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TIL That without 'Ice, Ice, Baby' there would be no Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg. Suge Knight extorted $4 million dollars from Vanilla Ice and started Death Row records, releasing debut albums 'The Chronic' and 'Doggystyle'

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