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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]
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]
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 ...
Possible motives for Suge Knight to orchestrate the murder of Tupac are reviewed, and Crump enlists weapons experts to recreate the shooting. [11] 5: Death Row Takeover: December 12, 2017: Suge Knight's life and position at Death Row Records sheds light on another possible theory: an attempted take over of Death Row Records and their fortune.
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.
Rapper Tupac Shakur, left, and Death Row Records Chairman Marion Suge Knight, attend a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, on Aug. 15, 1996. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese/File)
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]
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