Suge Knight Officially Sentenced To 28 Years In Prison

Suge Knight was sentenced Thursday to 28 years behind bars for running over and killing a man in 2015 – as the victim’s daughter excoriated the troubled rap mogul as “a disgusting, selfish disgrace to the human species.”

The 53-year-old co-founder of Death Row Records, whose real name is Marion Knight, showed no emotion as the family of victim Terry Carter took turns lashing into him in Los Angeles court.

“We’ve been here 93 times, 94 court dates we’ve had to endure,” said Carter’s daughter Crystal, according to Fox News. “I’ve always wanted justice for my dad, but now we finally got it.”

The emotional hearing marked the culmination of a years-long court drama in which Knight has claimed he acted in self-defense and that Carter was a close friend.

But in a letter read out loud in court, Carter’s wife, Lillian, said the two hadn’t been friendly in years.

“These children have been robbed of the only father they know. By God’s grace I am surviving. Not living, surviving. This is a nightmare,” the widow wrote. “I am no longer the mother, sister, wife I once was. I am no longer wife because of the defendant’s senseless actions.”

She continued, “Because of the defendant I have an endless flood of tears no matter how hard to try to keep them back they continue to flow.”

Knight – who was out on bail in a 2014 robbery case — was caught on video repeatedly driving his pickup truck over longtime rival, Cle “Bone” Sloan, and then fatally knocking into Carter, 55, before peeling away.

Sloan, a consultant on the NWA biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” survived.

Last month, the legendary rap icon dodged a trial on murder and attempted murder charges by pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter. Dressed in an orange jumpsuit and wearing a large cross, he did not address the court.

The lengthy prison sentence is part of a long decline for Knight, whose label he was co-founded with Dr. Dre and launched classics by Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. He lost control of Death Row after it was forced into bankruptcy and has felony convictions for armed robbery and assault.

Knight was in the car when Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, the height of the battle between East and West Coast rapper. His murder was never solved.

In California, voluntary manslaughter carries a sentence of 11 years – but Knight’s previous convictions triggers the state’s three strikes law, which doubles the penalty for manslaughter and adds an extra six years. His rap sheet also makes him ineligible for parole.

Knight’s plea bargain also resolves two other cases, both from 2014, when he was accused of stealing a camera from a woman and sending threatening texts to “Straight Outta Compton” director F. Gary Gray.

In other news Marion 'Suge' Knight claims Dr. Dre paid $20,000 to have him killed.

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