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Suge Knight is serving 28 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal 2015 hit-and-run in Compton, California. The sentence consists of 22 years for the offense and 6 additional years triggered by California's three-strikes law. He will not be eligible for parole until October 2034.
Death Row Records rose to prominence through two debut albums: Dr. Dre's The Chronic in 1992, which reached triple platinum in the United States by the end of 1993, and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle in 1993, which earned quadruple platinum certification in the United States in 1994.
Knight posted Tupac Shakur's $1.4 million bail in October 1995, freeing him from prison pending an appeal of his sexual abuse conviction. In exchange, Shakur signed with Death Row Records.
No prosecutor ever charged Suge Knight with any involvement in Tupac Shakur's murder. Various theories circulated in popular culture, but author Cathy Scott, who wrote The Killing of Tupac Shakur, publicly stated there was never evidence linking Knight to the killing.
On the 4th of April 2006, Knight filed for bankruptcy amid civil litigation. Federal judge Ellen Carroll ordered a bankruptcy trustee takeover on the 7th of July 2006, citing gross mismanagement. Death Row was auctioned in June 2008; the winning bidder, Global Music Group, failed to secure funding, and the catalog passed to Wideawake Entertainment.
Suge Knight grew up in Compton, California, and attended Lynwood High School in nearby Lynwood. He played college football at El Camino College and then at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before going undrafted in the 1987 NFL draft. He played two games for the Los Angeles Rams as a replacement player during the 1987 NFL Players Strike.