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Marion Suge Knight was once the most powerful man in the music industry. He was also the most reviled, and in some cases, the most feared. Legendary for the staggering success of his Death Row Records in the 1990s, the label that dominated the charts starting with the release of Dr. Dre's groundbreaking The Chronic, and created megastars out of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, Knight was perhaps more well known for his violent tendencies. Before he was Suge Knight, he was Sugar Bear, the hulking football and track star, the child of Compton, raised tough, who was taught never to steal, only to take. His father, his uncles, and then Suge ruled the streets of Compton. No fear, no remorse, no pity ... that was the family way. In a memoir organized around 100 fights of Suge's life, and written in the style that only a writer with the skill of Neil Strauss could deliver, Your Pain is My Joy will be a searing tale of money, drugs, violence, gangs, and hip hop. In Your Pain is My Joy, Suge finally speaks openly about the murders of Tupac and Biggie, his legendary beefs with Diddy and Snoop Dogg, the high stakes battleground that was Death Row Records, and what it was like when all he worked for was gone. Is Suge sorry? Does he have regret? You be the judge.

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Suge Knight is a rap industry businessman and former CEO of Death Row Records, having worked with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur. He received the nickname Suge, short for Sugar Bear, from his father. Before becoming a producer, Knight was a noted football player who went on to earn an athletic scholarship to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. To this day Knight remains one of the most controversial and outspoken members of the music industry. NEIL STRAUSS, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, is the author of multiple New York Times bestselling books, including The Truth and The Dirt, as well as the #1 podcast To Live and Die in LA.

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