Editing Death Row Records (section)

=== Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. ===
{{Main|Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.}}
After the murder of Tupac Shakur, Knight was incarcerated due to probation violations. Knight held [[Sean Combs]], the CEO of [[Bad Boy Records]], responsible for the death of Shakur and sought revenge.<ref name=":1" /> Through his then-girlfriend Theresa Swann, the incarcerated Knight contacted Wardell Fouse and hired him to kill The Notorious B.I.G.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Adam |date=2011-10-03 |title=Ex-Detective Says the LAPD Knows Who Killed Tupac and Biggie |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/ex-detective-says-lapd-knows-who-killed-tupac-and-biggie/337184/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> Swann was given $25,000, of which $13,000 would go to Fouse.<ref name=":1" />

During the initial investigation into Wallace's murder, Fouse was not a suspect, as detective [[Russell Poole]]'s prime suspects were the LAPD officer [[David Mack (police officer)|David Mack]] and Mack's friend Amir Muhammed (Harry Billups).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Randall |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51618088 |title=LAbyrinth : a detective investigates the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the origins of the Los Angeles Police scandal |publisher=Grove Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-8021-3971-X |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=51618088}}</ref> After Poole resigned from the department in 1999, the case stalled. After the case was reopened in 2006, the lead detective, Greg Kading, concluded that Wardell Fouse was the shooter.<ref name=":1" /> As Fouse was murdered in 2003, no charges were pressed against him.