Death Row Auction Concluded

J-Banks · 01-16-2009, 09:59 AM

Death Row Auction Concluded
January 15th, 2009

Blender magazine reports the entire remaining Death Row Records catalogue has been auctioned off for $18 million. It is believed a Canada-based company, Wide Awake Holdings, placed the winning bid. As reported earlier on HipHopDX, the lot contained master recordings from Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur and various other members of the famed label [click to read].

The purchase price presents numerous questions--the first being what caused the price to drop from Warner Music Group's initial $25 million bid in February of 2008 [click to read]? The lowered price comes despite the lure of the additional unreleased music, as well as a significant amount of memorabilia [click to read].

Lydia Harris, who stood to benefit the most from the auction is reportedly none to pleased at this most recent development. After making a case as a co-founder of Death Row, along with Michael "Harry-O" Harris, Mrs. Harris won a $107 million settlement against the label in 2005 for punitive and economic damages [click to read]. Knight filed for Chapter 11 protection subsequently after losing the suit, and at least a portion of proceeds from the auctioned Death Row material would have gone to Harris as a payment; a judge ordered all initial bids to start at $24 million in May of 2008.

Source: hiphopdx

chickenwings · 01-16-2009, 01:40 PM

maybe crooked i will finally get a album out now even if he aint the one releasing it

01-16-2009, 09:59 AM	#1
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chickenwings Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,598 Repped: 608 Repped 678 Times in 404 Posts Neg Reps: 505 Neg Repped at 224 Times in 166 Posts	maybe crooked i will finally get a album out now even if he aint the one releasing it