The Lady Of Rage Not Supporting 2Pac’s Beef With Biggie Hurt Her Career. Death Row Was A Boot Camp.

[@lamotte]

“And at Death Row I hear ya getting treated like Boot Camp” - Eazy E

[@authornahsun634]

That line immediately came to mind from this interview

[@dgenerate707]

We all was thinking it 😂 😂

[@kactusjaxson2965]

I remember hearing that verse and it being a shock, like..maybe he's just saying that.

[@wolf7el356]

"Gotta follow ya Sergeants directions..."

[@rogerblewett5595]

Yep 💯

[@osiawideman4851]

The Lady of Rage was really cool with alot of East Coast cats, and I agree,I’m not beefing with nobody that I don’t particularly have a problem with

[@jackjill8129]

True but I don't think that's the real reason her career got held up. These dpg guys have a slick passive aggressive way of blaming 2pac for all their short comings

[@ILoveTheAllCreator]

Word, why burn bridges for one silly person

[@antwandukes]

@@ILoveTheAllCreator it didn't help her career it never took off

[@ILoveTheAllCreator]

@@antwandukes You lack comprehension buddy.. It has been said countless times, all of the artists on the label had their albums push back and/or shelved when duke came aboard.. Fix up son…

[@marshbey]

Rage was from the East

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

Definitely get Lady of Rage on here so she can talk her side of the stories.

[@ohwell165]

She's told her story...not supporting Pac didn't hurt her career...afro puff was bumping back then...her career didn't take off cz it didn't take off...

[@RiccFBA]

@@ohwell165 Right. He just said she was gonna go at her own paste regardless. Unfortunately her own paste was too damn slow, so she did it to herself🤷🏾‍♂️

[@L1am21]

@@RiccFBA Dre stoped caring about her without dre you ain't got Jimmy iovine backing. Don't help that she didnt like dres g funk beats.

[@jaykaynum5569]

West Coast hurt her career. No lady took off out there like the ladies on the East Coast

[@ToniJXN]

Oh yes we need an lady of rage Interview!!!

[@RiccFBA]

Man Rage had been working on her album for two years and still did not have it completed by the time Pac came. Dr Dre leaving and being slow in the studio is what hindered Rage. The beef was 96, Rage had a big Buzz in 94 with Afro Puffs.

[@lmiko]

Pac completed gettin his wig pushed back after vegas happened

[@adresebyndumthabasedgod1991]

That is facts

[@littlehorn8503]

It wasn’t really Dre’s fault cause I bet there’s a lot of unreleased songs that he’s done on Death Row and Aftermath, I hate when people say that Dre is slow, no he’s not, he got songs done but just won’t release them. Plus I read that Rage wouldn’t like some beats and shit so it wasn’t Dre’s fault. I read Rage didn’t want to rap on Afro Puffs cause the beat was too west coast; but Dre told her to stop complaining and get on it, Suge, Dre they loved it, Rage got mad that they released the song because she thought it was gonna ruin her career; but it became a hit. So it’s not Dre’s fault, that Rage was too picky with the beats instead of trusting Dre and just going along with it.

[@theodorebelmont7922]

Exactly I've always said if Death Row would of released Rages album after Afro Puffs, it would of went platinum with help from Snoop n Dre who were on fire

[@elbasha8295]

@@littlehorn8503 facts!! 2 pac stans are the worst! They will say anything to discredit Dre. Truth is Death row’s most successful moments were before 2pac joining. The nigga was there less than a year, But they always talk about him as he was the founder or the only star in the camp. Deathrow went down due to the tension and negativity he brought with him.

[@clevelandvillain6084]

If you look at the Source Awards when Biggie 🤴🏿 and the rest of the label took the stage, Rage was the only Deathrow Artist Smiling and bopping her head. She was genuine.

[@El_terrible1985]

She was from New York she probably knew them

[@CityUnderSiegeTV]

She from VA she from the East

[@danielwatts9803]

she's from VA... she says it in her song

[@chrisedwards3214]

Don't matter deathrow still fell off eventually Suge should have been dropping albums every week like p he would have probably lasted longer

[@Orllandopaste]

@@El_terrible1985 no she from Virginia

[@JNo-sk5mz]

Hate to say this, and definitely not trying to be negative, because I've been a fan since the Puffin on Blunts Sipping on Tanqueray b-Side....m but it's really nice to see Kurupt in a coherent, sober interview where he's articulating his experience. So many of his interviews over the years, he's been high or drunk and they weren't really that valuable. This is probably one of the best interviews I've seen from him. He was there from the beginning and has a wealth of knowledge, and I hope to see more of him.

[@coldcreative4601]

Man you ain't lying. I remember seeing an interview a couple years ago and it hurt to see him on one the way he was. Hopefully he can maintain.

[@linperez9324]

He really talks like a wise man

[@antwandukes]

Hell yeah I love the dog pound and kurupt was a heck of a lyricist.

[@SiccDeville]

he sounds much more educated and of sound mind in this interview. that sucking of the teeth in past interviews made me cut those views short.

[@geeknsneaks]

Rage and Kurupt went off on “Puffin’ on Blunts and Drankin’ Tanqueray”.

[@jeromelosangels3238]

One of Biggie's last interviews he mentions he spoke wit Rage & Kurupt while here in L.A. & that he wished them the best. He mentioned Rage just finished her album at the time. Biggie even said come to Bad Boy. R.I.P. Biggie

[@dgogablic7992]

Yes! This was a few months after suge was in jail and dr tanked. That interview you can tell Biggie was trying to look out for these artist but probably another reason why suge put that hit on Biggie. SMH.

[@lusciousmayweather8385]

I still remember that Rap city interview when they asked Biggie who was the dopest Freestyler he ever saw & he said Kurupt. That blew my mind because at the time Kurupt was my favorite rapper period. I was a huge death Row fan.

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

Not surprising. The beef was primarily between Puffy, Suge and 2Pac. Most the artists on both labels were cool with each other for years. Biggie has footage on stage with Warren G, Snoop, and Tha Dogg Pound.

[@law8562]

@@MichaelBrown-ti1un BadBoys came 2 the DeathRow party 2 can't remember which year

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

@@law8562 I think it was Murder Was The Case album release party. It was in NYC. Suge, Snoop, Biggie and Dr. Dre are all interviewed in that video. Hell, I think Puffy and Suge were still cool at that point, 1994.

[@thisizdub]

Rage had her own mind. She said pac asked her to get at Lil Kim but she said she had no issues with her

[@RonaldJames-eo2hc]

& Pac told her to duss Foxy Brown to

[@naaimshareef]

Rage said when Pac soon realize that he couldnt get her to do what he wanted her to do he begin to respect that and then Tupac told her if she is in the studio he will just wait until she is done and if she need any help with her album let him know, then Tupac did vocals on Rage's song Big big lady.

[@tc_thornton]

I don’t know why people think the Deathrow/bad boy beef started when PAC got there. It started in Atlanta when Suges friend was shot outside OG Vees club. Deathrow music was built on beef. The chronic went at ruthless, Tim Dog, Uncle Luke, as well as others, tha dogg pound was dissing Bone Thugs, Biggie had their trailer shot up with the radio interview. PAC being mad at Biggie and puffy for his New York shooting was just the extra gasoline that Deathrow needed.

[@Gunsmoke-dd1ym]

Danny Boy tells the truth and said everyone was jealous of Tupac. Tupac Recorded All Eyes On Me, a double CD in a week. Who on Death Row could compete with that?

[@rcole718]

When you have almost two years of free time on your hands, it's alot easier to write.

[@seanheffron8444]

When the best producers made beats for selves and give u there best and mc's do there feature first. May be a lil easier. No dis to pac

[@Gunsmoke-dd1ym]

@@rcole718 if you're saying Tupac was locked up 2 years, you have no idea what you are talking. Tupac probably wasn't locked up a whole year.

[@Gunsmoke-dd1ym]

@@seanheffron8444 if you are talking about Dre, Dre probably produced 2 songs for Tupac.

[@seanheffron8444]

@@Gunsmoke-dd1ym Dre gave him California Love. Daz is no slouch to making beats!

[@MrKing8050]

"And at Death Row I heard y'all getting treated like boot camp" --Eazy E

[@URNOTADJ]

You got to be strong enough to do the right thing. Salute to Lady of Rage.

[@BlackEffect]

Who says that was the right thing? You supposed to ride for your fam

[@kelvinbentley2777]

@@BlackEffect Rage was from the South (Virginia), so it's confusing why she worshipped New York Rappers. Puffy & Biggie were involved with the Murder (Jake Robles) & Attempted Murder (DPG) of her labelmates and Security Staff, but yet she loved them so much. I've never heard of anybody from Bad Boy expressing love towards her or DPG. Remember after Death Row turned into the " TITANIC ", Rage was " HOMELESS " in New York, sleeping in studios. Dr. Dre didn't come to her rescue, neither did any of those New Yorkers that she supposedly loved so much. So what was the reward for her " TREASONIST " Attitude?...

[@URNOTADJ]

@@BlackEffect I wish I could hear a song from Pac in a mature mind state in an adult voice. I'll bet his message would be so much stronger today. That's my answer to you, history or the lack thereof is something you can't refute, and the "right thing" is for Tupac Shakur to have grown old with his children and grandchildren.

[@URNOTADJ]

@@kelvinbentley2777 I don't think penniless, incarcerated, blind Suge cares about any of that today. I don't think Suge's children are better for it without him in their lives. Snoop recently gave praise to Suge after he purchased Death Row Records, I'll bet sitting in his prison cell, that made Suge smile. It's a shame we can't even see Suge's smiling face. We aren't young anymore, and the mistakes made then had real ramifications. If you were alive then you'd be 45+ and if you have grandchildren you have more than them, because many of them aren't here. Rest their souls, remember their legacy, don't follow their example.

[@mohammednasirdauda8998]

That senseless beef was all about egos, insecurities, immaturities & inadvertent tools for executives to cash out on that beef. Every same mind knows that hip-hop world before & after West coast Vs East coast rivalry has never been the same ... that has caused abysmal damage to the psyche of the communities.

[@jaykristian745]

I love and respect how much of a leader and individual she was. I remember her saying Pac wanted her to diss Kim and she wasn't with it because she had no issue with her. Sis wasn't a yes woman at all, she stood on her shit. It's dope.that Suge respected it and told her don't worry about it.

[@justinperry2352]

Suge ain't have no choice to respect Lady of rage or her baby daddy Buntry going smack his ass again.

[@antwandukes]

That's what her career is in the toilet

[@xv02greedo37]

@@justinperry2352 🧢 😂😂😂

[@xv02greedo37]

Rage Jss Knew Lil Kim Wuda Ripped Her Apart Lyrically Lol You See Why she Didn’t Diss when She’s A One Hit Wonder 😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@xv02greedo37]

She Prolly didn’t even write Afro puff 🤣🤣

[@theodorebelmont7922]

Rage has been known as a slow song writer. I think that hurt her during Death Rows peak. If they release her album immediately following Afro Puffs, it would of went platinum

[@descolabandz8855]

probably double...cause afro puffs itself did numbaz!!

[@theodorebelmont7922]

@@descolabandz8855 perhaps.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

I didn't know that about her, but a combination of that with Dr. Dre's notoriously slow pace in the studio makes rock erosion seem fast in comparison.

[@desertdetroiter428]

Rage can work fast enough if she’s inspired. DJ Premier never had a problem working with Rage.

[@theetruth8626]

@@desertdetroiter428 bruh stop it it's too many people saying the same thing

[@marlonglanton4372]

Rage album eventually dropped in 97 by then the buzz had died down

[@Matty-r9t]

Rage on the Doggystyle intro was on point.

[@rcole718]

She killed "Stranded on Death Row." Rage was on point when she was building her buzz.

[@kanob6440]

Marvelous, Lady of Rage, and Suga T are all underrated female artist that needs their props

[@datniggaeazye.5968]

all 3 are in my top 10 favorite female rappers

[@theetruth8626]

Suga t couldn't rap Rage struggle to even create material

[@mandalor-8315]

Specially Marvelous

[@MeaCulpa04]

Must be from Cali

[@gonstead808]

Rage should've used her time wisely but she didnt. She is a dope rapper! Pac did AEOM in less than 2 weeks, did Makaveli album in a few days, all while doing movies, working on One Nation album and have hundreds of unreleased songs in the vault. All in less than 1 year in Death Row.

[@mikedavis3393]

You don't know the rules of the music industry, she could have dropped many albums but she didn't want to give up a family member for quick success.

[@henrybiggs3113]

@@mikedavis3393 / She wasn't even chosen yet...🤣🤣🤣

[@Aj-me8mo]

@@mikedavis3393 what are you talking about?? Many producers on Death Row have said that she was slow to work and was too picky with beats

[@mikedavis3393]

@@Aj-me8mo lol that's bull sh t, she just didn't want to give up a family member

[@jarvasedundy1]

@@mikedavis3393 No, she was just lazy. Even Kurupt said it in a previous interview. How they made Dog Food album in less than a month

[@FBA_259]

Rage hurt her own career. If Dre signed her before he signed Snoop and Snoop had a album before her says a lot. She was a good rapper but she was just too slow in the studio. Can’t blame that on the beef. She should’ve dropped a album no later than 1994

[@L1am21]

She didnt like g funk she was at the wrong place should of stayed with chub rock.

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

@@L1am21 makes no sense. All her legendary verses on The Chronic, Doggystyle, Dogg Food and Above the Rim are over g-funk production.

[@L1am21]

@@MichaelBrown-ti1un apprantly she liked boom bap rap and hated afro puffs

[@aftabbashir4924]

Exactly. Furthermore why hasn't Rage been on any other label after Death Row? Or why didn't Dre sign her to Aftermath? Rage may have been her own downfall not necessarily equated to Pac being there!

[@spam4me805]

I think I recall either Daz or Kurupt saying in a interview that she was slow.

[@danielwatts9803]

Thursday, 22 December, 2022: Folks keep in mind I'm fifty years old. Rage "Afropuffs" came out when I was only 22yrs. old. . . As far as hip-hop is concerned that's an "eternity" ago, whew'. Very, very few people had cell phones, almost nobody had even heard of a "website" or had any type of computer whatsoever. Heck, even "beepers" weren't even popular at all back then. Gas was less than a dollar/gal. There was ZERO streaming anything, nothing. Everything was still analog NOT digital yet. There was NO PLAYSTATION or Xbox, it was still a Nintendo world with "game cartridges". Remember MP3's and Limewire, that wasn't even close to being out yet. For my slightly younger generation you have to keep in mind that putting out an entire album back then was TOTALLY dependent on your record company unlike today. I just wish some of the older artists being interviewed would shed a little more light about being an artist in the "analog era" versus today...

[@d-money314]

I remember i was in middle school at that time times was way different but alot better

[@Theundisputedtruth]

It was quality music tho , u could listen to whole albums , now it’s all one hit wonders , and no songs u can remember or want to 🤦‍♂️

[@bezzyranx9839]

You’re confused bro 😂😂😂Websites were about in 97’ and most people knew what they were, though most people weren’t very computer literate (myself included) at that time… also PlayStation was around since 94!!💯✌🏾

[@maazi.naaniya9158]

@@bezzyranx9839 people with money probably were steps ahead

[@d-money314]

@@bezzyranx9839 were you from because playstation probably wasout but not in the US because we would of heard about it or been playing it back then we was playing super entendo or sega genesis we didnt start playing playstation until 97 i think i was in highschool at that time but far as websites and computersin the early mid 90s we didnt trip off that shit we was doing other shit back then

[@Sign_Your_Will]

I think by her going at her own pace is what killed her not really the beef

[@L1am21]

She didnt like g funk apparently.

[@Aj-me8mo]

@@L1am21 so why go to a label that's known for its G funk sound?? She has no one to blame but herself

[@L1am21]

@@Aj-me8mo well kurupt said shes 1st artist dre signed so wasnt know for just funk back in nwa.

[@spicymike7696]

Scandalous is one of favorite Pac songs. And that beat was sick salute to Daz he did that.

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

Love that track. Always thought DJ Quik "ghost produced" some of that beat as well, although he's just listed as the song's mixer. Quik's instrumentation and finger prints are all over that song

[@jackjill8129]

@@MichaelBrown-ti1un Quik said in a now deleted interview from years ago that he helped Daz make that exact beat

[@juicer404]

@@MichaelBrown-ti1un quik done heartz of men

[@vincente4570]

Just like the RZA, he’s good at arranging some good trax. I gotta give it up towards dat fact😮

[@xyd0]

Skandalouz has been my reference track for my mixes for like 20 years. You can search the original version which gives a lot of insights on the production. The final song is sonically amazing. West coast absolute classic.

[@melquannshabazz2224]

Great Clarity by Kurupt on this interview

[@littlehorn8503]

Check Out Time is one of my favorites of All Eyez on Me, and that House of Blues concert by Death Row was dope. I would’ve loved to see a Death Row Tour.

[@JDMHaze]

Very interesting I wasn’t aware she was the first one signed even before SNOOP WOW!

[@TonshalaAdams43]

Rage got one of the hardest verses on the G-Funk Intro on Doggy Style Album hands down!

[@disasteraka]

Have you checked out that rage and mc eight track she went in. And eight verse was aright to me. But she murdered it.

[@spankypants2793]

She had the best verses on the chronic too

[@wgd14u]

I'm glad to see he got himself together because the last time I seen him on an interview years ago I couldn't understand a word he was saying.

[@michaelknight8276]

Lmao 😂😭🤧 💯💯💯💯💯🙏🏾

[@unrhu]

You must be white 😂

[@wgd14u]

@@unrhu Explain yourself. What wording I use that was white. Is it because I'm glad that he got himself together.

[@unrhu]

@@wgd14u I'm right ain't I, you're white right? 😂

[@wgd14u]

@@unrhu You can't even give a reason why you think that and laughing. The joke is on you. 😝

[@1fastmex]

Let's not forget about how fire all Kurupts solo albums were. Straight LEGEND

[@KC_604]

space boogie has so many bangers the whole album is fuckin lit 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@1fastmex]

@@KC_604 🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@deezy81]

Especially Streetz Iz A Mutha.

[@theetruth8626]

Seriously bruh none of his albums did nothing

[@1fastmex]

@@theetruth8626 streetz is a mutherf.. alone I call shots, who ride with us, girls all pause, ho a housewife those are just a few on the whole album that was great. The whole space boogie almum on on-site, space boogie,. Kuruption WE can freak it. You are TRIppin. The list goes on and on. You must of just not listed to his albums period

[@RalphForeign1]

I love that he brought up the check out time song . I was only 1 when pac died but growing up my dad would play check out time all the time . Till this day it’s still in my playlist

[@NetteJ]

Lady of Rage definitely needs her flowers, she didn’t get what she deserved!!! Much love to Lady of Rage❤❤❤❤

[@nme.00104]

👍👏👆 and when she was on the Steve Harvey show,

[@1deep803]

Art, please get Ray Luv on here. He was a great friend of Pac and he also made great music in the 90’s.

[@EaZyKiNg]

What song he got?

[@ri067953]

Ray Luv or Mac Mall. Both were cool with Pac and probably have some interesting stories

[@nmarcus7233]

@@EaZyKiNg Last Nite

[@dontgetittwizted]

@@EaZyKiNg trapped

[@sleepydank8330]

They knew a younger, version of pac before he morphed into DR pac makaveli which was a totally different machine. Crazy how fast he would advance from I get around pac to full blown don status on the west coast

[@YONAHDAD]

I still listen to her debut. It's a classic to me!

[@jameswilson5405]

I remember when Lady of Rage was on the Steve Harvey Show.

[@SiccDeville]

loved her on that show as Coretta Cox. her rap at the talent show was true Lady of Rage style. and she was pretty good in Next Friday.

[@juanboss560]

They had to follow their sergeant's direction.

[@crayculture851]

Or get they asx popped with the smith and wesSun

[@2strokejames858]

Big Simon!

[@matrix2030x]

or get hit with the smith and wesson 🔫

[@lmiko]

Yupp including pac

[@thepoeticbutcher3370]

..or get popped with the Smith n Wesson

[@bobbywrong8112]

Rages main problem was she took too damn long to complete songs and her album. She was the best female MC of her time but took way too long to deliver. Kurupt says she took her time and should have been the biggest but doesn’t straight up say had she deleivered her Album before dog food or right after that she would have blown up.

[@IRON5]

Agree she was taking too long. I felt if Snoop didn't get caught in the murder case. She would've dropped in 1994 after the Doggy Style album.

[@theetruth8626]

Bruh stop lying she was no where near Da Brat Laurn Hill Foxy Brown Mia X or Mc Lyte

[@brentbackwoods2498]

Makes sense my pac took rage's studio time away. Time is money and it's taking rage weeks to do one song and Pac can spit a whole album in a one session

[@MrHandsomeOnGod]

Rage was slower than Dr Dre and that's saying something

[@straightlead8]

Rage wasn't going to sell anything significant anyway

[@dakotafox7326]

Ya'll are haters frfr.

[@chiraq6244]

When afro puffs came out, it was charting. They should of ran with the vibe and had an album ready because she could of been iconic like Lil kim, minus the xrated ish. Lol

[@theetruth8626]

She still needs to create the material for the album with no material there was no vibe to ride

[@pharoah504]

I said this on the other video I heard Pac got mad because rage didn't want to diss lil Kim.

[@DonovanJamesOfficial]

"On death row I hear you're getting treated like boot camp. Gotta follow your Sargeant's direction or get your ass popped with a smith and Wesson" - Eazy E

[@CityUnderSiegeTV]

Lady Of Rage is from Virginia. That’s the East and they love Big and have a large NY influence in VA. She didn’t have the same gang affiliations and California love that the rest of the label had.

[@Cslicksmusic91]

Or maybe she’s a grown adult who’s not going to jump into a beef just because someone says so she had a mind of her own and I respect her for that

[@fuhyou3223]

Virginia is THE SOUTH. The area she’s from anyway.

[@455silverwater]

Lol wasn't no ny influence in va at that time. I'm from MD and after NJ no body give af about ny...we all do our own thing in the DMV area. As a matter of fact pac was behind pac because he used to live there. MD, DC, VA especially is considered country to NY and they don't respect it as far as culture and we don't really rock with NY in that area either.

[@CityUnderSiegeTV]

@@fuhyou3223 Virginia is literally on the East Coast. VA has more east coast culture than southern culture when it comes to hiphop.

[@CityUnderSiegeTV]

@@Cslicksmusic91 it’s not either or lol it can be a multitude of reasons. Being from where she’s from is a large reason for her decisions lol i said nothing wrong

[@eugenepearsoniii9902]

Check out time is one of my all time favorite songs 💯

[@shawtyeatemup1352]

Perfect summer time song!!!! Take off the T-tops and I'm riding to that 💯😎😎

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

Same. People, well some people on the internet at least, diss songs like that on Book 2, but I never understood that. Songs like Check Out Time and Run the Streetz are dope asf to me. 2Pac made records for all emotions, not just strictly hardcore sh##. Kurupt did his thing on there, but I always thought Big Syke stole the show with his verse. "If walls could talk, they would say you tried to fade me" lol.

[@shawtyeatemup1352]

@@MichaelBrown-ti1un man the hell with them I like disc 2 better just my opinion!!!! "Picture me Rollin" "call ya bytch" and "All eyes on me" are my favorite songs on that album to be honest and that's all disc 2 😎😎

[@m.m4982]

Hes not lying. Shit was moving fast. 2pac had two different eras of music in a short span of 1.5 years or so with death row. Crazy. All of them were on completely different shit in 94 vs 95 vs 96. They didnt have an extended period time where you can say "during these years they generally made this type of music. During this other time it was switched up and more like this..." those mindstates literally only lasted weeks or months til they moved to something else. They were moving too fast.

[@danielprice2743]

The true OG of features on Death Row will always be Nate Dog. RIP

[@goldieburton8194]

I love Necessary Roughness, that album is a classic in my book, I got mad love for Lady Of Rage, shot out to the DPG family, #100mill

[@mrlij6534]

she really needed a Dre Produced record. The Music on her record was so so, it was okay.

[@solitaryanimalat]

PLEASE stop censoring the DIALOGUE!!

[@mr.mr.4772]

Monetized content.

[@hubhub27]

That’s all of KZbin they went soft

[@namenlosNamenlos]

He have to chase that youtube money bag.💰

[@mysterymann187]

my only fear of death is reincarnation -2Pac legends never die Rip 🙏🏻

[@hoodybeatz]

Kurupt looks good glad to see he’s doing better

[@Dysontime]

I always wondered why she disappeared like that. That hit record she had was huge, why didn’t she ride the momentum?

[@robertusthemac]

She released her album in 97, Necessary Roughness, but by that time the west coast momentum was gone

[@Hehakaa]

@@robertusthemac yup west coast momentum was over when pac died

[@erichawkins7305]

They said she was a slow writer I'm sure that effected it.

[@philb.1502]

Rage worked slow in the studio and the priorities of Death Row changed once Tupac got out of jail. Once Pac was on Death Row he became the #1 priority. Obviously Tupac was known for pumping out songs in the studio at an incredible pace.

[@fayetakungcharge4762]

It's her fault ,came blame Tom and Jerry who ever else the woman was slow Afro was a banger, she talking about she didn't like the song whatever ,she will always be known as a dope artist never blew up

[@HoodHandyman]

VA all Day . She did the right thing. She said in another interview that he was very disrespectful.

[@erbchild]

Lady of Rage is one of my top favorites female MC'S

[@larryconnerjr1835]

I think one thing that hurt lady of rage was she wasn’t sexy or really good looking but she definitely deserved more of a push because she was one of the best lyricists on death row she had great bars on the songs she was on

[@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier]

Today ifs more looks driving industry Nd politics 90s was ....you got bars ? You can do 2 step ? ..you got a voice Let's go ...

[@fayetakungcharge4762]

Rage have nice features never ugly ,but she was consider a big girl ,it was hard for her to complete with other girls like Lil Kim, foxy brown , who were talking about Sex ,wearing sexy clothes ,it shouldn't have matter it should be based on talent , but she did have a hard time , because things have changed , other ladies was promoted Sex in their music and their looks did help them sell alot of records

[@deezy81]

"Bottom line, top of the page, want to fuck a big batty bitch like Rage."

[@TRILLTALKTV]

when she came out it wasnt about looks, you latifah before her, lyte wasnt look at as sexy da brat neither, then you can add the lesser artists like heather b, yo-yo, suga-t.

[@ColdHoops]

Craig Mack had a song that went gold and you know what people 'said' about his appearance. Appearance's got nothing to do with it

[@MrSkiloV]

Nobody was looking for an RBX solo project…not 92…not 96…..not 98…

[@skeeo.d2991]

We need that lady of rage album Snoop ❤

[@robertusthemac]

She released her album in 97, Necessary Roughness

[@mr.mr.4772]

No we don’t.

[@jessefortini4851]

@@robertusthemac was not the original album. The original album had a bunch of Dre produced tracks.

[@blackcherry6877]

She's almost 60 years old now, who wants to hear that?

[@myleswayne301]

She's 54 years old.

[@beezyboy]

Why do you keep saying that The Lady of Rage album never came out? It was released in ‘97…on Death Row. «Necessary Roughness». Pac is on it and Daz produced something, I think.

[@kameamecars]

Exactly. It just came out a year later. Her necessary roughness album slaps

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

Because it was forgettable. Nobody really bought, played or remembers that album. Plus Death Row was pretty much a wrap by the time it dropped. Aside from Daz, all the original Chronic/Doggystyle artists had already left the label. 2Pac was dead, and Suge was locked up.

[@mrkilo-g8794]

Rage failed because it didn't have the Death Row production sound people were expecting

[@olijadu]

Rage came from Virginia, she didnt want to be involved in all of that nonsense. she's like i thought this was a record label, not a gang, lol.

[@frankstudent]

Exactly. She was an artist, and was all about the music.

[@theetruth8626]

@@frankstudent while she needed to created some music because all that slow poking around wasn't going to cut it and she got left behind

[@jdeezy1200]

RBX was gone way before 2pac came sir.

[@kinglee270]

That's right he dropped his album RBX Files with a diss track A.W.O.L.

[@lmiko]

2pac was gone wayy before dmx came out

[@Betoven81]

@@lmiko dmx was gone waay before Lil Baby came out

[@520ghost2]

Her album should have dropped immediately shortly after Afro Puffs from the Above The Rim soundtrack. Her album Necessary Roughness on Death Row didn't come out until June 1997....Death Row was losing it's hot streak by then.

[@85jmurk]

Dre was only consistent with dropping albums when he his funds were low, the chronic and Doggystyle came out consistently. Then after that, rage was taking forever to finish her album and Dre was taking forever to drop again due to a dispute with Suge and the atmosphere at the studio at deathrow , I also highly doubt that rage would have been able to drop anything on aftermath either because once Dre started eating really good off of em and 50 and apple, Dre keep procrastinating on a lot of the artists albums and they never got released including Dre's own album Detox.

[@mikedavis3393]

Lol how can Dre drop lots of albums without the authorization??them folks go by rules

[@HurrikaneBEA5T]

@@mikedavis3393 he was owner of the label with suge and executive producer lol

[@mikedavis3393]

@@HurrikaneBEA5T lol that don't mean sh.t,he just a regular employee.you act like he up there with the owner of universal records lol.

[@theetruth8626]

Bruh that's false Dre was doing his own album which was the original album with California love but all the b.s on death row and the gang banging was a game changer. Dre only like his special type of artists to work with so u completely false because after M and 50 Dre did a album with Rakin called O my God but that ended up in court then he did the album with Busta Rhymes. So y'all really need to stop throwing salt on this man name because he got his they always said nigg*z get mad at anyone who has 5 dollars more then them

[@blackpanther1541]

Rage was dope but she needed to be dropping her shit when she had that spark, plus I think she found it hard to make another or top Afro Puffs...

[@perfectioninprogress]

East coast is Rage fan based. It was best no to involve herself in the beef. Nothing good came out that anyway. She was popular on sitcoms and other deathrow hits. She didnt even diss ruthless if Im correct. She just focus on her lyrical skills

[@Outlaw2739]

Kurupt the realest outta death row him and Pac

[@theetruth8626]

Bruh what's the realest the most dumbest the most childish bruh u gotta understand what y'all saying Snoop just beat a murder case Dre left because of too much b.s

[@dayeshawnwilliams2981]

Happy holidays to my guy Art 🍺💯💯

[@Doknot-tb9ey]

That sucks Lady of Rage's rap career did not take off. That's cool that she and some of the other artists of Death Row were not down with the Tupac/Biggie and Bad Boy/Death Row feud because it should have never happened.

[@theetruth8626]

Bruh u gotta be able to create music to have a rap career no beef stop her career she just wasn't cut out for making music what she done after death row exactly

[@drphot6050]

Great breakdown big dawg... LOR was the Mia X of the West and would've been even bigger star if her album was delayed. She still was able to become a legacy artist in spite of the inner turmoil which many don't get to do!

[@88cutty]

No disrespect to mia x but rage's equal on the national stage was Eve.

[@datniggaeazye.5968]

@@88cutty she reminds me a lot of Bahamadia too

[@theetruth8626]

@@88cutty bruh stop it Mia X the eqgal

[@88cutty]

@Thee Truth i never said she wasnt equal in ability. Im talking about popularity and national recognition from people that arent necessarily into the rap genre.

[@theetruth8626]

@@88cutty Mia X impact was as strong as Rage in 97 and 98 Rage only was relevant in 94 and 95 after that she was out promotion had nothing to do with it she wasn't a great artist she just had a great song

[@slypayne2267]

That Scandalous song was Daz best beat to me hands down.

[@radioraheem1555]

I love kurupt interviews

[@dawgpound187]

Daz made Ambitionz Of A Rider Skandalouz I ain't Mad At Cha Got My Mind Made Up 2 Of America's Most Wanted

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

All 5/5 mic songs. He didn't miss nann time 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@alilove4124]

Rage from VA

[@KeizeShow]

Anyone around Tupac at that time -- who had any drive -- was hopping on a record. He grabbed producers from the whack room, he grabbed the lady from the front desk, any rapper writing in a session wasn’t getting a shot. She definitely missed an opportunity there

[@L1am21]

Shes a hater simple as.

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

True. Pac has songs with Death Row b and c-level artists like Danny Boy, CPO Boss Hogg, OFTB and even Hammer lol. Tgat Death Row vault has been emptied of alotta music over the years. Rage is notably absent tho. I wonder was she even around much at all at Can-Am studios in those years. If she was, she obviously wasn't putting in work.

[@L1am21]

@@ILoveTheAllCreator pac got shot he was the victim to take sides with the enemy is just cruel.

[@usmansaeed3469]

When's the music video to 2pac skandalouz coming out?

[@davidreykbeatz]

Lady of rage was working on her album the same speed as dr Dre was working on songs!! Tupac came and made the whole camp work harder! He needed beats after beats! When Dre was gone Tupac had Daz and Johnny J

[@kactusjaxson2965]

I think Dre just knew he was about to exit DR and didn't want to put anymore time and good beats in that direction.

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

2Pac was a prolific writer, and song-maker. Knocked out that Makaveli album in 7 days with the "wack room" producers at Death Row, who none of the artists there ever used. Pac was a man on a mission. Rage just wasn't hungry enough, and that's why she missed her shot. Rage should've been nagging Dre, Quik, Sam Sneed, Dj Pooh, Daz & Soopafly for beats all day everyday. That's too much producer heat for you to be sitting around working on an album for 2 years. Death Row had the best in-house producers in the game.

[@elcichyll]

also Dj Quik & QD3

[@joe9225]

Tupac Never Here To Defend Himself !!! Tupac “ Don’t Trust No One” All his Closest People Turned On Him Being Back Stabbed At Another Level

[@theetruth8626]

Bruh stop acting like 2pac wasn't causing his own b.s which made people quit dealing with him

[@jay55148]

Tupac took deathrow to a whole new killuminati level and music overall. Makaveli set the message but no rapper has top that.

[@lmiko]

Tupac brought the label down 6 ft deep where he's restin now lol

[@jay55148]

@@lmiko #killuminati

[@18wheelzofsteel53]

@@lmiko deathrow brought itself down by beefing with everyone they could from the early 90's waaaaay before tupac. You better go watch uncle Luke interviews lmfao.

[@lmiko]

@@18wheelzofsteel53 but tupac added fuel to the flame as it was getting put out by the time pac got there

[@18wheelzofsteel53]

@@lmiko yeah right lmao. Shit happened at deathrow before and after pac lmfao. Deathrow had a hood/gang banger atmosphere. That's why Dr dre left. If it was all so good why did snoop leave afterwards? They didn't run deathrow like a record label and it cost them. It's just convenient for everyone to put it at pac feet now lol

[@mr.fleetwood2901]

Damn...I remember buying Rage's project when it first came out...I played it once and never listened to it again...just listened to it again after this interview and this sh*t is nice...

[@corysmith4293]

Suge drama within the company hurt Rage career, he never noticed her acting skills. Suge is where he need to be

[@theetruth8626]

Sounds like somebody hating I guess jealousy u people new emotion

[@MrHandsomeOnGod]

Afro puffs was in regular rotation on MTV

[@johnm994]

Rage was dope. What a shame.

[@Bricks_shakur]

You should’ve brought her album like I did

[@StreetsofATL_19]

Art, you did a historic interview with the First Lady of Death Row, Jewell!!!!! Kurupt was incorrect! She was also on the Deep Cover Soundtrack along with Dr. Dre (introducing) Snoop Dogg! I think her song was Love or Lust. Before that she was on NWA ,”EFIL4ZAGGIN”. Warren G was also on the album. 😊

[@mrkilo-g8794]

Love or Lust by Jewell ft Lady of Rage

[@marcus3490]

Death row wasn't loyal at all... never understood how biggie got their trailer shot up and snoop said it's ok bruh it's all good🤦🤣

[@TosereOjeme]

But that’s his character. Tray Dee shot at him and he didn’t turn Tray dee in, they still work together till date. I guess since nobody died, He looked passed it. It’s his character.

[@loukanee]

Scary bc ain’t no way u finna get me shot at and it’s all good

[@FBA_259]

@@TosereOjemeCharacter my @$$. That’s the sign of a scaredy cat. Look at how spooked he was on that interview with Tupac in New York. People say he was high😂 please! You could see the fear in his eyes.

[@TosereOjeme]

@@FBA_259 believe whatever you want to believe. He’s ripping the fruits of his decisions.

[@RiccFBA]

@@FBA_259 Yeah Snoop is really a coward as far as this California gang culture goes. But because of his stardom and influence he gets a pass. But those who are actually from the neighborhood and/or surrounding neighborhoods knows the truth. His situation is no different than Suge. Money and fame payed their way to be “gangster”

[@NitecastMediaTV]

RBX left yrs before 2Pac joined. Do the research Art. If Rage would’ve dropped Eargasms bac in the day that was gonna be produced by Dr. Dre & Daz, would’ve been epic.

[@iluvpawgz]

I don’t blame her

[@BaronSemediLive]

💡So a Black woman who wasn't going to support the conflict between Black-men was punished for it.

[@carlosrob6494]

Bottom line anyone from my era which was Tupac and Biggie era know that Tupac was trouble bottom line! Why do anyone from my era keep up with this Tupac theory to the younger generation. Tell the truth Tupac changed his whole style up and got extra once he joined Deathrow

[@ColdHoops]

No one needs to tell 'my generation' anything. It's documented 😂

[@carlosrob6494]

@coldhoops Listen little Thundacatt you should be paying attention when getting schooled that way you won't miss anything!

[@ColdHoops]

@carlosrob6494 😂 Like I said OG, "it's documented." I've listened to many interviews from musicians and entertainers from the 90s and watched documentaries about the 'shift' at Death Row once Pac was out on bail. They all said the same thing you said at the end of your original comment ^ I'm not looking for an argument. Just saying, I've 'peeped game' as your generation would say

[@carlosrob6494]

@@ColdHoops 😁No doubt

[@jaystew730]

Anybody know what kind of shades Kurupt wearing?

[@hassejr7072]

But not getting involved probably helped her soul

[@MyDogSteppedOnaBeee]

Rage and kurupt on that u know my steez remix 🔥🔥🔥

[@mont-doggBeats]

So Easy E was right in Real MFing/Compton City Gs..y’all was getting treated like Boot Camp 😂😂

[@L1am21]

Rhythm d the producer of real mf gz was at deathrow he told E what was going down at the row.

[@westside4life77]

Lady of Rage must not be ready to talk about all the Drama from the 90's cause it's well past time to hear from her! AKA Coretta Cox

[@_M-USA_]

Rage is the Roxane Shontae of west coast Hip Hop.

[@stevenramirezmistersmokes6379]

OG KURUPT#1 DPG#1

[@novacaldera6181]

Not sticking with Pac and losing in the end actually served her right!!! What did her smile at Pig at those Source Awards earn her??? It is snakes like those that everyone should avoid in their lives!!! Had she stuck with Death Row (YES I SAID DR NOT JUST PAC) she knows today that fan base would have boosted the sales of her album. Despite it coming out in ‘98 and Suge in jail, Death Row fans were still pushing the sales on there. Her album couldn’t even make gold. It served her right!!! And by the way LET THIS BE CLEAR: When Tupac joined Death Row, the beef between Suge and Puffy was already on!!! Big Jake had already been killed in Atlanta. So she was actually betraying Death Row with her actions not just Pac. I’m happy she ended up nowhere!!!! To hell with her!!!! She must know that Tupac people actually hate her!!!

[@Orllandopaste]

Dude please stop crying 😭 nobody won but Snoop and Puffy. Lol

[@novacaldera6181]

@@Orllandopaste who said anything about crying? So according to you, giving a view that speaks directly to the title of LoR hurting her career on her position on the beef is equal to crying? You should have just scrolled past than saying something that stupid!

[@Orllandopaste]

@@novacaldera6181 you did respect my cousin again we will have a problem I will pull up.

[@novacaldera6181]

@@Orllandopaste did you even read what you wrote before posting it? I did no RESPECT LoR, I DISRESPECTED HER like I did at Can Am and always will!!! Trust me Im one of those that don’t give a F*^C$ about you pulling up, because you can and will only do that here on the internet. Other than that it will be the last pull up you ever do!!!!

[@Altruist-ambitions]

Totally agree

[@sguper6912]

Kurupt dissed biggie on ny 87 & Dr Dre dissed big on California love set

[@Twan1985]

Damn they did Lady of Rage dirty smh

[@TheQuincyEdwards]

Rage was lazy, not a perfectionist, and disloyal. Kurupt is a broken narrator - he’s dissed Snoop and Daz. His loyalty is fluid as well.

[@bigkeezo]

You would know since you were they making classic hits 😆

[@ez-duz-it]

Hey y’all not just Lady Of Rage, atleast she got to drop an album later on, Danny Boy got screwed over the most. That Nigga was talented as hell.

[@olle84]

Pac was a cringe wannabe gangster who just came with alot of negativity. Eventually it caught up with him when he messed with a reeeeal gangster who saw through all the fake gangster persona.

[@slip-n-rollboxing1826]

That so called real gangster is dead also. I guess it caught up with him 2

[@mr24thageneral1]

You Hater

[@Silkysmooth-qk5nc]

I don’t really understand this narrative Here’s a question for you How many rappers you know back then bust their gun when getting robbed? How many rappers beefed with REAL gangsters back then?? How many rappers caught a case and didn’t snitch back in the days…. I’ll wait …….

[@1judauhn]

Pac was a revolutionary and they way more "gangster" then these so called gangsters you look up to will ever be!

[@dch7774]

@@Silkysmooth-qk5nc still waiting😮😮😮😮

[@tremelhoward5656]

I believe that Kurupt Of Tha Dogg Pound Was Telling The Truth On That One

[@MrQuazze]

Yes, we know what you’re saying Cuz. Know what I mean cuz?

[@darkknightfromcali]

I'm sort of confused. They keep saying she didn't get a chance to drop but I had Necessary Roughness and used to bang songs off the album.