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Nov. 18, 2008
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Rap icon accused of beating woman

By ANTONIO PLANAS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

The Clark County district attorney's office has filed charges against rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight in connection with an incident in late August in which he allegedly beat up his girlfriend.

Knight faces one count of battery for attacking Melissa Isaac. The office also brought two counts of possession of a controlled substance, for allegedly possessing Ecstasy and hydrocodone, against him.

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    • Las Vegas police said that on Aug. 27 officers witnessed Knight beating up Isaac while brandishing a knife in a parking lot on Spring Mountain Road near Interstate 15. The district attorney's office formally filed charges Friday.

    Neither Knight nor any of his representatives could be reached for comment.

    Knight is considered an icon of gangsta rap. In the 1990s he co-founded Death Row Records with Dr. Dre. They sold tens of millions of records and signed several notable rap superstars, including Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, before the label went bankrupt.

    In 1996 Knight was in the car when rapper Shakur was shot four times in the chest after attending a Mike Tyson fight on the Strip.

    He was convicted of assault in 1992 and placed on probation, then jailed for five years beginning in 1996 for violating that probation.

    He was returned to jail in 2003 for again violating parole for punching a parking attendant at a Hollywood nightclub. He was released the next year.

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    Ben Dover wrote on November 18, 2008 11:51 AM: Maybe his Mom can tell the judge what a good boy he really is. That seems to be the M.O. for every other ghetto punk wannabe thug.


    Rose wrote on November 18, 2008 10:08 AM: He probably had something to do with the Tupac death....and yeah...he probably does like prison..


    goodie 2 shoes wrote on November 18, 2008 06:55 AM: dr.death - you are so ignorant.


    Vegas Vic wrote on November 18, 2008 03:09 AM: There seems to be a history of violence with Knight. He should be left in lockup for a long time. Maybe he can take his violence out of fellow inmates rather than innocent individuals in his life.


    dr.death wrote on November 18, 2008 02:27 AM: Typical black man - can not beat a man up so he attacks his girlfriend. I think he just likes being in prison. He's probably a professional stool stuffer. Maybe, he can hook up with OJ and Stewart, and form the "Gay City Blowers".