America rap mogul Marion "Suge"
Knight is suing Dr Dre for $300,000,000, alleging that the hip-hop star and Apple
executive hired hitmen to kill him
Knight alleges Dre was responsible for two attempts on his life.
He
also claims Dre agreed to pay him 30% of his earnings for life,
including his share of Apple's 2014 $3bn (£2.45m) purchase of Dre's
Beats products.
Dre's lawyers have dismissed the claims, saying he has had no contact with Knight for 20 years.
Several months earlier, Knight was shot seven times at a Hollywood nightclub in a party thrown by R&B singer Chris Brown.
Then he later sued Chris Brown, claiming Chris tried to have him killed
Knight and Dre were co-founders of Death Row Records.
Knight
is currently in jail awaiting trial for murder. He is accused of
running over and killing industry colleague Terry Carter in January 2015
in a car park in Los Angeles.
In the case filed in Los Angeles
Superior Court, Knight said he had been defending himself as another
man, filmmaker Cle Sloan, allegedly pulled a gun on him.
The case, referring to Dre by his given name, alleges that "Andre Young is responsible for both crimes."
A lawyer for Dre told Rolling Stone:
"Given that Dre has had zero interaction with Suge since leaving Death
Row Records in 1996, we hope that Suge's lawyer has lots of malicious
prosecution insurance."
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