Knight discusses Tory’s new lawyer who once represented him
Suge Knight recently spoke with the Rolling Stone via a jail phone where he confirmed that Tory Lanez new lawyer, David Kenner, did work with him in other cases but didn’t represent him in the voluntary manslaughter case that had him sent to prison for 28 years in prison in 2018. Suge added that things would’ve different if Kenner was involved in the trial.
2Pac, David Kenner, Suge Knight, and Snoop Dogg celebrate Snoop's acquittal at Monty's Steakhouse, February 20, 1996. pic.twitter.com/Q90u4KGWek
Suge says he understands what both Tory and Meg are going through
Suge Knight says he is familiar with what both Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion are experiencing after the former was recently found guilty of shooting the latter in the foot in 2020. As Tory gathers a new legal defense team for his appeal, he hired Suge’s former attorney David Kenner, and Rolling Stone called the former Death Row front man this week to ask him of his take on the trial.
“I understand what Megan goes through because when Tupac and I got shot in Vegas… I got a fragment and a bullet an inch to my skull today. They didn’t remove it because they said if it went another inch I’d have been a vegetable or dead,” Suge explained. “So I know what it’s like when people say, ‘You didn’t get shot, this didn’t happen, she’s lying.’ They accused me of stuff (too).
“If he’s guilty, that’s one thing. But if he didn’t have the right person representing him to get a fair shake, that another thing.”
He added, “Right now, Tory is probably going through [the] worst days of life, because the county jail [is] so horrible and dirty. The food is garbage, the cell is freezing, it’s dirty and nasty. You could be sitting in your bed at night, and a rat might run across your chest, or it might bite you, roaches is all over your bed.”
Snoop Dogg didn’t like his experience at Death Row
While Snoop Dogg built the foundation of his legacy at Death Row Records, the rapper says the label damaged his “spirit.” During a recent discussion on the 85 South Show, the Doggfather recalled how moving from Suge Knight’s Death Row to Master P’s No Limit changed his life for the better.
He recalled dropping Doggystyle, The Doggfather, beating his murder case, 2Pac getting murdered, Dr. Dre leaving, Suge going to jail, the label putting a hit on him, and how it all messed up with his inner self.
“They was soldiers, for real. Organized. Structured,” Snoop said of No Limit. “Them n-ggas didn’t play, and P was serious about his business.”
The Compton rapper added that Master P told C-Murder and Soulja Slim not to take him to their respective hometowns of Calliope and Magnolia projects, but they did anyway. “I’m violating but then I’m listening then I’m watching how they not listening then I said, ‘I’m not going to be a bad student. I’m a stop doing what they doing,’” Snoop explained. He continued that Master P gave him his first house and car under his name since everything that he owned before was under Suge and Death Row.
When Karlous Miller acknowledged Snoop’s humility for agreeing to start from a low level again when he already had a name at Death Row, the rapper explained how his time at the label was distressing.
“But I wasn’t,” Snoop said while talking about whether he was thinking about the success he already achieved at Death Row. “My spirit wasn’t that. See that’s what you gotta understand. N-ggas broke my spirit. That broke me, man. They broke my spirit. Look, Doggystyle, working on Doggfather, win my murder case, Dre leaves, Tupac get killed, Suge going to jail, Death Row want to kill me. That’s all in the same year.”
D12’s Bizarre recalls a moment Suge Knight pulled up on 50 Cent’s ‘’In Da Club’’ set
Former Los Angeles music mogul Suge Knight’s reputation in the music business was both admirable and quite frightening. There are many stories of Suge violently handling some of his artists as well as label heads.
D12’s Bizarre recently sat down for a chat with Math Hoffa where he recounted an incident where Suge Knight arrived at 50 Cent’s ‘’In Da Club’’ video set. “I know it sounds like a f*cking made-up movie, but it’s really true,” Bizarre said. “We was shooting the ‘In Da Club’ video and somebody said, ‘Suge Knight here!’ And I was at the bar, the gang was there… 50 was like, ‘What’s up man whatchu wanna do?’” Suge didn’t say a word. “Suge looked at him and he took a puff of his cigar, and he blew it out and he did like this, and he left. Just some L.A.-type sh*t, intimidation-type sh*t.”
Bizarre also talked about how 50 Cent’s arrival at Shady/Aftermath Records had them all up their security protocols. He said they “had to roll out the military” with “bulletproof vests” and cars.
During the days of Snoop Dogg being signed to Death Row Records, Suge Knight was known as Suge Knight and everyone was scared of him, but not Master P who took an interest in Snoop Dogg’s music and visited Suge Knight in prison to negotiate Snoop Dogg’s release from Death Row. Both Suge and Master P came to a figure and their deal released Snoop from his Death Row duties. Snoop Dogg would later sign to Master P’s No Limit Records.
According to Snoop Dogg, during his come-up neither the east Diddy (Bad Boy) or the west, Suge Knight (Death Row) were making money like the south Master P. (No Limit).
“He brought money to the industry. Rappers wasn’t getting money mane… Everybody on No Limit had a car, house, two guns and a bank account.” Snoop says about Master P.
Snoop later reveal Master P visited Suge Knight in prison to strike a deal which released Snoop from his record contract with Death Row Records.
“Master P went to go visit Suge Knight in the penitentiary and struck a deal because everybody else was scared of that nigga… That’s when Suge Knight was the monster. The boogie man. P went to go see him, struck a deal, paid him, pay me. Got my publishing back..” Snoop says
Hasbro Toy Company has officially bought Death Row Records after they finished the acquisition today. Maybe some Tupac action figures on the way.
This would also make it a fact that..
Hasbro Toy Company owns Death Row Records.
Hasbro, the company that owns classic toys and games such as Mr. Potato Head, Monopoly, Furbies, My Little Pony, and more is now the owner of Death Row Records. The toy and board game company acquired the infamous West Coast record label’s discography with the $4 billion purchase of Entertainment One.
7 years after Death Row filed for bankruptcy, eOne became the parent company of Death Row Records in 2013 when they bought the label’s entire catalog for about $280 million. The catalog that consisted of records from Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Tupac, and many more.
“The acquisition of eOne adds beloved story-led global family brands that deliver strong operating returns to Hasbro’s portfolio and provides a pipeline of new brand creation driven by family-oriented storytelling,” Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner said in a statement celebrating the purchase.
