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Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. (/ʃʊɡ/SHUUG; born April 19, 1965)[3] is an American former record executive who is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Knight was a central figure in gangsta rap's commercial success in the 1990s.[4] This feat is attributed to the record label's first two album releases: Dr. Dre's The Chronic in 1992 and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle in 1993.[4] Knight is currently serving a 28-year sentence in prison for a fatal hit-and-run in 2015.[5]
Before founding Death Row Records, Knight played college football at UNLV as a defensive end. He briefly played in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams as a replacement player during the 1987 NFL players strike. In 1995, Tupac Shakur began serving a prison sentence of up to 4+1⁄2 years for a sexual abuse conviction. Knight struck a deal with Shakur that October, posting his $1.4 million bail and freeing him from prison pending an appeal of his conviction, while signing him to Death Row Records. In 1996, the label released Shakur's greatest commercial success, All Eyez on Me. That September, in Las Vegas, an unidentified assailant shot into the car Knight was driving, injuring Knight and fatally wounding Shakur.
Dr. Dre left Death Row Records shortly before Shakur's death, followed by Snoop Dogg two years later. The label rapidly declined. Meanwhile, allegations mounted that Knight, beyond employing gang members, often used intimidation and violence in his business dealings. From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, Knight spent a few years incarcerated for assault convictions and associated violations of probation and parole.
In September 2018, Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a fatal 2015 hit-and-run.[6][7] Knight's conviction, along with his previous felonies, triggered California's three-strikes law. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison, and is eligible for parole in October 2034, when he will be 69 years old.[8]
Knight was born in Compton, California, the son of Maxine Dikemen and Marion Knight Sr.[9] His name Suge (pronounced /ʃʊɡ/) derives from "Sugar Bear", a childhood nickname.[10] He attended Lynwood High School in nearby Lynwood, where he was a football and track star.[11]
Knight is affiliated with the Mob Piru Bloods, a set of the Bloods gang.[12]
From 1983 to 1985, Knight attended and played football on an athletic scholarship at El Camino College.[13] In 1985, during his junior year he transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and played football there as a defensive end for two years,[14] though he did not graduate.[15]
Knight went undrafted in the 1987 NFL draft, but was invited to the Los Angeles Ramstraining camp with a chance to make the team roster. He was ultimately cut by the Rams during camp, but unexpectedly became a replacement player during the 1987 NFL Players Strike, and played two games for the Rams.[16]
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