Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was sentenced to 28 years in prison Thursday for the death of a man during a hit-and-run incident on the set of the movie “Straight Outta Compton.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marion “Suge” Knight was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for mowing down and killing a Compton businessman in a case that completed the former rap music mogul’s downfall from his heyday as one of the biggest — and most feared — names in the music industry.

Suge Knight is a rap industry businessman who is the co-founder of Death Row Records, having worked with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.

LOS ANGELES — A judge on Thursday sentenced former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was sentenced to 28 years in prison for the 2015 death of a man he ran over outside a Compton burger stand ...

Anyone familiar with Suge Knight and his involvement in the East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry in the mid-1990s knows that Knight is not someone to mess with. As the founder and former CEO of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records, Knight ruled over the West Coast rap scene.

Infamous rap label executive Suge Knight was known as the Teflon Don of rap music. The co-founder of Death Row records has a notorious reputation in the music industry, and has carried that position for over two decades.

Nearly three decades ago, Tupac Shakur was riding in a BMW driven by Death Row Records boss Marion “Suge” Knight. It took 27 years for an arrest in Tupac Shakur's killing. Why?

Marion “Suge” Knight has been sentenced to 28 years in state prison on Thursday, PEOPLE confirms.

A judge sentenced Marion "Suge" Knight to 28 years in prison for the 2015 death of a man he ran over outside a Compton burger stand.