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GATMAN · « **on:** October 04, 2005, 01:24:11 PM »

Authorities Raid Suge Knight's Record Company, Home

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LOS ANGELES -- Authorities raided the record label and homes of rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight on Thursday while arresting three people -- including a former sheriff's deputy -- on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.

Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators said during an evening press conference that the search warrants and arrests were strictly related to the June gang-related murder of a man in Compton.

However, Knight and his label, formerly known as Death Row Records, have been at the center of an East Coast-West Coast rap feud that some believe was behind the unsolved killings of Tupac Shakur in 1996 and The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997.

Two other former associates of Knight have been shot to death this year.

Theodore Peter Kelly, 29, was arrested at the offices of Knight's label. Taken into custody elsewhere were Michael Leroy Payne, 25, and Kordell Depree Knox, 37. All were being held without bail.

Knox is a former sheriff's deputy who was fired on Nov. 1 because of his suspected involvement in an assault with a deadly weapon, said Deputy Alba Yates. She could not provide any additional details. Knox had been an officer with the Compton Police Department and became a sheriff's deputy when the city in 2000 dissolved its police force and contracted its job to the county Sheriff's Department

"We are looking for suspects or physical evidence that may lead investigators to the actual suspects or conspirators, " LA County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Butler said. Information "will be forthcoming," he said.

People outside the record company were protesting that Knight is being singled out, according to NBC4.

"Just because it has to do with Suge, it's an ongoing investigation like it's a big thing ... All I'm saying is it's an assassination of character. They did it with Martin. They did it with Malcolm. And now, they're going to do it with Suge," said LA Nash, a rap artist.

Knight's attorney Arthur Barens said his client was being harassed.

"I have yet to see any association between the people arrested, any items taken and Suge Knight," said Barens. "We heard they were looking for weapons. There are certainly no weapons in his home, offices or anywhere else."

Knight was willing to cooperate with investigators, Barens said.

Knight was not considered a suspect in the investigation, Yates said.

"There is some connection to Tha Row Records," said sheriff's Deputy Darren Harris, referring to Knight's renamed label.

In April, Alton McDonald, 37, a former Death Row Records production manager, was killed as he pumped gas at a Los Angeles service station. Last month, 33-year-old Henry Smith, who designed the electric chair logo for the label, was killed as he sat in his parked SUV.

A SWAT team descended on the label's headquarters near Beverly Hills at about 5 a.m., stalking the roof with drawn weapons, smashing a glass door and hauling off computer equipment and a dozen cardboard boxes.

Deputies also searched luxury vehicles in the company's lot, including a 2002 Mercedes-Benz SUV and a 2002 Cadillac SUV that are registered to Knight.

Two other people were arrested on drug charges. A handgun was seized from another location. A total of 16 search warrants were served at homes and businesses connected to Knight along with other unspecified locations in the Los Angeles and Las Vegas areas.

Knight's $1 million former home in a gated community southeast of Las Vegas was searched. However, that had "nothing to do with the Tupac Shakur slaying," Las Vegas police Sgt. Kevin Manning said.

Knight was released from prison in August after serving five years for violating probation by getting into a fight in a Las Vegas hotel. The 1996 altercation occurred just hours before rap star Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting as he rode with Knight in the promoter's limousine.

Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, 24, was killed in March 1997 while sitting in his car outside a party celebrating the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles.

Once close friends, Tupac and Wallace had been feuding for more than a year and had exchanged insults in recordings, at concerts and awards shows.

Knight's record label offices were searched by police in 1999 in connection with Wallace's killing but no charges were filed.

That hasn't stopped conspiracy theorists and rap fans from offering a bewildering number of scenarios linking the killings.

The Los Angeles Times earlier this year concluded that Shakur was shot to death by a now-deceased Compton gang member using a pistol supplied by Wallace.

The book "Labyrinth" alleged a link between the slayings and Los Angeles police corruption.

And a recent film documentary, "Biggie & Tupac," suggests that Knight orchestrated both killings: Shakur's because the rapper wanted to leave his label, and Wallace's, in part, to make it appear Shakur's death was part of the rap feud.

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Trauma-san · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2005, 02:57:09 PM »

Suge's a piece of shit. They oughta just burn his shit down with him in it. Awfully funny his name keeps popping up in shit.

Then you've got the crack-head rapper mentioning, of all people, SUGE FUCKING KNIGHT in the same sentence as Martin Luther King? Are you fucking kidding me? Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the greatest Americans (strike that, human beings) to walk the earth, EVER, and the other is a fucking fat ass who's made his living threatening and abusing people. If they ammended the bible, Martin Luther King Jr. would be the next prophet after Ghandi.

GangstaBoogy · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2005, 04:40:46 PM »

again? damn they need to just leave homie alone

S-D-Unit · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2005, 05:49:54 PM »

he was on howard stern this morning unless it was a replay.. he said he wanted to fight 50

Trauma-san · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2005, 09:39:24 PM »

Quote from: S-D-Unit on October 04, 2005, 05:49:54 PM

he was on howard stern this morning unless it was a replay.. he said he wanted to fight 50

... who's 15 years younger, 120 pounds lighter, twice as fast, and an ex golden gloves boxer. Yeah, that'd be a great idea, Suge.

Wicked977 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2005, 09:53:37 PM »

Quote from: I Want My Donation Back on October 04, 2005, 09:39:24 PM

Quote from: S-D-Unit on October 04, 2005, 05:49:54 PM
he was on howard stern this morning unless it was a replay.. he said he wanted to fight 50

... who's 15 years younger, 120 pounds lighter, twice as fast, and an ex golden gloves boxer. Yeah, that'd be a great idea, Suge.

lol

The Predator · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2005, 11:54:24 PM »

Suge gets swatted again.

If the guy was smart he would set up shop and leave LA. He's been fucking around so long hes all tangled up in different shit out there. Look at all the dumb shit he's been in 'just' this year, having his hitman stabbed by Young Buck, shooting himself in the foot, dick or wherever etc...

Suge reminds me of Gusto not MC Gusto not the one played by Chris Rock but the other one thats after him lol