Death row (slang)
Pronunciation: /deth-row/
What does Death row mean?
1. A prison area or section for prisoners sentenced to death under the death penalty by the U.S. government.
2. Death Row Records; A West Coast Hip-Hop record label founded in 1992.
Example sentence: “The killer spent years in death row before leaving this world.”
Death row in songs:
“Death Row days, show you what this West Coast about” – YG, My Nigga (Remix).
“Can’t trust a bitch in the business so I got with Death Row” – 2Pac, Ambitionz Az a Ridah.
Two loced out niggas going crazy, Death Row is the label that pays me” – Snoop Dogg, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang.
“’94, would’ve had ’em walkin’ down death row” – Vince Staples, Hive.