Suge Knight
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Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. 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. 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. Knight is currently serving a 28-year sentence in prison for a fatal hit-and-run in 2015.
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Suge Knight, born in 1965 in Compton, is an American record producer, composer, and rapper. He is also known for his work as a defensive end in American football, a position he played for the Los Angeles Rams. Knight’s musical career, which began in 1987 and ended in 2015, is associated with the West Coast hip-hop, G-funk, and gangsta rap genres. He released music through Death Row Records and performed using his voice.
Knight attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He holds United States citizenship and speaks English. In addition to his artistic roles, he has been convicted of assault. His professional activities spanned from 1987 to 2015.
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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…
Known for
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning — Self - Founder of Death Row Records (archive footage)2025
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning — Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)2025
- TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy — Self (voice)2024
- BODR (Bacc On Death Row) — Self (archive footage)2022
- Who Killed Biggie and Tupac? — Self (archive footage)2022
- Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac — Self (archive footage)2021
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell — Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)2021
- American Dream/American Knightmare — Self2018
- Who Killed Tupac? — Self (archive footage)2017
- The Defiant Ones — Self (archive footage)2017
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Knight
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Compton
- Occupation
- rapper
- Educated at
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- gangsta rap
- Instrument
- voice
- Sport
- American football
- Position played
- defensive end
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 265
- Image
- Suge Knight in 2007 (6904212374).jpg
- Height
- 74
- Convicted of
- assault
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- date of birth
- 1965-04-19
- pseudonym
- Suge Knight
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- social media followers
- 19106
- Commons category
- Suge Knight
- name in native language
- Suge Knight
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
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