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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

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Self – Founder of Death Row Records (archive footage)

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

2025

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Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

2025

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Self (voice)

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

2024

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Self (archive footage)

Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?

2022

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Self (archive footage)

BODR (Bacc On Death Row)

2022

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Self (archive footage)

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

2021

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Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

2021

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Self

American Dream/American Knightmare

2018

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Self (archive footage)

Who Killed Tupac?

2017

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Self (archive footage)

The Defiant Ones

2017

Credits

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

as Self – Founder of Death Row Records (archive footage)

2025

7.5

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)

2025

7.5

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

as Self (voice)

2024

5.3

Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?

as Self (archive footage)

2022

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BODR (Bacc On Death Row)

as Self (archive footage)

2022

0.0

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

as Self (archive footage)

2021

6.7

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

as Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)

2021

7.2

American Dream/American Knightmare

as Self

2018

6.8

Who Killed Tupac?

as Self (archive footage)

2017

8.0

The Defiant Ones

as Self (archive footage)

2017

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Vanilla Ice Archive

as Self (archive footage)

2012

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One Night in Vegas

as Self

2010

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Married to the Game: The Real Inside Story of Death Row

as Self

2009

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Tupac Assassination Conspiracy Or Revenge

as Self

2009

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Tupac: Live at the House of Blues

as Self

2005

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Tupac: Resurrection

as Self (archival)

2003

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Last Call with Carson Daly

as Self

2002

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Welcome to Death Row

as Self - CEO, Death Row Records (archive footage)

2001

7.7

Suge Knight: On The Real Death Row Story

as Himself

2001

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Death Row Uncut

as Self (archive footage)

2000

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