Suge Knight

Marion Knight, a.k.a Suge Knight (IPA: ??g na?t, b. April 19, 1965, in Compton, California) is an entrepreneur in the hip hop music industry and co-founder of Death Row Records with Dr. Dre. The record label rose to dominate the charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough success The Chronic in 1992. After several years of outstanding chart success for artists including Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tupac Shakur, Tha Dogg Pound and at one time even MC Hammer, Death Row Records disintegrated after Knight's incarceration on parole violation charges in 1996.

Early life

Suge Knight was born in Compton, California in 1965. His father was a custodian and his mother was a schoolteacher.

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Compton, California - 1965

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Knight went to UNLV on a sports scholarship from 1985 to 1987. It was during his UNLV football playing days that he was dubbed Suge. Short for Sugar Bear. It was a fellow team mate dubbed Cuspus Crispy that first started to call him by his now present moniker. After setting up operations in Las Vegas he moved back to L.A. and played football as a replacement player for the Los Angeles Raiders during the NFL strike. He then retired from professional sports and decided to become a bodyguard for musicians like Bobby Brown, where according to him, he learned that the key to artistic and financial freedom is owning your masters.

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UNLV - Cuspus Crispy - Football - Los Angeles Raiders - Bobby Brown

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