Tuesday, August 17, 2010

marion "suge" knight jr


CEO and co-founder of Death Row Records (with Dr Dre)

Dr Dre was originally part of his own label Ruthless Records with Eazy-E but wanted to quit - Suge Knight threatened Eazy-E with leadpipes and baseball bats in order to secure Dre's release

he threatened to throw Vanilla Ice off a 15 storey balcony unless he signed the rights to 'Ice Ice Baby' over to him

he offered to pay a hefty bail for Tupac in 1995 if he agreed to sign for Death Row

he was the driver of the car in which Tupac was killed

allegedly, he is one of the main suspects implicated in the murder of Biggie Smalls

in 1997 he was sentenced to 9 years prison for parole violation. In 2003, 2 years after he was released, he was sent back to jail for punching a parking attendent. In 2008 he was arrested for beating his girlfriend, but never went to jail as his girlfriend went missing

he has filed for bankruptcy several times now

he was shot at a kanye west show in 2008 and was beaten up by Akon's manager at a party in 2009

in 2009 he allegedly broke into Akon's producers house (with 5 other men) armed with a shotgun and stole over $200k worth of stuff

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