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Suge Knight

(/ˈʃʊɡ/; born April 19, 1965) is the founder and CEO of Black Kapital Records and 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.

Early life[edit] Marion Hugh Knight, Jr. was born in Compton, California. After college, Knight was not drafted by an NFL team, but was cut during training camp by the Los Angeles Rams. Knight was arrested in October 1987 for domestic violence—he assaulted his girlfriend and cut off her ponytail on the street. Suge Knight. Real Name: Marion Hugh ‘Suge’ Knight Jr.

Suge Knight

D.O.B: 19 April, 1965 Compton L.A., California Co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records. If boxing’s most ruthless promoter, Don King ran his own record label he would be Suge Knight. The same way King runs his stable of primed battering studs of the ring, Knight ruled his roost of rappers in the same feared manner. Hip-hop’s most brutal pimp had everyone within Death Row Records under his cast-iron thumb, dancing and rhyming at his beckon call. Suge Knight was born in 1965 by his father, Marion and mother, Maxine. In 1985 Suge transferred to the University of Nevada in Las Vegas wearing number 54 and starting at defensive end, he was a powerful build, listed on the program at 260 pounds. Suge Knight. Real Name: Marion Hugh ‘Suge’ Knight Jr.

Suge Knight

D.O.B: 19 April, 1965 Compton L.A., California Co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records. Suge Knight. Real Name: Marion Hugh ‘Suge’ Knight Jr.

Suge Knight

D.O.B: 19 April, 1965 Compton L.A., California Co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records. If boxing’s most ruthless promoter, Don King ran his own record label he would be Suge Knight. Suge Knight. Real Name: Marion Hugh ‘Suge’ Knight Jr. D.O.B: 19 April, 1965 Compton L.A., California Co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records. If boxing’s most ruthless promoter, Don King ran his own record label he would be Suge Knight. The same way King runs his stable of primed battering studs of the ring, Knight ruled his roost of rappers in the same feared manner. Hip-hop’s most brutal pimp had everyone within Death Row Records under his cast-iron thumb, dancing and rhyming at his beckon call. Suge Knight was born in 1965 by his father, Marion and mother, Maxine. In 1985 Suge transferred to the University of Nevada in Las Vegas wearing number 54 and starting at defensive end, he was a powerful build, listed on the program at 260 pounds. His senior year Suge’s reputation took a change of direction, earning enough money for his own apartment and a series of late model sedans.

The Music Business His Reputation: Vanilla Ice Altercation The Ruthless Campaign. Suge Knight. Real Name: Marion Hugh ‘Suge’ Knight Jr.

Suge Knight

D.O.B: 19 April, 1965 Compton L.A., California Co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records. Death Row Records. “We named it Death Row because most everybody been involved with the law.

Death Row Records

A majority of our people was parolees or incarcerated” – Suge Knight, [Vibe] Founders: Marion "Suge" Knight and Andre "Dr Dre" YoungParent Label: Interscope/Geffen [1991 - 2006] DEATH ROW RECORDS is a Los Angeles based record label under the parent company of Jimmy Iovine’s Interscope Records promoting local so-called ‘Gangsta Rap’ giving birth to the second generation music from the west coast that completely swarmed the international industry overturning any previous conception of hip-hop forever. Suge Knight (washingtonpost.com) George Magazine. Just before 3 p.m. on a spring afternoon last May, a car drove up to a crowded car wash on a street corner in Compton, California.

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An argument broke out between two groups of men and a minute later the sound of gunfire erupted. When the smoke cleared, four men were sprawled out, bleeding, on the ground. Suge knight interview. Database Error. Suge Knight Interview. Straighten up your spine, suckas.

Suge Knight Interview

Think about this knockin' on your front door: A 6'4", 330-pound (all muscle), gang-affiliated multimillionaire with nothin to lose. His skin clean, focus right and his once-untouchable company paralyzed but not folded, Suge Knight has found a strange peace while stuck behind prison walls for the last three years. And he's made millions of dollars while doin' time, scoring on projects like 2Pac's Greatest Hits and the Outlawz. Russel poole. Russell Poole. Early career[edit] The son of a 27-year L.A.

Russell Poole

County Sheriff, Poole would "follow in his father's footsteps" and join the LAPD in 1981. He rose quickly, becoming a detective trainee only three years after being sworn in. Before being chosen to work in the Robbery-Homicide division in 1996, he spent over 9 years as a homicide investigator at the South Bureau and Wilshire Division.

He served as the primary investigator (taking a case all the way through the trial) on at least 135 homicide cases, and assisted on over 500 more. The Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. : Rolling Stone. The Murders of gangsta rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Detective Russell Poole In 1999, Detective Russell Poole resigned from the LAPD in anger and frustration over what he perceived to be the city's deliberate unwillingness to let him get to the bottom of the Notorious B.I.G. murder.

The Murders of gangsta rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.

The shooter, Amir Muhammad, was connected to Mob Piru cop David Mack who was connected to Suge Knight. The evidence Poole had collected increasingly pointed the finger at the Death Row founder. The Murders of gangsta rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Composite of suspect in B.I.G. shooting LAPD detective Russell Poole was assigned to the case, and his tireless investigation led him to believe that the man in the bow tie who fired the shots was Amir Muhammad, a.k.a. Harry Billups, a southern California mortgage broker and close friend of former LAPD police officer David Mack, who witnesses also put at the scene of the crime. Mack might have been the "fan" who had enticed Biggie to roll down his window.

Detective Poole discovered that as well as being a police officer, Mack was a member of the Mob Piru Bloods and had a close association with Death Row founder Suge Knight. Poole learned that Mack was one of many LAPD officers who were also gang members. Officer David Mack. The Murders of gangsta rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. The Murders of gangsta rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. But the most sinister theory fingers Knight for both murders. Before his death, Tupac Shakur was becoming a problem for Knight. The star was questioning Death Row's method of bookkeeping, which indicated that Shakur owed the company $4.9 million even though he had earned the company $60 million in record sales. Unhappy with his Death Row contract, Shakur was rumored to be looking for a new label once he'd completed his three-album obligation. The Murders of gangsta rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.

The Murders of gangsta rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Interview With Cathy Scott. Cathy Scott; she is a true crime author, award winning journalist, public speaker on crime reporting and research, a columnist and a teacher of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. No where in her resume is the phrase tabloid writer. So why is this lady so questioned about the Tupac autopsy photo that she has published in her book 'The Killing of Tupac Shakur'? There are many who say the photo is a fake. Those who say that are really saying that Ms. Scott is really mis-leading people with this photo. Like I said , in her resume you will not find any mention of her working for a tabloid. Cathy scott murder of notorious big. Interview With Cathy Scott. ThugLifeArmy.com - A Total News Source for Tupac (2Pac) & Hip-Ho.

The Murder of Biggie Smalls (Hardcover) by Cathy Scott - Reviews. Cathy scott murder of notorious big review. Biggie Smalls. September 9. March 14. March 14, 1997 Behind the scenes of 'Unsolved' Shakur mystery By Cathy Scott LAS VEGAS SUN Who shot Tupac Shakur? That's been the unanswered question since he was mortally wounded in September near the Las Vegas Strip, and now it's being asked in March 14th's "Unsolved Mysteries" (8 p.m., NBC).

When a producer from "Unsolved Mysteries" called last year and asked me to go on camera, my first response was, "Don't you have anyone else you can interview? " They did. Then "America's Most Wanted" ran its own segment, and "Unsolved" put its plans on hold. Producer Cord Keller came to Las Vegas just before Christmas for a pre-interview with me.

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