Suge Knight, the former CEO of Death Row Records, has reportedly signed over his life rights to Ray J, The Source reported.
According to TMZ, Ray J will be able to take Knight’s life story to create new content for revenue purposes, including feature films, docuseries, books or other merchandise.
The two had reportedly been friends for some time before deciding to partake in the new deal. Knight said he trusts Ray J's business tactics and decisions, TMZ reported.
The new Suge Knight-related projects backed by Ray J will include a 2Pac album and reviving the Death Row Records music label, which has been closed since 2009, XXL reported.
While it’s unclear how much money can be made from the rights, Blavity reported the Love & Hip Hop star has been getting busy with his other business ventures, too. Like a separate marijuana company.
TMZ reported Ray J has a marijuana company and is getting into the headphones and audio business, as well as electronic-scooters.
A new Showtime documentary, American Dream/American Knightmare, set to be released December 21, will focus on Knight. Antoine Fuqua, the director of Training Day, directed the three-part documentary.
Fuqua’s documentary about Knight features a series of in-depth interviews discussing the rise of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, as well as the violence that surrounded them at the time.
“I like Scarface,” Knight said in the trailer. “I think it was about believing in yourself, if you believe you can do better, you can do better. I just don’t want to be a part of the American Dream – I want to own the American Dream.”
In a statement, Fuqua said of the film, “In this documentary – which took years of research, production and labor to complete – Suge Knight discusses for the first time his complex life in detail. The audience will learn how he built and lost Death Row Records, and his views about the rap music scene. Suge also gives a first-person account and new details about the Las Vegas shooting that took the life of Tupac Shakur and also seriously injured him. This documentary will give viewers more access to Suge’s story than ever before. This is a cautionary tale of one man’s choices and the consequences of his decisions.”
As for Knight, it is unlikely he will receive a commission from the projects currently in progress due to his incarceration. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in October 2018, Blavity reported.
Those charges derived from an incident between Knight and Terry Carter in January 2015 on the set of Straight Outta Compton, CNN reported.
In a video of the hit-and-run, Knight can be seen driving up to a restaurant near the movie’s set before Cle “Bone” Sloan, a security guard, approached him. After spending a few moments talking, the car suddenly jerks backward, sending Sloan to the ground. Carter was also run over during the deadly exchange.