In 1997, Kurupt left Death Row but remained in Tha Dogg Pound. Kurupt and Daz leave Death Row (1999–2001) They remained active thereafter, rapping on Snoop's Tha Doggfather in 1996. Seven years later in a 2003 interview, Daz stated that he now believed Suge Knight was responsible for Shakur's murder. Kurupt and Daz were deeply affected by this and struggled to release anything after Shakur's passing. In early September of the same year, Shakur was murdered in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1996, Tha Dogg Pound were featured on 2Pac's Death Row Records debut album All Eyez on Me with Kurupt featured in "Got My Mind Made Up" and "Check Out Time" and Daz Dillinger producing the hit songs "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted", "Ambitionz Az A Ridah", and " I Ain't Mad At Cha". In the October that followed, towards the end of the same year, Tupac Shakur had been bailed out of jail by Death Row's Suge Knight in exchange for releasing his following four albums on Death Row Records. "Let's Play House" was the biggest hit, breaking into the Top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, while "New York, New York" was an MTV favorite in the video for the latter, Daz and Snoop stomped Godzilla-like around the Big Apple, taunting their East Coast rivals. The album debuted #1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to reach twice platinum status. In 1995, they released their debut album Dogg Food under Death Row Records. īetween 19, the group assisted Hammer on his The Funky Headhunter album (such as the song "Sleepin' on a Master Plan" and others), along with Suge Knight and the Whole 9. The two went on to feature on Doggystyle and various features and soundtracks as Tha Dogg Pound.
History Death Row years (1992–1998) īefore The Chronic album came out, Kurupt and Daz were solo artists, however having heard the chemistry they had whilst recording the album, Dr.
In January 2005, Daz made another solo album release titled Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP. His awaited Death Row release Against Tha Grain had been postponed several times while Kurupt was on the label, later being released in August 2005, after he was off.
In 2002 a feud arose between the two when Kurupt decided to sign back with Death Row Records, upsetting everyone involved with the group. Kurupt started Antra Records, while Daz and Soopafly started D.P.G. Daz left due to long-lasting internal struggles on the label after friend and labelmate Tupac Shakur's murder in 1996. They eventually left the crumbling Death Row Records in 1999. Kurupt and Daz went on to release solo albums starting in 1998. They were signed to Death Row Records in their early careers and were key to the label's success. Tha Dogg Pound is an American hip hop duo made up of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger.
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