Where is Suge Knight now – and what has he said about Tupac and Biggie’s death over the years?

The new Netflix documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning has just dropped — and while it primarily focuses on allegations of abuse and coercion levelled against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, it also takes a look at the historic 90s East Coast-West Coast feud, which culminated in the murders of both Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. (real name Christopher Wallace).

A key figure in the beef is Suge Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records which signed Shakur, and who was riding in the car with Shakur the night he was fatally shot.

Here’s where Suge Knight is now, and what he’s said about those high-profile murders over the years.

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Who is Suge Knight?

Suge Knight (real name Marion Hugh Knight Junior) is a co-founder of Death Row Records, along with Dr Dre, The D.O.C. and Dick Griffey. The label was positioned as the West Coast rival to the East Coast’s Bad Boy Records, which was co-founded by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and which signed the likes of the Notorious B.I.G, 112, Mario Winans and Craig Mack.

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Suge Knight pictured in 2005

Over on Death Row Records, the artist roster included Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg.

Knight’s reputation, however, was far bigger than music; he was widely known for gang affiliations and rumoured violence, with some accusing him of having a role in Tupac Shakur’s death, something Knight has always denied.

Where is Suge Knight now?

Knight is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California.

This conviction stems from a fatal 2015 hit-and-run incident involving businessman Terry Carter. In 2018, Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced accordingly (after previously being charged with murder).

In March 2025, a judge rejected Knight’s attempt to overturn that sentence, ruling that his appeal was untimely and his arguments lacked credibility.

As it stands, he won’t be eligible for parole until October 2034.

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Suge Knight appears in LA Court for a pretrial hearing at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on 21 January 2016 in LA, California

What has Suge Knight said about Tupac Shakur’s death over the years?

Knight has repeatedly offered his own version of what happened on the tragic night of 7 September 1996 when Tupac was gunned down in Las Vegas in Knight’s car, following a boxing fight. He died days later on 13 September 1996.

Death Row mogul Knight says he was the one driving when the shots were fired and in a dramatic 2025 interview with PEOPLE, which he gave from prison, Knight claimed that as Tupac lay dying, he begged Knight to end his suffering out of fear he’d one day return to jail.

According to Knight, Tupac’s mother (Afeni Shakur) then gave her son pills, allegedly to honour his wish to die.

Knight adds that medical staff were warned not to revive Tupac, and claims that he was present when the rapper died.

In the new 50 Cent-produced documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Kirk Burrowes, who co-founded Bad Boy Records with Diddy alleges, “Sean was insanely jealous of Biggie and Pac’s friendship. For Sean, being a marketer, you’re a manipulator. And there’s envy for people who have success [and] fame, with no manipulation.

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Clips of Suge Knight appear in Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Sean Combs pictured)

“With Sean, sometimes you’re humiliated. Sometimes you’re made an example of. Sometimes violent things happen to you. Through the years, a lot of bad things have happened to good friends. I think that Sean now in my mature mind had a lot to do with the death of Tupac,” Burrowes said.

A clip of Knight also features, showing him state he would not reveal useful information to the authorities if he had any.

Diddy has never been charged with anything related to Tupac’s death, and neither has Knight.

In 2023, Crips gang member, Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis was charged with one count of murder by use of a deadly weapon in relation to Tupac’s murder, and an audio recording of him appearing to confess involvement with the killing is included in Sean Combs: The Reckoning.

In the clip, Keefe D claims P Diddy offered him $1 million to kill both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight, with Eric ‘Von Zip’ Martin acting as a middleman.

Keefe D later claimed he made the ‘confession’ under duress.

What has Suge Knight said about Notorious B.I.G.’s death?

The murder of Biggie Smalls, real name Christopher Wallace, remains unsolved, but over the years, several theories have placed Knight in the centre of alleged conspiracies.

According to one theory, after Tupac’s death, Knight sought vengeance and purportedly hired associates within Death Row to kill Biggie, who died some six months later on 9 March 1997. Some accounts point to a late Death Row affiliate, Wardell ‘Poochie’ Fouse, being involved.

Knight has never been charged or convicted for Biggie’s death. The alleged involvement remains speculative and is also tied in part to broader theories about corrupt police officers and gang hits.

Sean Combs: The Reckoning is on Netflix