Police in the US yesterday raided the Beverly Hills offices of Tha Row Records, formerly Death Row Records, yesterday morning as part of investigations into "several homicides and conspiracy to commit murder". One person was arrested and several other people were detained at the record company offices, though the label's infamous boss Marion 'Suge' Knight was not considered a suspect.
Needless to say the media has speculated the latest raid is part of the investigation into the still unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious BIG, or maybe the more recent fatal shooting of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay. However, when the LA Times put this to the police, they refused to confirm which homicide cases they were looking at.
Police Deputy Darren Harris told the Times: "We can confirm that these warrants are being served in and around Los Angeles are for evidence and arrests. The kinds of people that we have warrants for are wanted for very serious crimes. There is some connection to Tha Row Records."
Knight was released from prison in August after serving a five-year prison sentence for violating probation by getting into a fight in hotel in Las Vegas in 1996 hours before Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting as he rode in Knight's car.