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WHAT I'VE LEARNED: Suge Knight

Founder, Death Row Records, 37, Los Angeles
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- Respect is everything.

- When I was a kid in Compton, the other kids would say, "When I grow up, I want a Chevy." I would say, "I want a Porsche or a Rolls-Royce." I wanted something other than what I saw in the ghetto.

- My first memory is of my father picking me up.

- My father was a janitor who worked his way up to truck driver. He'd get home and be so tired, I would take his shoes off and he'd fall right asleep in front of the TV. No matter how hard he worked, he barely had enough money to buy himself an extra beer. He could have easily left the family like a lot of other fathers do. But he was loyal.

- One thing I knew was that one day, I'd be paying a debt to the system. If you grow up in the ghetto and you're active, you're gonna get caught up.

- I used to go to football practice in college and see how many teammates I could hurt.

- Still, today, you could take any guy ... // 76% Remaining

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