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2/19/2005 6:53:45 PM by
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Brace yourselves. Suge Knight has signed with Beaux Carson's Carson Signature Films to allow his story -- as in his version of the events surrounding the shooting of rap icon Tupac Shakur -- to be told as a movie.
Carson pursued the Death Row Records impresario for two years trying to nail down rights.
The hugely-energetic Carson's already describing the planned film as ''Training Day' Meets 'The Godfather.'' Still, he stresses, 'We're not pointing any fingers, just telling a story' in the project. He also reports that Knight envisions doing a CD in conjunction with the film as a collaborative effort among rap figures of Tupac's time -- with portions of the proceeds going to fund programs serving under-privileged youth.
Those familiar with the never-solved murder of Tupac -- a case that's spawned big and small-screen documentaries, books, articles and a slew of conspiracy theories -- will recall that Knight was at the wheel of the BMW in which Shakur was slain in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. East Coast rapper Notorious B.I.G. and Shakur had been feuding for more than a year. B.I.G. was gunned down six months after Shakur's death. That killing also remains unsolved.
To hear Carson tell it, 6'2'', 300-plus-pound Knight is 'a teddy bear -- but if you take the teddy away, he can be a real bear.'
Knight was arrested this month and is being held on suspicion of a parole violation, after marijuana was
reportedly found in his vehicle at a traffic stop in Barstow, CA. In 1996, Knight was sentenced to five years in prison for violating probation he received for assault and weapons convictions in 1992. Two years after his 2001 release, Knight spent an additional 10 months in prison for violating his parole. He was released again last April
Source: AP
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From :
MC_DuttyHoodlum
Money Grubbin', and Donatin'
Damn, Suge Knight just fell to a new level. It's good that he's going to donate some of the money towards underpriviledged children, but makin' a movie about Pac's death and everything that happened in Vegas that night, that shit is played out, and kinda selfish. We all know Suge's Magilla Gorilla ass had somethin' to do with Pac's death. Pac had no reason to stay with Death Row after he payed Suge the few mil he owed Suge for bailin' him out. Punk bitch must be trippin' if he thinks he's gonna be thanked for makin' a movie about Pac's death. Money grubbin' and donatin' at the same time, Suge, you're a tricky bastard. Peace!!!!
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From :
yasmin
moneys on suge
my moneys on suge , it was a conspiracy he had him killed and he was in the car to make it look like he was a victim too.
The reason -tupac was worth more money to him dead than alive he owed tupac a shit load of money at the time of his death and if death row had all the rights to his music hed be laughing all the way to the bank, unfortunately for him he didnt reckon on afeni shakur battling it out in court and thankfully winning
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From :
Benzo
I'm pretty sure Suge had something to do with Pac's death...that dude was like 3 times bigger than Pac and you mean to tell me he walked out that bitch with a graze on his head??? I think Suge set it up because he knew Pac wanted to leave Death Row and make his own label. If Pac had done that, it would have been greatly detrimental to Death Row and Suge would have lost money. So basically, Suge decided to take Pac out the game with help from Biggie. After that happened, he took out Biggie...
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From :
tupac4lifee96
what i belive
well i personally belive the reason afeni got those ppl do 2 loyal to the game is beacuse she wants tupac 2 be spread nd never forgotten by having the most popular artist she knew that a new group of listeners would be intreseted in pac
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From :
Crazyc
loyal to the game
ight 4 one im not pointing any fingers straight up i dont like suge just for the facts i dont realy think he killed pac but as for him knowin who it was yeah im sure he did im mean kado knew who it was and he was in the car behind him suge was 2 inch. across from them suge had to of had sumthin to do with it cuz kado was gonna tell em who killed pac why wouldnt suge and suge was that close to the motha fuckas c'mon suge who killed pac and who killed kado?
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