Snoop has never been in a real fight. When there's trouble, he runs to the police. He throws up and starts crying. Marion "Suge" Knight, Jr. The record label rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr.
Marion Knight Willams was born in Compton, California. He attended Lynwood High School then graduated and got a football scholarship to University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he play collegiate football for several years. Later, he found work as a concert promoter and a bodyguard for celebrities including Bobby Brown. Knight's legal problems began in when he faced auto theft, concealed weapon and attempted murder charges, ultimately receiving probation.
Two years later, he formed his own music-publishing company, and allegedly made his first big fortune in the business by coercing Vanilla Ice into signing over royalties from his smash hit "Ice Ice Baby" owing to material that he supposedly sampled from one of Knight's company associates.
The possibly apocryphal story holds that Knight held Ice by his ankles off of a 20th-floor balcony, though in Ice's version, the threat was more implied. Knight next formed an artist management company and signed prominent West Coast hip hop artists The D. The label rose to dominate the hip hop charts after Dr. Dre 's breakthrough album The Chronic in After several years of chart successes for artists including Dr. The label went bankrupt in In February , Knight was charged with murder and attempted murder following a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, California.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges. On 20 September , Knight changed his plea to no contest and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. Marion High Knight Jr. His name, Suge, derives from "Sugar Bear", a childhood nickname.
He attended Lynwood High School in nearby Lynwood, where he was a football and track star. He graduated in In , he transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and played there for two years. He was cut by the Rams before the season began, but he became a replacement player during the NFL players' strike, and played two games for the Rams.
In , Knight formed his own music publishing company. He married Sharitha Knight. From to , he attended and played football at El Camino College. In , he transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and played there for two years. Marion Hugh Knight Jr. He attended Lynwood High School in nearby Lynwood, where he was a football and track star.
He graduated in He was cut by the Rams during camp, but he became a replacement player during the NFL Players Strike, and played two games for the Rams. After the death of Shakur in , Hammer left the record company. Dre and The D. According to N. Ultimately, Dre and D. Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur.
Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Suge Knight celebrates birthday on April 19 of every year. Dre and Snoop Dogg left Deathrow Records. Rapidly, the label declined, and it was soon eclipsed.
Meanwhile, allegations mounted that Knight, beyond employing gang members, had often plied intimidation and violence in his business dealings. From the late s into the early s, Knight spent a few years incarcerated for assault convictions and associated violations of probation and parole.
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