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Suge Knight
Biography
An American record producer, music executive, and a former replacement player as an American football defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Outlawz and Tha Dogg Pound, Death Row Records stagnated after Knight's incarceration on probation violation charges in September 1996 and went bankrupt in 2006. In February 2015, Knight was charged with murder and attempted murder following a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, California. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Known gang banger of at least two Blood gangs. Was driving the car that Tupac Shakur was shot in on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tupac died six days later.
Known For
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
as Self (voice)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
American Dream/American Knightmare
as Self
Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
as Self (archive footage)
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
as Self
Welcome to Death Row
as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
One Night in Vegas
as Self
Who Killed Tupac?
as Self (archive footage)
