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Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. (/ ʃ ʊ ɡ / SHUUG; born April 19, 1965) [2] is an American record executive, former NFL player, and convicted felon, who is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Knight was a central figure in gangsta rap's commercial success in the 1990s. [3]
Suge Knight, the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records, is an affiliate. [3] [4] ... Over time, more Blood "sets" would form, including the Mob Piru Bloods.
In the movie City of Lies (2018), he is mentioned by Commander Fasulo (Peter Greene), who tells Jack (Forest Whitaker) that Wardell Fouse was a "Mob Piru Blood who Suge Knight paid to kill Biggie." Furthermore, an image of Fouse is visible on Detective Poole's (Johnny Depp) wall when Jack enters Poole's apartment.
On June 1, 1997, Death Row Records employee and Mob Piru Bloods member Aaron "Heron" Palmer was shot dead in Compton, California. [1] Palmer's death was followed by the murders of several other Mob Pirus from Suge Knight's inner circle, as part of a gang war between the Mob Piru and another Bloods set (subgroup), the Fruit Town Piru.
#15 Suge Knight. In January 2015, Marion “Suge” Knight, an American record executive, crashed his car into two men—his friend and co-founder of Heavyweight Records, Terry Carter, was killed ...
On the afternoon of Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur and Suge Knight, the head of his music label, Death Row Records, arrived in Las Vegas along with an entourage that included Shakur's fiancee, Kidada Jones ...
Suge Knight, who was affiliated with the Mob Piru, hired members of several Blood sets, including the Fruit Town Piru to work for Death Row Records. [3] George "G" Williams worked as a bodyguard for Knight, until he was fired for failing to return two Death Row Records cars which he borrowed. [4]
As the CEO of Death Row Records, Suge Knight hired gang members from several Bloods sets (subgroups), including the Mob Piru, Fruit Town Piru, and Lueders Park Piru. [5] By the early 2000s, a rivalry had formed between the Mob Piru and Fruit Town Piru, which resulted in the murder of several Mob Piru Bloods affiliated with Death Row Records, including Aaron "Heron" Palmer and Alton "Buntry ...