article_snippet.sent: The former rap music mogul struck two men with The former rap music mogul pickup truck in January, killing one and seriously injuring the other.
article_snippet.sent: Knight, 49, was a key player in the gangster rap scene that flourished in the 1990s, and Sloan label once listed Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg among his label artists.
article_snippet.sent: Knight faces up to life in prison if convicted in the case.
article_snippet.sent: Knight has prior felony convictions for armed robbery and assault with a gun.
article_snippet.sent: Knight pleaded no contest in 1995 and was sentenced to five years' probation in an assault on two rap entertainers at a Hollywood recording studio in 1992.
article_snippet.sent: The rap figure was sentenced to prison in February 1997 for violating terms of five years' probation by taking part in a fight at a Las Vegas hotel hours before Shakur was fatally wounded in a drive-by attack as Knight rode in Knight's car near the Strip.
article_snippet.sent: Shakur's slaying remains unsolved.
highlights_snippet.sent: Knight, 49, was a key player in the gangster rap scene that flourished in the 1990s, and Knight label once listed Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg .