Biography of suge knight

Born Marion Knight, Jr., April 19, 1966, in Los Angeles, CA; professionally known as "Suge" or "Sugar Bear" Knight; son of Marion (a truck driver, former college football tackle, and R&B singer) and Maxine Knight; married wife Sheritha (a rap manager); children: one daughter.

Education: Attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Addresses: Record company--Death Row Records, 10900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1240, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

A large and imposing figure in the music industry, Suge Knight, also known as "Sugar Bear," is the cofounder of Death Row Records and a major force in 1990s rap music.

Knight's Death Row musicians garnered three multiplatinum albums between the company's founding in 1991 and 1994. Grammy-winning Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggy Style, and the Above the Rim soundtrack effectively placed Knight and the burgeoning, multimillion dollar Death Row enterprise on the very tip of the rap music mountain.

Born Marion Knight, Jr., in 1966, Suge