mtv.com - 11/12/2008
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Death Row co-founder took a bullet at rapper's 2005 pre-VMA party. By Gil Kaufman
Suge Knight attends Kanye West's 2005 pre-VMA party in Miami, Florida.
Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage
Times are tough for Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight . The once high-flying gangsta-rap impresario recently filed for bankruptcy, and he had to sit idly by earlier this summer while his company's assets were sold at auction.
Now, TMZ is reporting that as part of his October ...
tmz.com - 11/12/2008
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice Suge Knight is picking
a nasty fight with Kanye West over a diamond...
earring -- 3 years after the broke-ass record mogul was shot and then allegedly robbed of his ice at one of Kanye's parties. Suge -- who recently filed ...
Suge Sues Kanye: Your Fault I Got Shot, Robbed
mollygood.com - 11/13/2008
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Just when you start to feel sorry for
motherless Kanye West , he has to go off...
on another one of his deranged tangents about things of no importance whatsoever. This time around, his anger is directed at the MTV Video Music Awards — one of the ...
Kanye West Still Hates The VMAs
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[CRUNK + DISORDERLY] PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI —
... TMZ is reporting that as part of his October 30 bankruptcy filing, Knight is blaming Kanye West for the loss of a beloved 15-carat diamond stud earring that was stolen from him three years ago. According to a lawsuit filed by Knight against West and some of his partners on September 12, the label boss blames ‘Ye for allowing someone to smuggle a gun past security at the rapper’s 2005 pre-VMA party in Miami, the same party where some unknown person shot Knight in the leg. [source] ...
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T.I. Interview On Carson Daily. Ludacris Says New Album Is A 'Classic'. Suge Knight Sues Kanye After Being Shot And Robbed. Outkast To Release 2 Solo Albums As Well As Group LP. 50 Cent Steals A Dr. Dre Beat From Eminem. Eminem's Upcoming Album May Be Delayed Until Early 2009.
A History Of Suge Knight’s Fall From Grace
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... Remember when people used to be scared of Suge Knight? These days, poor Marion is bankrupt and getting knocked out in the middle of the street. And now, the news has broken that Suge is suing Kanye West, trying to blame him for getting shot at ‘Ye’s pre-VMA’s award party back in 2005. ...
Kanye West sued, talks about his mother’s death
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... also says that he lost a $135,000 diamond stud earring, which was retrieved by someone who identified himself as an employee, and who assured Knight the earring would be returned, though it was not. Knight believes the person worked for West or one of the other defendants in the suit.
Knight requests that the earring either be returned or replaced, as he has been “deprived of the use and enjoyment of the earring” since the August 2005 incident.
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I’m not sure that the lawsuit is a personal choice of Suge, who declared bankruptcy ...
Suge Knight Hospitalized After Fight
Daily Noise Blog | SPIN.com —
... manager of hip-hop superstar Akon, and his friend, Thomas Leon Anderson, Jr., 33. Both were charged with assault and disorderly conduct. [Via yahoo.com]
Knight was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for injuries to his face.
The fight is the latest in a string of public embarrassments for Knight; in the past several years he's lost control of his label, been charged with felony drug possession and misdemeanor battery, and filed a lawsuit against Kanye West.
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Death-Row records co-founder Suge Knight is suing Kanye West for…the loss of an earring. Oh yeah, and someone shot him in the leg, although that seems to be secondary to the earring. It did cost $135,000, it was probably lovely.
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Kanye West sued by Suge Knight —
NME News 11/12/2008
Rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight has filed a lawsuit against Kanye West over an incident that occurred at an MTV VMA pre-party West hosted in 2005.
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Billboard.com 11/13/2008
T.I.'s "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna begins a third non-consecutive week atop the Billboard Hot 100, while "Whatever You Like," another former chart-topper from his album "Paper Trail," holds at No. 2 for a second week. Kanye West and Taylor ...