# Somebody shot Suge Knight! And they didn't kill him? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239 "2005-08-30T13:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/21 "2005-08-30T15:35:27Z")
Suge is really one of those guys that truly just deserves to be popped in the head (along with “Fiddy” - will someone come along and finish _that_ job, please?). He’s an ignorant, petty thug with delusions of grandeur, and the world will be better off without him. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/22 "2005-08-30T15:38:38Z")
[QUOTE=ftg] A Theory: 1. Some rap-fan idiot (redundant?) misunderstands the phrase “pop a cap in his ass.” QUOTE] 3. Some snobby know-it-all must take a pop shot at other people’s personal taste. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/23 "2005-08-30T15:56:07Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > I guarantee Suge is sitting in that hospital room NOW, smoking one of those fat-ass cigars (against hospital regulations and nobody with balls enough to stop him), thinking, “The world will bleed for this.” When you shoot at the Knight, you must kill him. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/24 "2005-08-30T16:01:10Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > When you shoot at the Knight, you must kill him. > > –Cliffy You don’t know what it’s like, trying to shoot the devil in the back. What if you miss? (And like _THAT_, he was gone.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/25 "2005-08-30T16:08:08Z")
> [@Fionn](#): > > In all fairness, it was Vanilla Ice. It’s not like he dangled 50 Cent out the window. And really, who _hasn’t_ dangled Vanilla Ice out a window? ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/26 "2005-08-30T16:28:48Z")
Michael Jackson. He was too busy with his kid. There are some speculations on various message boards that Suge might have ordered the shooting himself to get some more media attention, although i don’t beleive that was the case. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/27 "2005-08-30T16:35:23Z")
Wow all these posts and nobody relates the “He accidentally shot himself” rumor. Some of the LA news stations are taking that line with it. The story they are telling is that based on the fact he was sitting and where the bullet entered and the angle, he must have accidentally shot himself. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/28 "2005-08-30T16:36:14Z")
Somehow, the fact that I’ve never heard of this asshole cheers me up. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/29 "2005-08-30T16:36:37Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Nick Broomfield’s documentary, _Biggie and Tupac_, paints a plausible theory that Suge smoked Tupac killed to keep him above suspicion and to get ahold of Pac’s unrelased recordings, because Tupac was gonna bounce from Death Row. The mistake in this post is the use of the word “plausible” in the same sentence as the name “Nick Broomfeld.” The guy’s a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/30 "2005-08-30T17:20:28Z")
Whoever did it, I sure hope to hell he’s no longer on this continent, for his sake. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/31 "2005-08-30T19:32:57Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > He fucking dangled Vanilla Ice out a hotel window and sign over rights to Ice Ice Baby! Is this true? Would that void the contract since VI would’ve done it under duress? Did he report it? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/32 "2005-08-30T20:10:25Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > Would that void the contract since VI would’ve done it under duress? Did he report it? I’m not sure I’d want to reopen that sort of contract negotiation. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/33 "2005-08-30T20:11:40Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Whoever did it, I sure hope to hell he’s no longer on this continent, for his sake. Nobody’s coming forward with any info. Apparently, nobody saw a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/34 "2005-08-30T21:06:35Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > Wow all these posts and nobody relates the “He accidentally shot himself” rumor. Some of the LA news stations are taking that line with it. The story they are telling is that based on the fact he was sitting and where the bullet entered and the angle, he must have accidentally shot himself. Suge is such a hardass he’d put a hit out on himself and kill the guy he hired. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/35 "2005-08-30T21:09:39Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > The mistake in this post is the use of the word “plausible” in the same sentence as the name “Nick Broomfeld.” The guy’s a joke. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Broomfield didn’t advance the theory, hesimply investigated it. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/36 "2014-08-24T16:03:37Z")
Bumping this nine year old thread someone shot him again: > **[Suge Knight Shot Multiple Times At West Hollywood Nightclub](https://www.mtv.com/news/igafeh/suge-knight-shot-twice-pre-vma-1oak)** > > Suge Knight, the former Death Row Records CEO, was reportedly shot twice at a pre-VMA party in West Hollywood early Sunday morning (August 24); he is in surgery, according to reports. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/37 "2014-08-24T16:50:23Z")
What the hell? Is Suge Rasputin or something? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/38 "2014-08-24T17:42:37Z")
I told y’all this 9 years ago; it’s still true:[ > [@Snowboarder Bo](#): > > Suge Knight cannot be killed. Neither can I. Oh, we can be hurt pretty bad, but we can’t be killed. Must be something about Vegas that does it to us. ]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6523545&postcount=9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6523545&postcount=9)) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/39 "2014-08-24T20:44:50Z")
For some reason, I’m reminded of the man whose mother in law had died and was asked by a funeral director what he wanted for her final internment. The man is said to have replied “Drive a stake through her heart, behead her, cremate her, bury the ashes with garlic. Take NO chances!” ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239/40 "2014-08-24T21:53:40Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Bumping this nine year old thread someone shot him again Not merely shot again, but at the same event category, a Video Music Awards pre-party. Fuller crimes time-line: > **[Shooting of Suge Knight on Sunset Strip 'unacceptable,' mayor says](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-suge-knight-shot-west-hollywood-nightclub-20140824-story.html)** > > A shooting on the Sunset Strip early Sunday that left former rap impresario Marion “Suge” Knight and two others wounded is "unacceptable," West Hollywood's mayor said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-shot-suge-knight-and-they-didnt-kill-him/319239.md?page=3)