Get your hands on a Death Row Records Action Figure! The most famous and infamous record label in the world has been immortalized in plastic. Collect them all! Death Row Records was founded by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight in 1991 in Compton, California. The company had its heyday in the 1990s with artists such as Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg on the label. In 1996, Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy and it’s library of recordings was sold at auction to a joint venture between WIDEawake Entertainment Group and Koch Entertainment.