Suge Knight is a notorious figure in the 90s West Coast rap game. The co-founder and former CEO of the infamous Death Row Records has always went about his business a certain way, whether it’s sending death threats via text message or even crashing his car into a former associate.
In an interview with Nick Cannon, who has also taken on the responsibility of penning Knight’s autobiography, The Game looked back at a moment after what he says would be the 2004 Vibe Awards in which he earned the rap mogul’s respect.
“I’ve been face-to-face with Suge with guns drawn, on both sides,” said the Born 2 Rap artist on Power 106 FM in Los Angeles. “Suge rolled up on me one time after the Vibe Awards after-party with like 60 gangsters. He wanted to press for something I said in my song about him, which I said it because I’m from Compton. I’m really from Compton. And I felt like Death Row and Suge and that whole era took so many lives that didn’t get mentioned in the city. A couple of those was friends and big homies. So I said a few things about Suge that he didn’t like and they rolled up on me.”
25 years old at the time, The Game refused to let Knight and his entourage intimidate him.
“I drew my gun on all of them and I held my own. And from that day forward, it was nothing but respect from Suge,” said the former G-Unit rapper. “I throw jabs sometimes, mainly ’cause I can and everybody knows that I’m an asshole sometimes, so that’s what I do. I talked to Suge from the inside and he does have a different perspective on life and he should have a different perspective on life because where else do you go from here with being how you used to be? Suge’s gotta be 50 plus.”
The beef was squashed from there as The Game went on to praise Knight for his work and the imprint he left on the industry.
“We can’t take away what he did give, the [Tupac] albums, the Snoop albums, the whole Death Row.”
Knight is currently serving a 28-year sentence stemming from a manslaughter charge as a result of a hit-and-run in 2015 which killed Terry Carter, co-founder of Heavyweight Records.
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Game was boring after LAX.
Here comes Suge Jr. Gonna end Games career even though he is retired.
You mean to tell me THE GAME kept 60 plus gang niggas from doing harm to him just by waving/showing them his gun. I’ll be right back. i think i saw some pigs flying in the sky
Lmao, word!
Suge might call Nick Cannon to jump on wax dissin The Game…i mean game might be n asshole sometimes but Cannons the new Pac…. he gon destroy Game, actually I think Nick cannon highly underrated…he probably better than kendrick and drake lyrically..he better than that white boy eminem, cuz Nick at least writes his own shit, eminem always had ghostwriters, he never actually wrote one line himself, oh and for those who dont know, Lucky You was actually ghostwritten by Nick Cannon
U r an absolute idiot. Don’t ever write anything on the internet ever again. Suge, his son, and Nick Cannon suck dick.
I guess jayceon smoked too much of his own product from his weed business venture
Look mayne let’s just admit it the game and 69 is the same person.
Was a crip then turned blood
Ran around screaming blood and starting beefs
Loves trolling fans
Seem to be infatuated with 50 cent
And I don’t even like 69 but truth is truth
Good comparisons, dang! On point, with a butterfly tattoo, both 2 jokers
Gang culture is SUPER GAY. Because a ton of gang culture is derived from prison, and prison culture is SUPER SUPER GAY! If u sag your pants, you take it up the ass queeer boy!
Hahahaha shits great
Were all on the dicks of these guys when you were starting out now turning on em cause their being bent over and fucked thats not real you can feel how you feel but dont gotta talk on it just for attention this man shows 1 more of many times he is just bitch made all he will ever be clown always got someones dick in his mouth
The Game is lying again! This must be one of those dreams he was having when he woke up from his coma and bought Ready to Die…the only part that seems believable is he pulled a gun and didn’t use it
Dude is a certified liar, his own brother exposed him smh…suge slapped him silly that night (no pun)
All he does is lie, I remember reading an article on him (when Documentary dropped) and was saying how after he got shot he had his brother go out and buy him classic rap albums like ready to die, reasonable doubt, death certificate so he could “study” them. The guy conducting the interview was like “you didn’t already have those albums ??” And he was all “oh yah but they was scratched so I wanted to start fresh.” He’s a name dropping clown with absolutely zero content I honestly don’t understand how he’s been so successful.
Great ear for beats, mic presence, good raping voice.
Good RAPING voice. Nice Freudian slip for the molester.
Good raping voice. Nice Freudian slip. Perfect way to describe a molestor.
Nah. Just a typo. Relax your self.
Smh, all of a sudden everybody was ganster against suge…what a bunch a cowards…even j prince didnt have that same energy towards suge when suge was out, i dont respect none of them, only whoo kid keeps it a hundred lol….what i recall hearing is how game got b8ch slapped by suge and he did nothing, then later jimmy henchmen being games manager gave a suge a warning shot in the leg, then called the hospital where suge was at and told him to stay away from his crew or the next bullet was in his head….now all of a sudden game did all that ganster live through other people’s stories like he has always done and used his brother’s whole life and made it his own, cant stand that…anybody that reads game cant peep game in the game, always have to have a jimmy or crack100 by his side, crack100 dont even have one ounce of respect for game and its obvious…jimmy didnt either, because real street dudes read through the bs and acts…that lil whatever from chicago even made him look like a punk……read the story again, he made it seem like he stood up against 60 gansters, i heard dude even has tears in his eyes and begging suge that it aint that serious and “let’s talk like man” he said to suge, but thats after he slapped you like a girl though….game and rick ross, biggest frauds in rap history on the mainstream level
Suge is a pussy and word on street he someones bitch in that prision already being bent over each night and pounded by some big dude
All the clowns have these stories about standing up to Suge. LMAO. The fantasies never end with rappers. Somehow the culture that invented the term “keeping it real” is completely fake.
Thanks, Suge is the real rap God invetened these niggas
Suge will die in prision alone like a dog in a cage
Real niggas either died or jail, lame ass niggas walking around wearing wires.
That picture looks like he on Touched By The Angel and Della Reese tryna talk him out of criminal life after getting shot by the owner of a mom n pop after tryna steal Illmatic
The Game is the dopest rapper out here period. Born 2 Rap is such a dope album! Fuck the haters.
Okay it might be cool to hate on Game cause he actually does heavy corny shit…..but don’t act like The Man can’t rap. Duck outta here Jesus Piece even Jesus Piece is a klassik
I’m underground Brick City Trap Star Evil Empire big shout to Wiz Khalifa and his crew.
I will slap the the game silly for talking bullshit, RNS
you will do nothing you punk pussy motherfucker
I will silly slap Game for talking smack bout Suge, fk I will silly slap who ever the fuck is with him, and you for siding wit the Lame there is dick up you’re ass silly boy.
Now please hop off my dick.