The man whose hit-and-run death led to the arrest of former rap mogul
Marion "Suge" Knight was also a former rap label owner as well as a father figure to wayward youths and gang members, a friend said Friday.Terry Carter, 55, wasn't a product of the thug life, but he did found and own the defunct
Heavyweight Records, said friend Darcell Carraway, 38.
Carter mentored young men to a better life, Carraway said.
His death "will bring a lot of people together, you know, from all different walks of life, Bloods, Crips, ex-gang members, current gang members, whatever, people on the streets, foster kids, whatever the case may be," Carraway said."It's a sad day for them," he added. Carter was also a friend and acquaintance of Knight through their work in making rap records, said Carraway, who was a writer for Heavyweight Records during its business run between 1997 and 2000.
"They became friends through mutual friends, and they hit it off and they were cool," Carraway said. "From my understanding, they had no issues whatsoever. They were friends. They respected each other.
