6. "unless he had the $$$ to lockdown a whole studio, no reason to" In response to In response to 5
think others not-so-friendly to him could have gotten in there at the same time.
In my hometown of NYC we had the infamous Pac situation where Pac was spotted at a NYC studio with jewelry - I'm sure Pac had $$$$ yet some folks who weren't friendly to Pac saw his jewelry and the rest was history.
Then, Karren Steffens (Supahead) said Murder Inc once stabbed up 50 cent in a studio when they got to a studio and saw 50 was already there.
So, studios have never really been "exclusive to 1 crew" places unless you Dr Dre in 1997 or something.