Suge Knight has been the recipient of a beatdown! Ruh-roh. Somebody’s going to get payback for this, I just know it. Suge was in fight at a “local hotel” in Scottsdale, Arizona. Suge was in town to see the NBA All-Star game, and he was staying at the W Hotel. Apparently, there was some kind of “fracas” in the VIP area amongst several guests. Sounds like somebody wasn’t happy with the turndown service.

The Scottsdale police who were called to the area had to use Tasers to break up the multiple-person fight. Suge had facial injuries, and is being treated at the local hospital. Which is weird, because the Reuters report later states that the hospital has no record of treating Suge. It’s like the man existed in a an episode of The Twilight Zone. Reuters has more:

Rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was treated in the hospital for facial injuries after being injured in a fight at a local hotel, Scottsdale police said on Monday.

Security at the W hotel in the city near Phoenix called police after two groups of guests exchanged “heated words in the VIP area” early on Monday, Scottsdale police said in a news release.

Shortly after police officers arrived at the hotel, they saw a man punch Knight, 43, twice in the head, police said. Officers used Taser stun guns to break up the fracas and arrested two men — identified as Robert Carnes and Leon Anderson — who were subsequently charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct, the police report added.

Knight, co-founder of the rap label Death Row Records, was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for facial injuries, police said.

Scottsdale police did not immediately return a call seeking further information on Knight’s injuries or condition. The Scottsdale hospital cited in the police report said it had no record of having treated him.

Knight who helped promote such rap stars as Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur in the 1990s, was in the Phoenix area to attend the National Basketball Association All-Star game on Sunday night.

His career has been overshadowed in recent years by run-ins with the law.

In August, he was arrested in Las Vegas on drug and assault charges after he was suspected of punching his girlfriend and pulling a knife on her during an argument outside a strip club.

Knight was jailed in October 1996 for violating his probation on a previous assault case by allegedly kicking a man during a scuffle at a Las Vegas hotel.

From Reuters

This might be off-topic, but it really bothers me how Taser-happy police are these days. Obviously, many criminals facing arrest are violent, but it seems like Tasers are now the policeman’s first option rather than the last. I’m kind of wondering if Suge got “tased” in the face, and that’s what his “facial injuries” are, but that’s just supposition. The only thing I’m sure about is that this will not end here – Suge is going to want payback. For sure.

Suge Knight is shown on 7/15/08. Credit: WENN

Rap producer, co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records, Suge Knight, likes to flex his muscles and pick fights with people. When I say “flex his muscles,” I really mean that he gets to stand there flexing his muscles while his bodyguards to do all his fighting for him- which was the case this weekend. Knight is probably famous for dangling Vanilla Ice off a 20-foot balcony to persuade him to surrender royalty rights to Suge for his hit “Ice Ice Baby.” Knight likes to pass himself off as a tough guy, but it turns out he can’t take a punch- even after his bodyguards have beaten on the guy first.

Suge was at Shag nightclub when he began arguing with a man he had been talking with. Our spy overheard Suge say, “I want my money!” Suge and his peeps beat the guy to the ground, but the man landed a right hook on Suge’s face, knocking him out for around three minutes.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ after Suge Knight was knocked out at a club last night, he refused to deal with cops.

We’re told after Suge was taken into a nearby SUV, a woman got in the driver’s seat, pulled forward and hit a car, then put it in reverse and hit another car. She was taken from the car by security, and someone else drove Suge away from the scene.

Suge was taken to a hospital, and LAPD officers arrived shortly thereafter, but Suge was uncooperative and refused to file a police report.

Wonder if it had to do with the “money deal” that apparently triggered the fight.

[From TMZ]

TMZ has photos of Suge in the moments after the punch landed. He does not look well – he is disoriented and his head is bleeding. It must have been some punch! And then, to make matters worse, the woman driving him to the hospital hits another car. If Suge Knight wasn’t such a jerk, I might feel a little sorry for him on that one. But since he’s a macho shithead, I have one thing to say: HA!

Note by Celebitchy: Knight filed for bankruptcy protection in May, 2006, claiming he had only $11 to his name. That might explain why he’s getting into fights over money.

One thing that bothers me in the comments for the DMX post is that people are using the word “rapper” as a derogatory term. While I don’t think anyone’s comments or our post about that animal abuser were racist as one commenter charged, it is not fair to use “rapper” as something negative. There are incredibly talented rap artists who aren’t getting into trouble and it’s not fair to paint everyone with a wide brush because some people are idiots. That’s like using “actress” as a negative term because of Lindsay Lohan’s behavior.

Suge Knight is shown on 12/11/07 after the Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton boxing match, thanks to Splash News.