Suge Knight is being held in lieu of $2 million bail as a person of interest in a fatal hit-and-run in Compton.

He turned himself in to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in West Hollywood at 12:30 a.m. Friday (Jan. 30) morning and was arrested on suspicion of murder once the interview concluded around 3:30 a.m., reports The L.A. Times.

The rap CEO is best known for co-founding Death Row Records, and helping to cultivate some of the most storied careers in hip hop. Check the video below for his chat with BET.com about the origins of Tupac's "California Love."
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