He maintains that he was the sole founder and financier of Death Row Records and that others who claim to have started it are incorrect.

“I did [ __ ] I did all that [ __ ] on my own. Even when it came to the fact when people say well did me lose in court I didn't lose in court I said the first time it came around because you got to realize one thing when I met incope Ted Fields and Timmy I was about to go they about to call it throwi”

The violence associated with Death Row Records was not random terrorizing but was driven by defensive business practices and the need to protect the label's interests against bad-faith actors.

“If I all the [ __ ] I was involved in is because you had record label execs messing people out of their money. You had this company over here stealing money. You had these guys over here, they didn't shot at us around the corner, so we got to do it was a protection thing.”