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Suge Knight

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.


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Born:
Apr 19, 1965 In Compton, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
11
First Appeared:
In the movie Death Row Uncut 2000-07-11
Latest Project:
Movie TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy 2024-04-28
Known For
Poster of American Dream/American Knightmare
Poster of Who Killed Tupac?
Poster of Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row
Poster of Death Row Uncut
Filmography
Movie TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy Self (voice) 2024-04-28
Movie Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage) 2021-03-01
Movie Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac Self (archive footage) 2021-07-02
Movie American Dream/American Knightmare Self 2018-12-21
Movie Who Killed Tupac? Self (archive footage) 2017-11-21
Movie Vanilla Ice Archive Self (archive footage) 2012-07-16
Movie One Night in Vegas Self 2010-09-07
Movie Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row Self 2009-11-10
Movie Tupac: Live at the House of Blues Self 2005-10-04
Movie Welcome to Death Row Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage) 2001-09-25
Movie Death Row Uncut Self (archive footage) 2000-07-11