Actor Tyrin Turner and former record executive Suge Knight seem to be at loggerheads. The backstory goes back to when Knight made certain claims about Turner, saying the latter was in a relationship with Jamie Foxx.
Meanwhile, speaking to The Art of Dialogue, Turner made certain allegations about the former record executive. He mentioned that rapper and record producer Dr. Dre had a child with a singer named Michel’le. Tyrin Turner said:
“Dr. Dre and Michel’le had a child. That was his baby mama.”
He went on:
“So, you got Dre and then you got Suge. So, you trying to tell me everybody that Suge called gay, allegedly or whatever, he goes right behind them. So, you say Dre gay, right? But then you go take Dre baby mama and make her your baby mama. Does that make sense?”
Tyrin Turner criticized Suge Knight by alleging that he had worked with Dr. Dre at Death Row but ended up betraying him. He claimed Suge got involved with Dre’s former partner, had a child with her, and even married her, questioning why people still trust what Suge says.
At one point during the conversation with The Art of Dialogue, when asked about Suge Knight’s comment about him allegedly being in a relationship with Foxx, Turner said:
“Everybody tries to be so politically correct right, the thing about the gay thing right. This is the thing. I have never drank. I never smoke. I never f*ck with ni**as. That's just the truth. That's my reality for the people that like that, that's cool. That's not my get down.”
Tyrin Turner criticised Suge Knight for stooping low
Tyrin Turner said that he and Jamie Foxx worked closely on a TV show they created and wrote together called Alert, and that they have known each other for 25 years. He found it frustrating that when two Black men have a close working relationship, people often assume they are in a relationship.
Speaking about Suge Knight, he stated:
“The thing about Suge is that I just never thought that he was stooped this low, you know what I'm saying. Like he's a, to me, I'mma be honest with you man, he a straight b**ch, straight up he's a b**ch.”
Tyrin Turner went on:
“Because the thing is when we first had our conversation you know what I'm saying, I asked him what I said, ‘We can take the fade.’ He said, ‘Well, we could I do that too.’ He didn't run from the fade. But no, if you would have called me gay in my face or anything like that we would have had to take the fade we would have just had to.”
Tyrin Turner said he couldn’t make sense of Suge Knight’s anger toward him. He was confused about where all the negativity was coming from and felt that the situation seemed completely irrational.
Earlier, Suge Knight had insulted Tyrin by claiming people in Hollywood viewed him as someone who took orders from Jamie Foxx.