Marion Hugh Knight, Jr. (born April 19, 1965) better known as Suge Knight, is an entrepreneur in the hip hop music industry and co-founder and CEO of Death Row Records, and could have been credited in giving it that name from his 1996 interview with Vibe magazine. The record label rose to dominate the charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough success The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound, Death Row Records stagnated after Knight's incarceration on parole violation charges in September 1996.

Early life

Marion Knight was born in Compton, California.