High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Death Row Records is a record label founded in 1991 by Marion "Suge" Knight Jr., Andre Young (Dr. Dre), Tracy Lynn Curry (The D.O.C) (uncredited) and Michael Harris (Harry-O) (financier and uncredited). It is known to have been home to many popular West Coast hip hop artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, 2Pac, Nate Dogg and the rap group Tha Dogg Pound consisting of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger although most if not all departed from the label after its demise following the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996.