Virgil Roberts on Working with Suge to Get Vanilla Ice's Publishing (Unreleased Full Interview)

Virgil Roberts, the former president of Solar Records, discussed the record label’s role in launching Death Row Records in this 2017 interview. He talked about being hired by Dick Griffey after initially planning to be a civil rights attorney. He also revealed the role he played in helping Suge Knight get Vanilla Ice’s publishing rights for “Ice Ice Baby.” Roberts detailed how Suge brought Dr. Dre and The D.O.C. into the fold and how they were able to get Dr. Dre out of Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records deal. Throughout the rest of the interview, he broke down how Death Row was launched, as well as the legendary label’s eventual downfall. To hear more, check out the full interview above.

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