Suge Knight, a big powerhouse in hip-hop got in serious trouble

Death Row Records founder Suge Knight–who served time in prison from 1999 to 2001 on probation-violation charges, was the subject of a federal racketeering probe in 2002, and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2006–was back in the headlines this week when he was arrested on charges of assault and domestic violence. Police in Las Vegas were contacted by a bystander who allegedly witnessed Suge punching his girlfriend and threatening her with a knife in a Vegas parking lot; the cops later charged Suge with possession of Ecstasy and Hydrocodone when they searched him at the scene. Suge was booked into the Clark County Detention Center, but released 12 hours later on $19,000 bail–so apparently he’s not that bankrupt, after all.