Timeline: 'Suge' Knight's legal troubles over the past 20 years

This image from video shows Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight, right, walking into the Los Angeles County Sheriffs department early Friday morning Jan. 30, 2015 in connection with a hit-and-run incident that left one man dead and another injured. (AP/OnSceneVideo via AP Television)

A look at Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight's troubles over the past 20 years:

-- 1996: Knight was sent to prison for nearly five years for badly beating a rival with rapper Tupac Shakur at a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel. The beating came shortly before Shakur suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

-- 2002: Knight was jailed for violating his probation by associating with gang members in Los Angeles.

-- 2003: He went back to jail on a parole violation after punching a parking lot attendant outside a Hollywood nightclub.

-- 2005: Knight was shot in the leg during an MTV Video Music Awards pre-party in Miami. No arrests were made.

-- 2006: Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy, and a Los Angeles judge ordered a trustee to take it over because of gross mismanagement.

-- 2009: Knight was hospitalized for treatment of facial injuries following a fight at a hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona.

-- 2013: The rap music figure was arrested on an outstanding warrant and later released after being pulled over for a traffic violation in Los Angeles.

-- 2014: Ahead of the MTV Video Music Awards, Knight was shot during an altercation at a Hollywood nightclub at a party not affiliated with the cable network.

-- 2014: Knight was charged with robbery involving a camera theft in Beverly Hills. He pleaded not guilty and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted because of his criminal history.

-- 2015: Knight was arrested on suspicion of murder in a hit-and-run wreck that killed a man and injured another.