Suge Knight, the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records, the record label responsible for bringing the late Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre to the limelight, is a proud father of eight children. They are Taj Knight, Bailei Knight, Suge Jacob Knight, Sosa Knight, Legend Knight, Posh Knight, Arion Knight, and Andrew Knight.
In addition to his work in the movie industry, Suge Knight is also known to have had multiple run-ins with the law. He is currently on a 28-year sentence for the voluntary manslaughter of Terry Carter in 2015. His sentence began in December 2018 and is expected to run until 2037.
Following his incarceration, attention has turned to the legacy he left on the other side of his new home at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County, California, United States, including his wife and children. Our focus is on the 59-year-old’s eight children, and here’s what we know about them.
Suge Knight Had His First Child in the Early 1990s
Based on certain well-documented facts, Suge Knight’s relationship history reveals that he has been in a relationship with at least six different women, including Nella Jay, Tammy Renell Hawkins, Toi-Lin Kelly, Sharitha Lee Golden, Michel’le Denise Toussant, and Davina Barnes, who is the mother of the former NFL player’s first child.
Before we go further, it is imperative to point out that Suge Knight married only two of those women, even though one of those marriages was rendered null and void in the end because he didn’t end the one marriage before moving on to the other.
Davina Barnes was the first woman Knight had a child with. Not much is known about their relationship, including when and how they met before they began dating each other. For the record, Knight’s relationships had an average lifespan of 1.9 years, so it would not be too far off to conclude that his relationship with Barnes fit perfectly into that time span.
However, a little while before they went their separate ways, the former couple had a son whom they named Taj Knight.
Taj Knight is Suge Knight’s Firstborn
Taj Knight is the child Suge Knight had with his ex-girlfriend Davina Barnes. The celebrity son was born in 1991. Other pertinent elements of his birth, including the date, month, and exact location of his birth in the United States, are currently unknown.
Suge Knight’s first son is currently 33 years old, and his birth in the United States makes him an American citizen. Taj’s parents, Suge and Davina, were never married, and their relationship allegedly ended almost immediately after his birth.
Taj Knight was Raised By His Mother
When Taj’s parents separated, it meant that his care had to be entrusted to one of his parents at a time. That responsibility fell to his mother, Davina, who decided to raise Suge’s firstborn son by herself in Atlanta, Georgia.
This development meant that Taj had to move several miles away from his father, who was reportedly building a music business in Los Angeles, California, at the time. It is unclear yet how involved the former record label boss was in the upbringing of his first son.
Any involvement would have primarily come in the form of financial commitments like child support payments, health insurance, and the like, but Suge has always been notable for keeping details of his personal life away from the public; hence there is no information in that regard.
Furthermore, there is little to no information regarding Taj Knight’s academic records, including where he went to school and whether he was able to get a college degree at some point in his life.
Taj Knight’s Source of Income Is Unclear
It is a well-traveled route for children of entertainers to follow in the footsteps of their illustrious parents. That premise did not apply to Taj Knight, who has chosen to live his life away from the media and the public’s view.
The underlying result of this decision is that there is no way to ascertain what Suge Knight’s oldest son does for a living, and what his career endeavors have done for his net worth.
Taj Knight Is Yet To Reveal His Relationship Status
Barring a few internet images of the celebrity son, the sum total of his existence is wrapped up in the fact that he is Suge Knight’s first son. If there is one thing that Taj Knight does even better than his dad, it is keeping his personal life away from the media.
The fact that he has been able to hide that part of his life is most probably aided by his lack of strong social media presence on social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and others. On this note, it is important to point out that there is an Instagram page @tajk.night with a profile bio that says My backup account.
As of the time of writing, it features two video posts, including one of a laughing little girl with the caption My baby girl. The video post was made on February 15, 2021, and suggests that Taj might have a daughter. It does not, however, answer any question regarding his marital or relationship status at the moment.
Suge Knight Had His Second Child With His First Wife
Suge Knight welcomed a daughter with his first wife, Sharitha Lee Golden, in the early 1990s. The former couple had met at a friend’s party in the early 1980s when Sharitha was a high school freshman. They became friends after exchanging numbers.
That friendship grew to become a romantic relationship that lasted through high school for the former couple. The relationship, however, was not a smooth sailing one and was littered with instances of Suge’s abuse of Sharitha. One such instance saw the incarcerated music maker arrested and charged with domestic assault in 1987 for cutting off her ponytail.
She also got a restraining order against him, but eventually, they found their way back to each other after mending the fences that kept them apart. They also attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, together before Knight proposed to her in 1989. They tied the knot on November 9, 1989.
Four years later, the couple welcomed their first and only child together, although the child in question was Suge’s second child.
Arion Knight was Born 4 Years After Her Parents’ Marriage
Arion Knight was born on March 20, 1993, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. She is currently 31 years old. While she is her father’s second child, she is the first child he had within the established institution of marriage.
At the time of Arion’s birth, her father, Suge Knight, had been married to her mother Sharitha Lee Golden for four years following their nuptials in 1989. Her parents’ marriage, however, ended less than six years after she was born.
Arion Knight’s Mother is a Music Producer
Arion Knight’s mom, Sharitha Lee Golden, was born in 1968 in Los Angeles, California. After spending her formative years in her home state of California, where she received her high school diploma from the George Washington Preparatory High School in 1986. She moved to the state of Nevada, where she also earned a college degree from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
Arion’s mother joined Death Row Records, then owned by Suge Knight, as a producer. She played a vital role in helping the label become one of the best in the 1990s. Her major contributions included producing music videos for renowned artists like Snoop Dogg as well as helping her husband manage the careers of other label artists like the late Tupac Shakur.
She eventually left the label following mismanagement and disagreement with her husband on how things should be done in a company where she had become a shareholder due to her massive contributions to the success of the label.
Arion Knight’s mother divorced her father due to his numerous infidelities. She also took custody of a then less than 10-year-old Arion. Suge contributed financially to his daughter’s upbringing, and the pair seem to have some semblance of a relationship in the present day, as evidenced by Arion visiting her incarcerated father and posing for pictures in December 2019.
Arion’s mother later changed her name from Sharitha Lee Knight to Sharitha Lee Golden following her marriage to a man whom the public only knows by his surname. They have two children together, which means Arion Knight has two half-siblings.
Arion Knight is a Model and Reality TV Star
Most of the 31 year-old’s pictures on her Instagram page @arionk suggest that she is a model. In April 2019, her mother made a post that confirmed her participation in the dating reality TV show Gangsta Love.
Arion Knight’s Relationship Status is Not Public Knowlege
Being Suge Knight’s daughter has exposed certain aspects of Arion’s life. Nevertheless, none of those aspects include her relationship status. We have yet to confirm whether the beautiful model is in a relationship or even married, at least not from the social media platforms she is active on. The TV reality star does not have a child that we know of.
Suge Knight Had 2 Sons With Ex-Fiance Stormey Ramdhan
Suge Knight spread his seed around like a farmer during the planting season. Following the birth of his first two children from two different women, the former business mogul had his next two children from the womb of the same woman.
The woman in question is aesthetician Stormey Ramdhan. The former couple began dating in the early 1990s, during which time the former record label boss proposed to her. According to Stormey, he had done so in 1994, in his bed in his Westwood apartment. She was 17 years old at the time, and Knight was just over 29.
Their relationship, like virtually all of Suge Knight’s romantic relationships, was tumultuous, but it still ended up leading to the birth of two more sons, Suge Jacob Knight and Sosa Knight, for the producer.
Suge Jacob Knight was Suge’s First Child With Stormey Ramdhan
Suge Jacob Knight was born Jacob Knight in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. His exact date of birth is currently unknown, but he is Suge Knight’s first son with ex-fiancée Stormey Ramdan. The first child they had together is currently 29 years old now.
Suge Jacob Knight’s Mother is an Aesthetician
Stormey Ramdhan, the woman whom Suge Jacob Knight calls mother, is an aesthetician who was engaged to his father for a long while. Not much is known about her birth or family background, but she is currently the owner of several beauty enhancement businesses, including RAMA Beauty Bar.
As previously stated, Jacob’s parents began dating sometime before the mid-1990s, and their relationship included an engagement from the incarcerated former record label boss. However, the relationship did not last long enough for them to become a family in the legal sense of the word, even though Stormey claimed they were like a family.
Jacob’s parents ended their relationship shortly after the birth of his younger brother, who was born about seven years after Jacob himself was born. Following their separation, his mom took custody of the 29 year-old and his brother. She raised them all on her own with barely any assistance from the former CEO of Deathrow Records.
Suge Jacob Knight attended Crenshaw high school, where he was a highly talented football prospect. His prospects saw him charting a path for the NFL, which was aided by offers from reputable schools in the United States, including one from Howard University, Washington D.C.
In the end, Jacob opted to attend Fisk University, Tennessee, where he dropped out after a few years of studying coding. For the most part, Jacob’s decision to drop out of school was centered around the family’s constrained finances due to his father’s legal issues.
Suge Jacob Knight is an Actor, Reality TV Star, and Real Estate Agent
Like his father, Suge Jacob Knight is in the entertainment industry even though he is currently not on the same level as the former. He is an actor who appeared as Dr. Dre in a couple of episodes of Deathrow Chronicles in 2018. He has also appeared in a couple of other reality TV shows, including his very own Love and Listings on VH1.
His responsibilities on the VH1 aptly showcase his abilities as a capable real estate agent as he, alongside his smart team of associates, helps some of the biggest names in Hollywood buy and sell properties of their choice across several choice locations in the United States, especially in Los Angeles.
He Has a Complicated Relationship With His Father
Growing up, Suge Knight’s quest to make something of himself in the world of music cost him a relationship with some of his children, including Jacob. According to Suge’s ex, Stormey, he was barely there for Jacob while he was growing up, and his behavior towards the children they had together was a source of immense frustration to her.
All grown up now, father and son have begun to iron out the complications in their relationship, which has become stronger in recent years, as exemplified by the regular prison visits from Jacob, who continues to affirm that his relationship with his father has become better.
Suge Jacob Knight Is Happily Married
Suge Jacob Knight has been in a relationship with a woman named Angie for a while now. The finer details of the relationship, including when, where, and how they met, have yet to be determined, but the couple has since placed a legal seal of marriage on their relationship.
Their marriage has also been blessed with a daughter whom they named Sunset. Sunset Knight was born on November 6, 2019.
Sosa Knight is Suge Knight’s Second Child With Ex-Fiancée Stormey Ramdhan
Sosa Knight is the second child Suge Knight had with his ex-fiancée Stormey Ramdahn. He was born in 2002, 7 years after the birth of his older brother Jacob. However, much like Jacob, the pertinent details of his birth, including the date and month, have yet to be established.
His childhood followed pretty much the same trajectory as that of his older brother in the sense that they were both raised primarily by their single mother. Sosa Knight received his high school diploma from Sierra Vista High School in 2020. So far, though, it would appear that he is focusing on a musical career as opposed to furthering his education.
Sosa Knight is a Musician
Suge Knight’s second son with Stormey has predictably followed in the footsteps of his incarcerated father as a musician. He is the owner of Sosa Knight Productions and has released a number of singles, including Overknight (Steak ‘N’ Shrimp). He has also produced and directed several other music videos for other talented artists.
The Nature of Sosa Knight’s Relationship With His Father Is Unclear
Having grown up under the guidance and influence of his mother, it would appear that Sosa’s relationship with his father is rather strained at the moment. This is mainly because the former music executive was not much of a father to Sosa and his brother. While his brother seems to have gotten on well with their father, the same cannot be said of Sosa.
He Has Not Revealed His Relationship Status
While the musician is certainly old enough to have romantic relationships, it would seem that he is choosing to keep that aspect of his life under the radar. His posts across his social media profiles, including Instagram @sosaknight, primarily focus on his art as a musician.
So far, none of those posts refer to a significant other both in the past and at present. Judging from his relationship status, Sosa Knight has yet to become a father.
Suge Knight Allegedly Adopted One of His Children
The consensus among the media and the public remains the fact that Suge Knight is the father of eight children. However, there has yet to be an agreement on whether all eight of those children were biologically fathered by the former record label exec.
Despite being filled with acrimony over Knight’s philandering ways, his first marriage to Sharitha Lee was relatively straightforward when it came to the only child they had together. On the other hand, his marriage to Michel’le Denise Toussant was anything but that.
Starting from the fact that Michel’le found out while trying to get a divorce from Suge that their marriage was null and void to the rumors that 1 of the 2 children she allegedly had with him was conceived during a fling with Dr. Dre. The premise that Suge adopted one of those children, namely Posh, continues to hold sway with certain audiences who believe that Posh is not Suge Knight’s biological child.
Whether there is any truth to any of those speculations does not alter the fact that Posh bears the last name Knight. While there are doubts surrounding the paternity of Posh, there have been no such questions about who the father of Bailei Knight, Suge Knight’s youngest child with Michel’le is.
Posh Knight is One of Suge Knight’s Children
Posh Knight has relatively lived her life away from the view of the media and the public. As such, certain details of her existence, like birth details and academic background, have yet to be revealed to the public.
The circumstances surrounding the identity of Posh’s parents continue to split public opinion to date. While an overwhelming majority believe that she is the disgraced music mogul’s biological daughter with an as-yet unidentified woman, there is a clutch of people who maintain the premise about her being one of the children of Michel’le Denise Toussant whom she had with ex-husband Dr. Dre.
While the jury remains out on that, we are yet to know the nature of the relationship which Suge Knight has with his daughter, what she does for a living, and whether she is seeing anyone romantically at the moment. Her noticeable absence across relevant social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter makes that task even more challenging.
Bailey Knight was Born in 2002
Bailei Knight was born on November 29, 2002, in Los Angeles, California. Her birth sign is Sagittarius, and she is a bonafide African American courtesy of her parents, Suge Knight and Michel’le Denise Toussant.
Bailei Knight’s parents became a couple in the late 1990s and tied the knot in 1999. The marriage ended after nearly eight years in 2007, and during the divorce proceedings, Bailei’s mother found out that her marriage to her daughter’s father was invalid because he was still married to another woman.
Bailey Knight’s Mother is a Musician
Born in Los Angeles, California, United States, on December 5, 1970, 53-year-old Michel’le Denise Toussant is Suge Knight’s second wife. She was also quite active in the music industry.
She actively began her musical career in 1987 as a 17-year-old. She specializes in R&B, New Jack Swing, Soul, and West Coast Hip Hop genres. Since then, she has released singles such as No More Lies (1989), If (1991), and Being In Love (2015), among several others.
To date, she has only two studio albums. The first, “Michel’le” was released on October 23, 1989, under the label, Ruthless, while the second, “Hung Jury,” dropped on August 25, 1998, under her ex-husband’s former label, Death Row. Other than the aforementioned labels, Michel’le has also worked with Kru-Cut, and is currently signed to Priority.
Before her marriage to Bailei’s father, the No More Lies crooner dated Dr. Dre (real name: Andre Romelle Young). Their relationship led to the birth of Michel’le’s first offspring Marcel Young in February 1991. Their relationship ended as a result of the emotional, physical, and psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of Dr. Dre.
She became depressed and turned to alcohol and drugs for relief. Suge Knight came to her rescue and got her into rehab before they got married in 1999 when the mogul was serving a prison sentence. Things did not get better for Bailei’s mother in her marriage to Knight, and she eventually ended things.
She retained custody of her daughter, and their time together has helped them establish a bond that remains to date. Regardless of how estranged she was from her father while growing up, Bailei has found a way to reconnect with him, and they appear to have a good thing going at the moment.
Bailei Knight Is Yet To Reveal Her Source of Income
Despite being the daughter of relatively popular parents, Bailei Knight currently lives her life under the radar. As such, not much information is available on her academic background, as well as what she currently does for a living at the moment.
At the age of 20, as of 2022, one would like to think that she has time to figure things out, and we have yet to rule out the possibility that she will follow in the footsteps of her parents as celebrity kids like her are wont to.
She is also Likely Single
Like almost every other aspect of her life, Bailei Knight tends to keep to herself in matters regarding her relationship status. Nothing suggests that she is married or in a relationship at the moment. If anything changes in that regard, we will be sure to let you know.
Suge Knight Had Two More Children With Two Different Women
Suge Knight has a legacy of having children with almost every woman he has a relationship with. His last two children on our list, Andrew Knight Payan and Legend Knight, are both children of different women.
Legend Knight is Suge’s son with his ex-fiancée, Toi Lin Kelley. Andrew, on the other hand, is the son he had with another ex-girlfriend, Tia Rowe. Although, in the beginning, there was a strong controversy regarding whether the young man in question biologically belonged to the former record label chieftain.
That controversy has been since put to bed as Andrew not only bears the Knight surname but associates with his father in a way a son does with his father.
Andrew Knight’s Identity as Suge Knight’s Son is Still Controversial
There are so many gaps in Andrew Knight’s identity. For starters, his birth information, including the exact date, month, and year of his birth, is unknown. The biggest controversy surrounding his identity revolves around the fact that he may not be Suge Knight’s biological son.
He was Raised By His Mother and Her Ex-Husband, Ed Payan
For the most part, Suge Knight’s alleged son goes by the name Andrew Payan. This deviation from the Knight’s name stems from the fact that his mother, Tia Rowe, used to be married to a man named Ed Payan. Ed was convicted of an armed robbery at some point during their marriage, and that effectively ended the marriage.
Other than her relatively lengthy association with Suge Knight, not much is known about Andrew’s mother, including when and where she was born. At this point, we feel it is important to point out that her relationship with the imprisoned music mogul happened way before her marriage to Ed Payan.
Some reports claim that even before she started dating Knight, she used to be a pimp for him and supplied him with women whenever he wanted. The timeline of their relationship has yet to be established, but when Rowe got pregnant and eventually had Andrew, she pinned the paternity of her son on Suge. The former record label boss never denied or accepted those claims.
When their relationship ended, Tia raised her son on her own for a while before marrying Ed, and her alleged son with Suge Knight became his responsibility as well, hence the surname Payan. Rowe has a close relationship with her son and even encourages him to use the Knight name whenever it suits him.
Not much is known about Andrew Knight’s formal education background at the moment due to the controversial events that have occurred in his life.
Andrew Knight was Accused of Theft By Actress Lindsay Lohan
Several years ago, Suge Knight’s son was friends with Hollywood diva Lindsay Lohan, and on one fateful day, they were both guests at a party hosted by a mutual acquaintance named Sam Magid.
When the party ended, some items, including wristwatches, all of which were worth around $100k, went missing, and both Andrew and Lindsay pointed fingers at each other as the culprits responsible.
In their statement to law enforcement officers in charge of the investigation, Andrew said that Lindsay had handed him a bag with several valuable items, which he returned to Magid after the party. Lindsay, on the other hand, admitted that she had hidden some valuables during the party to prevent them from being stolen.
She, however, revealed that she forgot where she hid them because she was high on Ambien. She went on to reiterate her belief that Andrew was the thief, an allegation that was unequivocally denied by the celebrity son. In the end, the police made Lohan their primary suspect and target in the investigation.
Andrew Knight is Gay
Suge Knight’s alleged son with Tia Rowe is gay. A fact that has been made invariably clear from his romantic relationships. He is currently in a relationship with his boyfriend, Darren Michael Young. We are yet to ascertain when they began dating, but it has been a while now.
They have been in a lot of skirmishes together, including a 2018 Lanai resort incident where they attempted to flee without paying some accumulated bills. Andrew eventually made restitution and was placed on four-year probation.
Legend Knight is Suge Knight’s Youngest Son
Legend Knight was just eight years old when his father was sentenced to prison. He was born in 2010, although the exact details of his birth have yet to be confirmed. Legend is Suge’s son with ex-fiancée, Toi Lin Kelley.
When he was six years old, Legend went to court alongside his mother for his father’s robbery case hearing. After asking how old he was, the court decided to keep him out of the court. When his mother stated that he would be on his best behavior and demanded to know why the judge kicked him out, he replied that he did “because I said so.”
Not much is known about Legend at the moment, but that could all change in the years to come.
