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Knight was born in Compton, California, the son of Maxine (née Dikemen) and Marion Knight Sr. [8] His name Suge (pronounced /ʃʊɡ/) derives from "Sugar Bear", a childhood nickname. [9] He attended Lynwood High School in nearby Lynwood, where he was a football and track star. He graduated in 1983.
Gaines had ties to Death Row Records and the Bloods, and dated Suge Knight's ex-wife. He was shot and killed on March 18, 1997 by undercover LAPD detective Frank Lyga, who was determined to be acting in self-defense. [1] At the time of his death, Gaines was 31, and a seven-year veteran of the force. [2]
Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Dick Griffey. [8] The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (The Chronic), Snoop Dogg and 2Pac (All Eyez on Me) during the 1990s.
It was 19 years ago that Nick Broomfield, that spiky and compelling one-man band of documentary filmmakers, released “Biggie & Tupac” (2002), his chilling, no-frills, down-the-mean-streets-of ...
Ex-rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of a man he ran over with his truck in 2015.
A mistrial was declared in a Compton court Wednesday in the wrongful death suit brought against Marion "Suge" Knight after jurors announced they could not attain the nine votes needed to reach a ...
Tupac Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Marion "Suge" Knight, the head of Death Row Records, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.After leaving the match, one of Knight's associates, Trevon "Tre" Lane, a member of the M.O.B. Pirus gang based in Compton, California, spotted Orlando Anderson, from the rival South Side Compton Crips gang, in the MGM Grand lobby. [6]
Suge Jacob Knight, the star of VH1's "Love & Listings," talks about why he claimed that Tupac was alive and living in Malaysia. Suge Jacob Knight, the star of VH1's "Love & Listings," talks about ...