* 1965 – Suge Knight, American record producer and executive

After numerous talks with Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, Lopes severed her solo deal with Arista ( despite remaining signed to the label as a member of TLC ) and signed with Knight's Tha Row Records, intending to record a second solo album under the pseudonym " N. I. N. A.

Marion " Suge " Knight, Jr. (; born April 19, 1965 ) ( a. k. a. Big Suge or Big Simon ) is the founder and CEO of Black Kapital Records and co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records.

MC Hammer's ( Stanley Kirk Burrell ) relationship with Suge Knight dates back to 1988.

In the documentary, Frank also states that he himself has no reason to suspect Suge Knight, and that Suge treated the security people " very well " at all times.

In addition, Cathy Scott, who worked closely with the LAPD during her career as a journalist, stated on the same documentary that " The LAPD found no evidence whatsoever that implicated Suge Knight.

" She also said, " You can be sure that if the LAPD had ANY evidence that Suge Knight was involved in Tupac's killing they would have arrested him.

Re: your question about Suge Knight, there never was any evidence — or even alleged evidence — linking Suge to Tupac's murder in any way, shape or form.

Keefe D claimed they had been offered " a million dollars " by Puffy Combs for the killing of Tupac and Suge Knight.

In retaliation, Suge Knight hired Wardel " Pouchie " Fouse to hit Puffy Combs ' most valuable star, Biggie Smalls, a hit accomplished following a party at the Peterson Automotive Museum.

After the death of Tupac Shakur and the release of Tha Doggfather, Snoop Dogg openly blasted Suge Knight for the murder of Shakur and decided to leave the label, which he did in 1997, moving to Master P's No Limit Records and then forming his own record label, Doggystyle Records.

On April 4, 2006, Suge Knight filed bankruptcy due to civil litigation against him in which Lydia Harris claimed to have been cheated out of a 50 % stake in Death Row Records.

On December 5, 2008 Suge Knight was cleared of all charges.

On February 8, 2012 Suge Knight was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, after police found marijuana in his car and several warrants for prior traffic violations.

* Suge Knight: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Death Row Records: The Story of Marion ' Suge ' Knight, a Hard Hitting Study of One Man, One Company That Changed the Course of American Music Forever by Jake Brown, Amber Books, October 1, 2001, 218 pages, ISBN 0-9702224-7-5

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The label supported itself with releases pulled from vaults — most successfully various posthumous 2Pac albums, along with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg re-releases and then-unreleased compilation records such as Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000 and Snoop Dogg: Dead Man Walkin.

Between 1993-1994, the group assisted Hammer on his The Funky Headhunter album ( such as the song " Sleepin ' on a Master Plan " and others ), along with Suge Knight and the Whole 9.

In 1991, Suge had a son, Taj, who is said to be living in Atlanta with his mother, Davina Barnes.

” No one has ever been charged in connection with the crime, however, and Suge has denied any involvement.

Another scheduled meeting with the creditors had been missed after Suge said he had experienced a death in his family.

Suge is currently on 3 years unsupervised probation for driving with a suspended license.

While Knight had sought an outright release from Ruthless Records for Dr. Dre, the JDL and Ruthless Records management negotiated a release in which the record label would continue to receive money and publishing rights from future Dr. Dre projects with Death Row Records, founded by Dr. Dre with Suge Knight.

Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed with Suge Knight's Death Row Records by 1995.

After consulting with Alex Roberts, whom sources suggest was Suge Knight's connection to the underworld, Knight and two bodyguards arrived at The Palm in West Hollywood, where Van Winkle was eating.

At the same time, a rift between Michael and Lydia Harris and Suge and David Kenner began to grow, with the latter pair denying Harris's involvement in the company and refusing to take his phone calls.

Suge Knight's relationship with MC Hammer ( Stanley Kirk Burrell ) dates back to 1988.

Despite bad blood, Kurupt would again sign with Suge Knight in exchange for the position of Vice President, which sparked a feud between himself and former friends Daz and Snoop Dogg.

" was an attack on Death Row, Suge Knight, Dre and others, with X comparing the dubious business practices there to the days of Ruthless Records, Jerry Heller, and Eazy-E.

The following year, it was announced by Billboard that Morrison had signed a five-year worldwide deal with Death Row Records founder Marion " Suge " Knight, making him the first, and only British artist to be signed with Death Row Records.

Dr. Dre's nemesis, Suge Knight, also had an ongoing feud with Game that stemmed from Yukmouth's claim that Game had been slapped by Suge Knight.

's death was a revenge killing ; although former Death Row artists like Snoop Dogg would later state that Suge was involved in Tupac's murder as well.

In 2002, Snoop released the song " Pimp Slapp'd ", in which he repudiated Suge and Death Row.

Finally on July 7, 2006, the federal judge, Ellen Carroll, ordered a bankruptcy trustee takeover of Suge Knight's Death Row Records, saying the record label had undergone a gross amount of mismanagement.

Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight was imprisoned, and most of the label's acts tried to leave.

Death Row Records is a record label founded in 1991 by Dick Griffey, Marion " Suge " Knight Jr. and Andre " Dr. Dre " Young.

The collapse of Death Row Records meant its title as a powerful hip-hop label was subsequently revoked despite attempts from the last remaining founder and CEO at the time, Suge Knight, that included signing new talents and releasing many compilations of previously unreleased content recorded by ex-Death Row artists.

A federal informant provided testimony that Los Angeles police officers David Mack and Rafael Perez -- both implicated in the Rampart scandal — worked as security for Death Row when off-duty, and that they and Suge Knight had conspired to have Biggie killed after a party the rapper attended on the night of his murder.

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In the October that followed, towards the end of the same year, Tupac Shakur had been bailed out of jail by Death Row's Suge Knight in exchange for releasing his following four albums on Death Row Records.

After Tha Dogg Pound's full departure from Death Row, Suge Knight claimed ownership of the name " Tha Dogg Pound " and any tracks recorded prior to them leaving.

Daz has been quoted as saying this album was " bullshit ", and even claimed to have raided Death Row Records vaults during one of Suge Knight's incarcerations and stole back as many DPG songs as he could find.

In late 2002, Kurupt shocked the entire DPGC and fans alike, when he wound up signing back to Death Row Records as vice president under Suge Knight.