Scope and content Four original documents and two photocopied documents relating to the formation of Death Row Records: original copyright document for the "Def Row" name; original handwritten contract outlining the terms of the music production agreement and copyright assignment between Suge Knight, Dr. Dre, and Andre Manuel; final typewritten signed and initialed version of that contract; and the original invitation to the coming out party for Death Row records at Chasen's restaurant in Beverly Hills on...

Scope and content Papers include magazine and newspaper articles, photographs, posters, photocopies and ephemera documenting Hip Hop in the 1980s and 90s. Included are FOIL copies of the FBI's files on Tupac Shakur and Eazy-E, a recording contract for an album featuring Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys, a press release for NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" video, which was banned by MTV. Other documentation focuses on the rise of gangsta rap, the censorship of rap lyrics and the controversy over the Recording...