Suge Knight
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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 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
Credits
Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
as Self (archival)
Vanilla Ice Archive (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy (2024)
as Self (voice)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (2021)
as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)
American Dream/American Knightmare (2018)
as Self
One Night in Vegas (2010)
as Self
Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome to Death Row (2001)
as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
Death Row Uncut (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005)
as Self
Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or Revenge (2009)
as Self
Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row (2009)
as Self
Who Killed Tupac? (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Horrifying Hollywood Murders (—)
as Self
Who Killed Biggie and Tupac? (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
BODR (Bacc On Death Row) (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Suge Knight: On The Real Death Row Story (2001)
as Himself