Tha Dogg Pound January 7, 2011

Tha Dogg Pound, also known as D.P.G. (Dogg Pound Gangstaz), is a rap duo made up of Daz Dillinger and Kurupt. They were signed to Death Row Records in their early careers and were key to the label's success. The group made their 1992 rap debut on Dr. Dre's The Chronic, on various songs. They also appeared on Snoop Dogg's debut album Doggystyle, and the Death Row soundtracks Murder Was The Case and Above The Rim. Their debut album Dogg Food was released in 1995.
Kurupt and Daz went on to release solo albums starting in 1998. They had both eventually left the crumbling Death Row Records in 1999 after Daz left due to long-lasting internal struggles on the label after friend and labelmate Tupac Shakur's murder in 1996. Kurupt started Antra Records, while Daz started D.P.G. Recordz. In 2002 a feud arose between the two when Kurupt decided to sign back with Death Row Records, upsetting everyone involved with the group. His awaited Death Row release Against Tha Grain had been postponed several times while Kurupt was on the label, later being released in August 2006, after he was off. In January 2005, Daz made another solo album release titled Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP. Tha Dogg Pound then got back together as a group and released Dillinger & Young Gotti II in November 2005. In 2006 Snoop Dogg decided to get involved and the three released their official reunion album Cali Iz Active.

In August 2007 it was announced that Tha Dogg Pound had signed to Birdman's Cash Money Records. The deal with Cash Money and the Westcoast Aftershocc album is still on the table but is on hold as the duo pursues other projects. The single "Ch-Ching" was later released along with other unreleased tracks on Tha Dogg Pound's online iTunes album entitled Let's Ryde 2Night EP. Mystic River is now likely to be the main single off of Kurupt's upcoming new solo album History of Violence. Westcoast Aftershocc is in production for a 2009 release on Cash Money Records.
Tha Dogg Pound will now release a album entitled That Was Then, This Is Now The latest single from the album features Krayzie Bone on a track called Money Fold'n. In addition, Tha Dogg Pound also has another iTunes exclusive album coming out that was announced during the summer of 2009 called Dillinger & Young Gotti III - Get Paid as well as a collaboration album with Pete Rock under the current title of Pete Rock & Tha Dogg Pound.

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