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Rap Mogul “Suge” Knight Injured in Fracas

Rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was treated in the hospital for facial injuries after being injured in a fight at a local hotel, Scottsdale police said on Monday.
Security at the W hotel in the city near Phoenix called police after two groups of guests exchanged “heated words in the VIP area” early on Monday, [...]

Suge Blames Kanye for Shooting, MIA Earring

Kanye West took care of 50 Cent last year. Now he’s got a whole new beef on his hands, and the outcome could cost him dearly.
Former Death Row Records overlord Marion “Suge” Knight is linking West to a shooting incident that left Knight with a bullet in his leg and some pricey bling gone AWOL.
According to [...]

Cousin: Nate Dogg Was On Life Support

The Prodigal Son is ailing again. And we’re now learning that his condition was much graver than previously reported.
West Coast rapper Nate Dogg was hospitalized nearly two weeks ago after suffering a stroke, his second in less than a year.
But contrary to Internet news stories that offered an upbeat prognosis, a family member tells [...]

‘Suge’ Knight Arrested in Vegas Drug, Assault Case

Rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife, police said.
Knight, 43, the founder of bankrupt Death Row Records in Los Angeles, was arrested about 6:40 a.m. on a busy street near the Las Vegas Strip. Police responding [...]

Death Row Records Auctioned for $24 Million

 
Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for $24 million.
The New York-based Global Music Group Inc. said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that on June 24 it purchased Death Row, including its enviable back catalog [...]

Tupac Heirs Gun for Death Row

Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by as he rode in Suge Knight’s car more than a decade ago. Now the late rapper’s family is taking aim at Knight in court over some unreleased albums.
 
The late rapper’s estate, overseen by his mother Afeni Shakur and lawyers for Amaru Entertainment, is seeking a court order that [...]