Rap music mogul Suge Knight arrested

By Gabriel Falcon, AC360 WriterMay 20, 2010 2:50 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of pointing a gun at a man, authorities in California said.


Knight, 45, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon involving a firearm and with driving under a suspended license, Los Angeles police told CNN.

According to investigators, an unidentified man reported that Knight aimed a weapon at him late Wednesday evening.

Knight, who founded Death Row Records, was later found driving a Cadillac Escalade in the city of Gardena, in the greater Los Angeles area, police said. He was arrested without incident just after midnight, authorities said.

Knight was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Jail and was being held in lieu of $60,000 bail, authorities said. The investigation continues, Los Angeles Police spokeswoman April Harding said.

Knight has had previous run-ins with the law. He served several years in prison for violating parole on assault and weapons convictions.

Knight was with Tupac Shakur when the rapper was shot to death in Las Vegas in 1996. The slaying has not been solved.