Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight has undergone emergency surgery after being shot at a pre-VMA party in West Hollywwod.
49-year-old Knight, who was famously alleged to have been involved in the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, was shot six times by an unidentified assailant at the nightclub event hosted by Chris Brown. The gunman fled the scene in the resulting melee.
Two bystanders were also hit and all three victims were taken to Cedars Sinai Hospital, where doctors said they are expected to make full recoveries.
A statement issued by Knight’s family urges fans to pray for the record mogul and to “stray away from the negativity portrayed by the media.” The statement continues: “Suge is currently resting and has lost a lot of blood, he’s human. He’s done a lot of things for the community and the culture as a whole so we ask that you respect that.”
Despite suggestions from witnesses that Knight was not the primary target, police say CCTV footage shows a gunman aiming at him. From this writer’s point of view, to propose any other scenario is to suggest that someone who clearly fancies himself as a hitman, missed his intended target six times! If this proves to be the case, his next port of call needs to be his Careers Officer.
Knight, who co-founded Death Row Records with Dr. Dre and the rapper The D.O.C. and is alleged to have employed violence and intimidation to make the label a success, is no stranger to the effects of gun violence. He suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during a shooting at a 2005 pre-VMA party, hosted by Kanye West. He has been accused as being complicit in the gunning down of friend Tupac Shakur, who is rumoured to have been planning to leave Death Row. Tupac’s rival, Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls) was killed, according to conspiracy theorists, to divert attention from Knight.
