Suge Knight

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 cofounder and former CEO of Death Row Records Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr Dres 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 Knights 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 hitandrun 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