The purpose Suge Knight spat in Lyor Cohen’s face

Businessman and former music govt Suge Knight was a really ill-tempered man. Infamous for his feuds and antics, the now-incarcerated Knight was a risky determine. In a single occasion, his mood turned in direction of Def Jam label govt Lyor Cohen, inflicting him to commit a disgusting act.

Throughout an look on the Boss Discuss 101 podcast, former Loss of life Row Information govt Reggie Wright Jr defined that in 1998, when Snoop Dogg was leaving Loss of life Row, there was a bidding battle between Suge Knight and Lyor Cohen for the Doggystyle rapper and earlier than his departure, Cohen visited Suge in jail.

Recalling the story, Wright instructed the host E CEO, “There’s a bidding war going on for Snoop with Def Jam. So, at this time, Suge tells Lyor a crazy number like $13 million. $13 million if he wants Snoop over there. [Then] Lyor goes back to his board because he wasn’t owning Def Jam outright. Colombia was owning Def Jam at the time. It was in partnership.”

Following Cohen’s assembly with Colombia, Wright drove Cohen to see Knight in jail for a second time, the place they spoke in regards to the music local weather on the time, with Jay-Z, Redman, and Methodology Man all doing effectively at Def Jam.

Detailing Cohen’s subsequent provide, Wright continued, “He comes and offers Suge $7 million. Suge never really liked the East Coasters or labels or whatever. And I’m like, ‘Okay, Lyor, yeah, we got a deal.’ Suge goes and tells Lyor, ‘No.’ Spits in Lyor’s face.”

Following Knight’s launch, Wright defined how a gathering occurred with the Precedence Information Louisiana imprint No Limit, founded by Master P. He additional detailed that negotiations between Suge, Turner, Grasp P, and Wright had been profitable however left the ‘Gin & Juice’ artist aggravated with how a lot Knight benefitted from the deal.

Wright instructed E CEO the handover deal from Loss of life Row to No Restrict is what drove the Lengthy Seaside star to call his fifth studio album, Tha Final Meal, concluding, “That’s why he called that album Tha Last Meal, because he was telling Suge, ‘This the last time you gon’ eat off me.’ We ain’t met with P and them since. Ever. That’s how the deal went.”

You possibly can hearken to Reggie Wright’s interview with Boss Discuss 101 within the video beneath.