Suge Knight
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 19, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- Compton, California, USA
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
Tupac: Resurrection
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
The Defiant Ones
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Murder Was the Case
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
Welcome to Death Row
One Night in Vegas
American Dream/American Knightmare
Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or Revenge
Filmography
Horrifying Hollywood Murders
Movie · as Self
Hopelessly in Love: Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Andre Rison
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
TV · as Self - Founder of Death Row Records (archive footage), Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage) · 2 eps
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Movie · as Self (voice)
BODR (Bacc On Death Row)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Movie · as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)
American Dream/American Knightmare
Movie · as Self
Who Killed Tupac?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Defiant Ones
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Vanilla Ice Archive
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
One Night in Vegas
Movie · as Self
Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or Revenge
Movie · as Self
Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row
Movie · as Self
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
Movie · as Self
Tupac: Resurrection
Movie · as Self (archival)
Last Call with Carson Daly
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Welcome to Death Row
Movie · as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
Suge Knight: On The Real Death Row Story
Movie · as Himself
Death Row Uncut
Movie · as Self (archive footage)