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.

Recent history

Suge is currently planning his autobiography "American Dream/American Nightmare" to be released this holiday season. He has hinted that he will describe his experiences as a bodyguard and rap impresario and relate stories about John F. Kennedy, Jr., Jennifer Lopez, and the "scoop" on Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, as well as his first public statement about the deaths of Tupac and Biggie. Suge has also planned a movie to tell the "real story" of Death Row. http://www.rapnewsdirect.com/News/2004/06/17/Suge.Knight.FPlans/

Related Topics:
John F. Kennedy, Jr. - Jennifer Lopez - Snoop Dogg - Dr. Dre

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In October 2004, Suge attended the VIBE Awards to support Petey Pablo, whom he manages, but was not formally invited. That night Dr. Dre was to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. With Suge in the audience, a man approached Dr. Dre shortly before being called up for the award and feigned interest in an autograph before punching him. In the resulting scuffle, G-Unit rapper Young Buck stabbed the man. Immediately, stories pointed fingers at Suge, who went on The Late Late Show and insisted he supports Dr. Dre.

Related Topics:
Petey Pablo - G-Unit - Young Buck

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On the evening of February 5, 2005, Knight was arrested in Barstow, California after police pulled him over for making an unsafe U-turn and found marijuana in his Ford pickup truck. He was booked on suspicion of violating his parole. Sheriff's officials detained Knight pending his transfer to state prison, where it was to be decided whether Knight would be charged or released, but he was released shortly thereafter.

Related Topics:
February 5 - 2005 - Barstow, California - Marijuana

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The New York Post broke a story in early February 2005, surrounding the mystery of the fight at the VIBE Awards, where Dr. Dre was punched by a "random" audience member pretending to want an autograph. The man, Jimmy James Johnson, faces life in prison due to the three strikes law in California, after Dre insisted he be charged. Johnson is now claiming that Suge paid him $5,000 to punch Dre in order to humiliate him before receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award from Quincy Jones and Snoop Dogg.

Related Topics:
Jimmy James Johnson - Three strikes law - Quincy Jones - Snoop Dogg

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Recently, Suge and The Game have begun feuding, because of a confrontation between their respective entourages outside a Los Angeles nightclub. http://www.eurweb.com/story.cfm?id=21091

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Early Sunday morning on August 28, 2005, the day of the MTV Video Music Awards, Knight was shot in the leg in Miami Beach, Florida during a party held in honor of Kanye West's G.O.O.D. record label. He was taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center where he was treated for a fractured femur resulting from the gunshot wound. He is expected to undergo surgery the same day and there's no word yet on when he may be released. Authorities have said that their investigation hasn't turned up anything yet on the assailants, but that they are still talking with eyewitnesses. Blogger Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins captured video from the press line just before the shooting as well as the man (spoken word artist Malik Yousef) arrested in connection with the shooting. Screencaps can be found on Hopkins' blog. It was also rumored that he was dead.

Related Topics:
August 28 - 2005 - MTV Video Music Award - Miami Beach, Florida - Kanye West - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins - Malik Yousef

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