
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1965-04-19
Place of Birth
Compton, California, USA
Suge Knight
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
as Self (archival)

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)

The Defiant Ones
as Self (archive footage)

TMZ Presents | The Downfall of Diddy
as Self (voice)

Last Call with Carson Daly
as Self

Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
as Self

Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac
as Self (archive footage)

One Night in Vegas
as Self

Welcome to Death Row
as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)

American Dream/American Knightmare
as Self