and said, "dre, we should start our own record label," which became death row records. - knight, a 6'3", 330-pound former bodyguard, has become one of the most feared men in the music business. - you get at dr. dre, who probably makes beats better than anybody. this guy finna deliver a hit. - dre puts out his first solo album, "the chronic," and, you know, not only do you get dre, but then y you also geget snsnoop dogg. - ♪ one, two, three and to the four ♪ ♪ snoop doggy dogg and dr. dre is at the door ♪ - ooh, boy. snoop doggy dogg and d dr. dre atat the door. it's c crazy, they knockcked the e door down,n, baby. - ♪ nothin'n' but a g ththing, baby ♪ ♪ two l loc'ed out t nigga, so we'rere crazy ♪ - 70% of r rap music,, inclcluding gangngster rap, was purchased by whites. - growing up in saint paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought that compton and south central must be the coolest placaces in the wororld, babased on thihis music. - otheher music isis more lie a fairiry-tale story, where now we can hear somebody else's history, basically, and understand where they're coming from.