Death Row Head Denies Link to Accused Cannibal
Rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight has hit back at a lawsuit which claims his record label's antics led to a rapper killing and eating a part of his victim.
The lawsuit, filed last Friday claims Death Row Records, now known as Death Row's Back, provided Antron 'Big Lurch' Singleton with drugs, including PCP, and encouraged him to, "act out in an extreme violent manner to make him more marketable as a 'Gangsta Rap' artist."
But Suge insists that he's never met Singleton - an admission that's now thrown the case in doubt.
Winston McKesson, the attorney who represents the plaintiff, admits the lawsuit might have been based on a mistaken assumption that Singleton had ties to Knight's label
Knight says, "I don't know this guy. Nobody from our company knows this guy. I never even heard the guy rap."
Singleton, a Texas-born rapper is awaiting trial on murder and torture charges and faces the death penalty if convicted of killing his roommate and eating part of her lung in April 2002.
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Dr. Dre to Give the Dynamite Effect
Rap legend Dr. Dre is to produce British R&B queen Ms. Dynamite's next album - and the collaboration has music bosses licking their lips in anticipation.
The "It Takes More" beauty and Dre have agreed, in principle, to work together on her second album "A Little Darker," according to a British newspaper.
However, recording won't commence until Ms. Dynamite - real name Niomi McLean-Daley - gives birth to her first child, due in two months' time.
An industry insider says, "The idea came about because there are links between Interscope Records, who Dre mainly works for, and Polydor, who Dynamite is signed to. They are both owned by the same umbrella company.
"And Dynamite is in awe of Dre's work on people like Eminem, 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg. The big bosses think the collaboration is perfect for both sides. It will give her a huge profile boost in America and around the world. Plus Dre is keen to weave his magic on a UK garage artist - he can learn a lot from her.
"And he's the most successful hip-hop proder of all time."
Rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight has hit back at a lawsuit which claims his record label's antics led to a rapper killing and eating a part of his victim.
The lawsuit, filed last Friday claims Death Row Records, now known as Death Row's Back, provided Antron 'Big Lurch' Singleton with drugs, including PCP, and encouraged him to, "act out in an extreme violent manner to make him more marketable as a 'Gangsta Rap' artist."
But Suge insists that he's never met Singleton - an admission that's now thrown the case in doubt.
Winston McKesson, the attorney who represents the plaintiff, admits the lawsuit might have been based on a mistaken assumption that Singleton had ties to Knight's label
Knight says, "I don't know this guy. Nobody from our company knows this guy. I never even heard the guy rap."
Singleton, a Texas-born rapper is awaiting trial on murder and torture charges and faces the death penalty if convicted of killing his roommate and eating part of her lung in April 2002.
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Dr. Dre to Give the Dynamite Effect
Rap legend Dr. Dre is to produce British R&B queen Ms. Dynamite's next album - and the collaboration has music bosses licking their lips in anticipation.
The "It Takes More" beauty and Dre have agreed, in principle, to work together on her second album "A Little Darker," according to a British newspaper.
However, recording won't commence until Ms. Dynamite - real name Niomi McLean-Daley - gives birth to her first child, due in two months' time.
An industry insider says, "The idea came about because there are links between Interscope Records, who Dre mainly works for, and Polydor, who Dynamite is signed to. They are both owned by the same umbrella company.
"And Dynamite is in awe of Dre's work on people like Eminem, 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg. The big bosses think the collaboration is perfect for both sides. It will give her a huge profile boost in America and around the world. Plus Dre is keen to weave his magic on a UK garage artist - he can learn a lot from her.
"And he's the most successful hip-hop proder of all time."