EVERYTHING YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT SUGE KNIGHT (THE RISE OF GANSTA RAP)
So here we start :
Suge knight the original name of Suge Knight is Marion Hugh Knight jr. Born April 19,1965 from CROMPTON, California US.
Well known as SUGE KNIGHT the GANSTA ZONE.
Was also a footballer and played football for his school and even at national levels.
He was the music executive and co founder of the most famous label "DEATH ROW RCORDS"
which was famous for gangsta rap culture.
He has his work with legit and real hip-hop artist from the scene like Dr.Dre ,Snopp Dogg ,Tupac etc and they also had album released from the label like
THE CHRONIC -1992(DR. DRE )
DOGGYSTYLE-. 1993(SNOOP DOGG)
ALL EYEZ ON ME -1996 (TUPAC)
He was also accused for killing the legend rappers like EAZY E & NOTORIOUS BIG.
He was also accused for killing TUPAC but never got proved as he was with him the time Tupac faced the gunfire in which he lost his life.
During 1995, Tupac Shakur began a prison sentence of up to four and a half years. Knight struck a deal with him that October, paying his bail and freeing him from prison — pending his conviction's appeal — while signing him to Death Row Records. In 1996, the label released 2Pac's greatest commercial success, All Eyez on Me.
Yet that September, after departing a Mike Tyson boxing match in Las Vegas, a group that included Knight and Shakur assaulted Orlando Anderson, a Southside Compton Crips gang member. Three hours later someone shot into the car that Knight was driving and fatally wounded Shakur, and Anderson has since become the prime suspect.
After the death of Shakur both dr.Dre & Snoop Dogg also left the record.
Label started it's downfall stage and suddenly declined as KNIGHT was charged for the case of MURDER, ATTEMPT TO MURDER & HIT &RUN .
List of Cases knight faced:
1-1995 convictions:
for assaulting two rappers in the summer of 1992 at a Hollywood recording studio.
2-1996 probation violation leading to incarceration:
when Suge Knight and his Death Row entourage including Tupac Shakur attacked Orlando Anderson, a crips gang member.
3-2003 conviction and incarceration:
In 2003, Knight was sent to prison again for violating parole when he struck a parking lot attendant.
4-2008 altercation and gang accusations:
2008, Knight was involved in an altercation involving a monetary dispute outside of a nightclub ("Shag") in Hollywood.
5-2008 bankruptcy:
As part of an October 30, 2008 bankruptcy claim, Knight also filed a lawsuit against Kanye West and his associates.
6-2009 altercation:
In February 2009, Knight was taken to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn to be treated for facial injuries he received during an altercation at a private party in the W Scottsdale Hotel, where Knight was reportedly punched.
7-2012 arrest:
On February 8, 2012, Knight was arrested in Las Vegas, after police found cannabis in his car and several warrants for prior traffic violations.
8-2014 shooting:
On August 24, 2014, Knight was shot at a pre-Video Music Awards party hosted by Chris Brown at a West Hollywood Sunset Strip nightclub ("1OAK"). Although shot six times, he was able to walk from the venue to an ambulance.
9- Prosecution on charges of robbery (2014–present):
On October 29, 2014, Knight and comedian Katt Williams were both arrested and charged with second-degree robbery in connection with an alleged theft of a camera from a paparazzi photographer the previous month in Beverly Hills, California.
10-Prosecution on charges of voluntary manslaughter (2015–2017):
On January 29, 2015, Knight crashed his car into two men, killing Terry Carter (his friend and co-founder of Heavyweight Records) and fled the scene in Compton, California.
11-Prosecution on charges of threatening death (2017):
In August 2017, a grand jury indicted Knight on charges of "threatening death or bodily injury" for sending threatening text messages to F. Gary Gray, the director of Straight Outta Compton, on August 8, 2017.
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