Suge Knight

Biography

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

The Defiant Ones

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

Last Call with Carson Daly

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

Tupac: Resurrection

Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

All Movies (17)

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy2024 · as Self (voice)
Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?2022 · as Self (archive footage)
BODR (Bacc On Death Row)2022 · as Self (archive footage)
Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell2021 · as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)
American Dream/American Knightmare2018 · as Self
Who Killed Tupac?2017 · as Self (archive footage)
Vanilla Ice Archive2012 · as Self (archive footage)
One Night in Vegas2010 · as Self
Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row2009 · as Self
Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or Revenge2009 · as Self
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues2005 · as Self
Tupac: Resurrection2003 · as Self (archival)
Welcome to Death Row2001 · as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
Suge Knight: On The Real Death Row Story2001 · as Himself
Death Row Uncut2000 · as Self (archive footage)
Horrifying Hollywood Murders— · as Self

All TV Shows (4)

Sean Combs: The Reckoning2025 · as Self - Founder of Death Row Records (archive footage)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning2025 · as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)
The Defiant Ones2017 · as Self (archive footage)
Last Call with Carson Daly2002 · as Self