark Anthony Bell at a Christmas party in 1995. After refusing to reveal Diddy’s home address, Bell was dragged into a room for a beating. After being assaulted with champagne bottles, Suge allegedly forced Bell to drink his urine. Despite the insanity of this story, it is just one of many detailing how sadistic Suge could be.
Allegedly Spat In Lyor Cohen’s Face During Prison Visit
On an episode of the Boss Talk 101 podcast in 2023, former Death Row Records executive Reggie Wright Jr. alleged that Suge spit in Lyor Cohen’s face over Snoop Dogg’s deal. At the time, Lyor Cohen was the co-president of Def Jam Records. Cohen visited Suge in prison to negotiate an agreement for Snoop Dogg. However, his asking price was too high. This led to Suge allegedly spitting in his face while incarcerated.
On the incident, Wright Jr. said, “He comes and offers Suge $7 million. ‘Tell Lyor the most that I can get for Snoop is $7 million.’ Suge never really liked the East Coasters or labels or whatever. And I’m like, ‘Okay, Lyor, yeah, we got a deal.’ Suge goes and tells Lyor, ‘No.’ Spits in Lyor face. Spits in his face, because of however the conversation went. At the prison. At San Luis Obispo.”
This Suge Knight story is crazy for reasons other than those mentioned before. While Suge’s image is filled with violence, Tupac seems to have held a soft spot in Suge’s heart. After Irv Gotti first told the story on VladTV, Ja Rule corroborated it with Toofab. Ja stated that Suge cried when he first met him because he reminded him so much of Tupac.
In the clip, Rule said, “It was an emotional moment for Suge because I think he’s seen qualities in me that I guess he’s seen in Pac. And then actually meeting me, we had, I guess, similar energy to him because he asked me a question, and when I answered, he said, ‘Yo, that’s exactly what Pac said.’ And he got real emotional. This is real sh*t.” He added, “Like when you’re around them, and the first thing you would say is, ‘This is the guy that is responsible and all these crazy stories are about? Because he is a sweetheart to people that are good to him.”
While Suge Knight has been portrayed as something almost inhuman, it is important to remember that he is, in fact, human. As Ja Rule mentioned, Suge could be ruthless, yet he was still a man at the end of the day. However, Suge may be more complex of a man than he is given credit for. More stories obviously exist, like the one about dangling Vanilla Ice off of a balcony. We’re sure more exist in the Hip-Hop-sphere, just waiting to be told.
Snoop Dogg is getting ready to take Doggystyle to the Hollywood Bowl. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of one of rap’s greatest albums, the Doggfather joins the Hollywood Bowl’s 2023 concert lineup, setting the 30th Anniversary of Doggystyle & More for June 27-28.
According to Billboard, numerous special guests will join the legendary rapper in celebrating the album. The ReCollective Orchestra will support the show, led by Derrick Hodge.
In November 1993, Calvin Broadus Jr. aka Snoop Doggy Dogg released his highly anticipated first album Doggystyle on Death Row Records. This was the label’s first full-length project by a solo artist, which was piggybacking on the success of Death Row’s last release, The Chronic, the Dr. Dre album where many had just heard Snoop for the first time.
Doggystyle, which was produced exclusively by Snoop’s mentor, Dr. Dre, huddled around the concept of the “dogg”, with the animated cover and cartoon insert of a street-wise hound that wanted by the opps and the “bitches” for his “doggystyle”, which of course, is a famous sex position.
Some of the album’s leading tracks include the x-rated “It Ain’t No Fun (If The Homies Can’t Have None)” featuring childhood friend Nate Dogg and then recently formed Dogg Pound, Daz and Kurupt, the Slick Rick ode “Lodi Dodi” and the world-famous alcoholic anthem “Gin And Juice”.
Even with a four mic rating, Source staff writer Reginald Dennis said that the album escaped the coveted Five Mic rating because he felt like it was “rushed”, but nonetheless, with the introduction of such a monumental artist coupled with the authenticity of the gang-ridden West Coast streets, this album is by far one of the most pivotal albums of the 90s, even before the East Coast/West Coast rivalry, which came at least two years later. Salute to Snoop, Dre, the Dogg Pound, The Lady Of Rage, RBX, Suge, and the rest of the legendary Death Row for putting together this classic album!
Suge Knight is currently masterminding a ten-season biopic series to premiere on BLK Prime later this year. Each of the show’s seasons will focus on Suge’s relationship with a different iconic member of Death Row Records. These figures ranges from 2Pac to Snoop to Diddy to Dre. The show will eventually conclude with his trial and incarceration. All this is happening despite Suge being in a California prison for voluntary manslaughter.
However, in a new interview with TMZ, Suge has revealed yet more details about the show. Specifically, Knight has promised that the show will tell the true story behind two iconic 90s sounds. Those being 2Pac’s “California Love” and Snoop’s Doggystyle album. Both works were created and influenced by Dre during his time at Death Row. However, Suge’s claims would rock the music industry and even have the potential to rewrite history.
Suge Claims Dre Did Not Create “California Love” or “Doggystyle”
Why those in particular? Because Suge wants to hit back against recent claims about the stories behind them. Let’s start with Doggystyle. Released in 1993, Doggystyle peaked at #1 and went four-times platinum. It came off the back of Snoop’s involvement in Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and was produced by Dre. However, Suge alleges that the album was actually produced by Daz Dillinger and that Dre bought the album rights from Daz. Dillinger is yet to refute or corroborate this story.
Then there’s “California Love”. Suge’s ire about this song stems from 2015’s Straight Outta Compton. The film shows Dre and Tupac Shakur creating the song together. Once again, Suge says that’s false. According to Knight, the original beat was created by DJ Quik. It then went unused for five years until introduced it to 2Pac, not Dre. This is because, according to Suge, 2Pac and Dre were beefing at the time of “California Love”‘s recording. Dre is yet to respond to these allegations. Furthermore, fans will have to wait until the show debuts later this year to see the full story from Suge’s side. Are you excited for Suge’s biopic series? Be sure to follow HotNewHipHop for all the latest details and drama.
Warren G says that Suge Knight was never happy that he was able to make a career for himself without the help of Death Row. The “Regulate” rapper reflected on his relationship with the former Death Row CEO during a recent interview on The Gauds Show.
“Snoop told Suge: ‘You could have had Warren G. You let Warren G go.’ Them n****s was trippin’,” Warren told host Ray Daniels. “And I was trippin’ too! It wasn’t like I’ma let you n****s just come and try to get off on me or try to do whatever y’all do. N***a I got Regulators! I didn’t want it to be like that.”
Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G of “213” during Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G Form Hip Hop Supergroup 213 at Millenium Hotel in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)
From there, he explained that he still thinks Knight is a good guy. “And I still be saying Suge is a good dude. He was a good dude, it’s just that when all the money shit started kicking in, all that other shit started kicking in, the Hollywood shit started kicking in, that’s when he changed,” he said. He continued: “I still said that these was my people even though these n****s would be tripping on me at certain places. And I was just like, ‘I’m not gon’ let you n****s tell me Nate can’t perform with me.’ And this is my fucking stage up here with the Billboard Awards? The big stage? He’s performing n***a. Stop it.”
Despite not joining the label, Warren G had close ties to Death Row. In addition to his step-brother, Dr. Dre co-founding the imprint, he was also in the group 213 with the label’s stars, Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg. All these years later, Snoop Dogg now owns Death Row while Suge Knight is serving 28 years in prison after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a fatal 2015 hit-and-run. He is eligible for parole in November 2034.
