Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dr. Dre, wanda shine mai samar da kayan aikin gidan Death Row Records, ya bar farkon 1996 don fara lakabin kansa, wanda ya jagoranci dan uwan Snoop na farko Daz Dillinger ya zama babban mai samar da Death Row; ya yi aiki a kan wannan rikodin. Kashewar babban abokin Snoop da kuma abokin wakilin rap, mai suna Tupac Shakur
a watan Satumbar 1996 kuma ya yi nauyi a kansa; Shakur ya bayyana a waƙar rufewa "Outro", a ƙarƙashin sunan "Makaveli", wanda ya fara amfani da shi jim kaɗan kafin mutuwarsa.