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Suge Knight is preparing to clear the air about his life story, 2Pac's death, and more in his first-ever memoir.
On Tuesday, March 24, Gallery Books announced the plans for the imprisoned music executive's debut book, Your Pain Is My Joy. The 352-page memoir is described as "a candid and unapologetic look inside the mind of the original rap kingpin." Knight, who co-founded Death Row Records in the early 1990s, plans to talk about his rise to fame in the music industry, the early days of his record label, and his "truth" about what happened to the late Tupac Shakur.
“I have listened to people try and rewrite history for years," Knight said in a statement about the book. "Your Pain Is My Joy isn’t an apology or an excuse: It’s my truth about Tupac, Death Row, and my life. After you read this book, your question marks will turn into periods."
On the night of September 7, 1996, Shakur was seated in Knight's BMW Sedan while they were stopped at a red light in front of what's now known as The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa. After four men in a white, four-door Cadillac pulled up on the right side of Knight's vehicle, a man in the backseat rolled down the window and fired several gunshots. 'Pac was struck four times, while Knight was shot in his right lung and hit in the head by bullet fragments. Police spent years trying to identify the shooter and didn't have any reliable leads until Duane "Keefe D" Davis boasted that he was in the car that night.
After Davis was arrested and charged with 'Pac's murder, Knight advocated for the former gang member's freedom and declared that he would not testify against him during his trial.
"I’m not gonna get on the stand and testify on somebody for what?" Knight told TMZ in 2023. "I wouldn’t go, I wouldn’t testify. None of that s**t.”
Suge Knight also said that he wouldn't tell the story of what happened that night. It looks like he had a change of heart. Knight's upcoming memoir Your Pain Is My Joy drops August 4.