“Nobody wanted to be in business with Death Row because, unfortunately, they felt there was an element there that could be dangerous. But I just knew they had great music and that they were a bunch of guys who wanted to make it out of the ghetto. That's something I can understand.”

American entrepreneur and former record executive

Jimmy Iovine is an American entrepreneur, former record executive, and media proprietor. He co-founded Interscope Records in 1990 and later led Interscope Geffen A&M, the Universal Music Group music unit, as chairman and CEO from 1999 to 2014. He is known for his role in shaping a major part of the modern music business, first as a co-founder of Interscope and then as an executive at Interscope Geffen A&M. His public profile comes from business leadership rather than performance, and the available facts point to a career built around record company management and media ventures.