Convicted felon Marion “Suge” Knight Jr., 59, has fired the most recent shot at Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus Jr., 53, of their dispute over the legendary Demise Row Information.
Knight co-founded Demise Row alongside music producer Andre “Dr. Dre” Younger in 1991. Snoop launched his 1993 debut studio album, “Doggystyle,” through the West Coast-based label.
In 2006, Knight and Demise Row Information filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety. Finally, Snoop purchased the Demise Row emblems in 2022 and revived the then-defunct file label.
It appears the Lengthy Seashore, California, native buying the enduring Demise Row imprint fueled pressure between him and Knight.
The 2 music execs additionally clashed over Suge accusing his ex-protégé of making an attempt to assist free Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the accused killer of fellow Demise Row alum Tupac “2Pac” Shakur.
“Since I been in right here, Snoop and different folks been making an attempt to bail [Keefe D] out, trigger he speaking an excessive amount of,” Knight acknowledged throughout a telephone interview with The Artwork of Dialogue from behind bars.
Snoop responded to Knight by writing on Instagram, “This n—- [won’t] cease speaking about me, mad cuz I personal Demise Row, I understand your actual lies.”
The combative back-and-forth involving Snoop and Suge continued on March 9, 2025, when The Artwork of Dialogue printed one other telephone dialog with Knight.
“Snoop, you stated I’m mad since you purchased Demise Row. What [did] you purchase? Shut me up. Present me the place y’all paid the cash to purchase it,” Knight demanded in audio shared on-line.
Knight additionally known as on Snoop to “present me the paperwork, present me what you personal.” Plus, the Mob Piru Bloods affiliate accused the “Gin and Juice” rapper of damaging Demise Row’s legacy.
“If in case you have Demise Row, you destroyed it. You tousled the identify,” Knight stated, earlier than including, “So that you can nonetheless lie, and communicate on Pac, like y’all had been mates, it’s unhappy.”
Beforehand, Knight alleged that Snoop lied about visiting 2Pac on the hospital after the chart-topping emcee was shot in Las Vegas in September 1996.
“That positively didn’t occur. Snoop didn’t go to the hospital. That’s a lie,” Knight insisted in February 2025.
The self-proclaimed Doggfather shared his 2Pac hospital story whereas talking on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast in Might 2022.
“After we drive to Vegas to see Pac, we obtained to Suge’s home first, so we haven’t even seen Pac,” the Primetime Emmy Award winner recalled to Paul.
Snoop resumed, “We’re feeling prefer it’s going to be alright till we go to the hospital and see that he ain’t alright. He obtained tubes in him, and it’s like once I walked in, I might simply really feel that he wasn’t even there, and I fainted.”
Throughout their days as Demise Row label mates, Snoop and 2Pac collaborated for “2 of Amerikaz Most Wished” off Pac’s 1996 album “All Eyez on Me” which dropped seven months earlier than his loss of life.
Knight’s most up-to-date clapback at Snoop prompted commotion on social media. One X person claimed, “Suge tousled however he’s not telling any lies right here.”
The incarcerated former music trade govt obtained extra backing on YouTube. One individual wrote, “Suge is true, Snoop is tryna rewrite Demise Row historical past, however it’s not working.”
“Suge stated the realest… If y’all wanna run and take the identify of one thing I began that helped all of y’all to turn out to be a star, then let’s do one thing constructive with it. If y’all actually actual about it then bail me out,” posted a second YouTube commenter.
Nevertheless, Suge confronted warmth as nicely. Somebody tweeted, “You recognize who destroyed Demise Row? The man hanging n—– off of balconies and operating round extorting [people].”
“Suge has to take possession of his downfall with Demise Row. You bought your cash maker killed behind some bulls—. You misplaced your file label since you ran it into the bottom. You’re in jail due to your actions,” posted one other Knight critic.
In 2018, Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter for the 2015 deadly hit-and-run loss of life of his buddy, Terry Carter, that occurred at a Compton-area burger stand car parking zone.
A second sufferer, filmmaker Cle Sloan, was injured by the violent incident. Knight acquired a 28-year jail sentence, 22 years for killing Carter and 6 years for violating California’s three-strikes statute.
All through his life, Knight has had a number of run-ins with the legislation, together with serving roughly 5 years in jail from 1997 to 2001 for his involvement in a battle on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the identical evening 2Pac died.
Knight and Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson WBA heavyweight championship boxing match on the MGM Grand on Sept. 7, 1996. Pac was shot in his car on Las Vegas Boulevard later that night. Knight was within the BMW’s driver’s seat when the gunfire started.
