Podgy Smith

Warren G says his advance was $350,000. His song Regulate reportedly made over $100 million. Before any of that, he says, Suge Knight grabbed him in an elevator for giving his friends one piece of advice: get lawyers. "Blood, you told them to get lawyers?" That is what Warren G says he heard. He says he had told Snoop and the other Death Row artists not to sign contracts blind, and that a whistleblower told Suge. He ran, but the elevator was the only way down. Warren says he never got signed to Death Row. He showed up for the tour with his bags packed and no ticket. Regulate came out on Def Jam. Reports say the song helped pull the label out of debt. In the video below, Warren G tells the elevator story himself on Club Shay Shay. What he said to make Suge let go is the part to hear.