Death Row Records Multi-Platinum Sales Award Presented to David Kenner by the RIAA

Death Row Records Multi-platinum 11,000,000 sales award, inscribed to David Kenner

Death Row is a record label founded in 1992 by West Coast producer and rapper Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, The D.O.C. and Dick Griffey. Death Row gained popularity by releasing multi-platinum Hip-Hop albums in the early 1990s by West Coast-based artists such as Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Tupac Shakur. Death Row attorney David Kenner (b. unknown) and Suge Knight began signing young, inner-city California-based artists and arranged for the label to handle the soundtrack for the movie Deep Cover (1992). David Kenner is also a veteran and criminal defense attorney, who served as the executive and head counsel at Death Row Records and has represented rappers Suge Knight, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur.  

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Above the Rim – The Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 1994 film, released by Death Row on March 22, 1994. The album won the Soundtrack of the Year award at the 1995 Source Awards and was the third album under the label to reach number one on the R&B Albums chart where it stayed for ten nonconsecutive weeks. The soundtrack was executive produced by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre was the supervising producer. 

Murder Was the Case is a 1994 short film and soundtrack album starring and performed by Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., b. 1971). The film chronicles the fictional death of Snoop Dogg and his resurrection after making a deal with the Devil. The 18-minute film was directed by Dr. Dre and Fab 5 Freddy. Murder Was the Case debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one and is certified 2x platinum with 2,030,000 copies sold.

The Chronic is the debut album by west coast Hip-Hop producer and rapper Dr. Dre (Andre Romelle Young, b. 1965), released on December 15, 1992 by Death Row Records. Regarded as one of the most important and influential albums of the 1990s, it is seen by many to be one of the most well-produced hip-Hop albums of all time, due to Dr. Dre's production and his popularization of the G-funk subgenre within Gangsta Rap. The Chronic has been certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with sales of 3 million copies in the United States. This accomplishment led to Dr. Dre to becoming one of the top ten best-selling American performing artists of 1993. 

Doggystyle is the debut album by rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., b. 1971), which was released on November 23, 1993 on Death Row Records. With his debut album, Snoop Doggy Dogg was celebrated for the lyrical “realism” that he delivers and for his distinctive vocal flow. Doggystyle is considered one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the most important Hip-Hop albums ever released. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 806,858 copies in its first week, which was the record for a debut artist and the fastest-selling Hip-Hop album ever. The album was certified 4x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). By November 2015, Doggystyle had sold 7 million copies in the United States, and over 11 million copies worldwide.