Death Row Records Sold...to a Saltine

Global Music Group, which is based in New York, said Susan Berg won the auction, in a sale worth $24 million. Hip-hop heads around the world should start pouring their malt liquor on the sides of curbs now.

The deal means that the group now owns the rights to 'The Chronic' by Dre Dre and Snoop Dogg's 'Doggystyle'.

Death Row Records was founded in 1991 by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, and was once home to some of rap's biggest names, including 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound, The Lady of Rage, Michel'le, Bow Wow, DJ Quik, Sam Sneed, Mark Morrison, and even MC Hammer. In addition, the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC was signed on and working on an album when she died in an automobile accident.

You know it is a sad day in music when Jay-Z, 50 Cent, or Russell Simmons, with all their loot, cannot find a way to come together to maintain the history and legacy (even if a tad fucked up) of Death Row and the beginnings of mainstream hip-hop.

First BET, now this?!