Claim: Dr. Dre has a label.

Death Row Records is an American record company founded in 1991 by Dr. Dre , The D.O.C. , Dick Griffey and Suge Knight . Many west coast artists were on the label such as Dr. Dre , Snoop Dogg , Tupac Shakur , The Outlawz , The Lady of Rage , MC Hammer , Young Soldierz , Sam Sneed , LBC Crew , RBX , Michel ` le , Jewell , Danny Boy , DJ Quik , O.F.T.B. , Nate Dogg , and the rap group Tha Dogg Pound consisting of rappers Kurupt , Daz Dillinger , Soopafly , and many others . Death Row Records was making $ 100 million a year and by 1996 most of the aforementioned artists departed from the label after the death of Shakur . The company filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and on January 15 , 2009 , was auctioned to entertainment development company WIDEawake Entertainment Group , Inc. for $ 18 million .