COLD 187um

Speaking exclusively with VladTV, Cold 187um candidly discussed his former role on Death Row Records and why he wasn’t fond of Suge Knight’s business tactics after he got out of prison. Cold 187um says he was the active vice president of Death Row Records during one of Suge Knight’s jail stints. He wasn’t thrilled about visiting Suge in prison and having to manage several artists at the same time, but he says he wanted to help revive the label after the death of Tupac Shakur and the exits of Snoop Dogg, Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. Cold 187um helped bring in artists like the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Kxng Crooked, formerly known as Crooked I. He says he and Suge have cordial relationship to this day, but some of his past antics made him question his move to Death Row. Shortly after his release from prison, Cold 187um says Suge wasn’t happy to see the success of Dr. Dre’s Aftermath records. “He wanted to get some get back and I really wasn’t with that,” he said. “When Dre was at the height of Aftermath, he was just really so focused on ‘f*** him.’” Cold187um says he didn’t care about Dre’s movements at Aftermath because he was focused on Death Row. He was able to leave the label shortly after it was back in Suge’s hands. Calling it a humbling moment, Cold 187um says when he was indicted during the label’s bankruptcy, he was able to make an easy exit

When “Straight Outta Compton” released on August 14, millions of N.W.A. fans ran to the theaters to catch a glimpse into the life and times of the infamous group. With their help, the biopic topped the box office with $56.1 million during it’s opening weekend. Three days ago, the number reached $111.5 million in total, and Cold 187um of Above the Law surely isn’t surprised, as he feels the character portrayals and the recounts of their lives were “phenomenal” – to a point, of course. “It jumped around a little bit for me, as far as the times that we’re talking about,” he tells during our interview. Understably so, however, being that “they had to put a lot of things into one perspective.” At one point Eazy-E’s son attempted to nab the role of his father in the film, but just about everyone wholeheartedly agrees with the director and producer’s decision to cast Jason Mitchell as the rough and tough Eric Wright. “He was phenomenal to me…I couldn’t believe it,” Cold 187um says of actor Mitchell. Find out what else he loved and dislike about “Straight Outta Compton” up top, and share your thoughts on the flick below.