Suge Knight has cast doubt on the legitimacy of Snoop Dogg‘s Death Row Records ownership, claiming he fraudulently purchased the iconic gangsta rap label.

The Long Beach rapper became the new owner of Death Row in February 2022 after acquiring the label — with whom he kickstarted his career in the early ’90s — through MNRK Music Group (formerly eOne Music).

But in an interview with TMZ from behind bars, co-founder and former CEO of the label, Suge Knight, questioned the legality of the deal.

Speaking from CA State Penitentiary where he’s serving 28 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter, Suge claimed his ex-business partner Michael “Harry-O” Harris committed bankruptcy fraud to get the company from him.

While he doesn’t have an issue with Snoop owning the label, Knight believes his former signee was only able to acquire the label due to it being forfeited when a lawyer failed to attend court, with a default judgement in 2013 transferring it into the possession of MNRK.

Suge said the bankruptcy proceeding was a violation of the law, and that Death Row will never truly be the same without him in charge.

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