Dr Dre rubbishes claims he paid $20,000 to have Suge Knight killed as his lawyers call allegations "absurd"
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Record producer Suge Knight has claimed that Dr Dre tried to pay someone $20,000 to have him killed.
But the rapper has rubbished the claims, with his lawyers calling the allegations "absurd".
In legal documents obtained by TMZ , Suge claims that in July 2016, he was shown a cheque made out by Dr Dre for $20,000.
He says it was payable to a man named Dwayne Johnson.
Suge claims it was 'blood money', paid to have him killed on the day that he fatally ran a man over.
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The musician also says that he met with a private investigator and Johnson in July 2016, and that during the meeting, Johnson told them both that the $20,000 in question was just a partial payment for "Dwayne Johnson to participate in my murder".
Johnson, it's said, was at the Tam's parking lot the day Suge ran Terry Carter over and killed him.
He's facing a murder trial for that.
Suge is arguing that he had reason to fear for his life when he entered the car park, but Dr Dre's lawyers say the allegations are "absurd".
Suge recently made shock claims that Tupac is still alive.
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The 52-year-old producer appears on a new documentary that investigates the unsolved murders of rap legends Tupac (who died on 13 September 1996 aged 25) and Biggy Smalls (killed 9 March 1997 aged 24).
Fellow music star Ice-T (real name Tracy Marrow, 59) and US journalist Soledad O’Brien, 51, are hosting Who Shot Biggie & Tupac - which is due to air in the USA on Sunday.
During the two hour special, Suge (real name Marion Knight Jr) is questioned by the pair over the phone where he makes the shock claim that Tupac could still be alive.
"When Pac died… if he really did, you know?” Suge tells a stunned Ice-T and Soledad.
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Explaining himself, he continues: "I mean, when I left that hospital, me and Pac were laughing and joking."
"So I don’t see how somebody can turn from doing well, to doing bad,” Suge said.
Asked point blank if he thinks Tupac is still alive, Suge then responds: "I’m gonna tell you that with Pac, you never know."
Tupc Shakur (who was named Lesane Crooks) was gunned down while in Las Vegas in 1996 in what is believed to have been a gang dispute turned violent.
He was hit by four bullets and later died in hospital due to internal bleeding.