snoop doggy dogg and dr. dre at the door. yippy-yo, yippy-yay ♪ ♪ death row's definitely in the, house ♪ - "the chronic" made hip-hop digestible to everybody. it was a hip-hop tsunami, and we didn't see it coming. - death row record's gonna be the next motown, you know what i'm saying? - mm-hmm. - "the chronic" album was the foundation, and we gonna keep rolling on until the house is finished. - ♪ it's the bow to the wow ♪ ♪ creepin' and crawlin', yiggy-yes y'all-in' ♪ ♪ snoop doggy dog ♪ - the handful of gangster-rap superstars are not just singing about being mean, and nasty, and vicious... - ♪ rob you for your ears, then i kill you blood clots ♪ - they're accused of living up to their lyrics. - ♪ back to get wrecked ♪ ♪ all respect to those who break they neck ♪ - tupac shakur, rap star and movie star, was arrested in new york and charged with sodomy and sexual assault. atlanta cops had arrested tupac less than a month earlier for shooting two off-duty police officers. - tupac was languishing in jail, waiting for his appea