The graphic footage shows the moment one man died under the wheels of the rap mogul's pick-up truck after a row in Compton.
A video has emerged showing the moment Marion "Suge" Knight ran over two men with his pick-up truck in Los Angeles, killing one of them.
The graphic footage appears to support prosecutors' contention that the rap mogul deliberately struck Cle "Bone" Sloan and Terry Carter at the burger stand on 29 January.
It is believed the alleged hit-and-run followed an argument in the suburb of Compton where the film Straight Outta Compton was being filmed.
Mr Sloan, 51, survived his injuries but Mr Carter, 55, was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Matthew Fletcher, who formally took over as Knight's lawyer during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, told reporters that the video, obtained by TMZ, would help exonerate his client because it showed him fleeing an ambush at the fast-food restaurant.
"When you're attacked ... you have every right to defend yourself," he said. "There's no duty to retreat, there's no duty to hide or cower. You have the right to leave."
Mr Fletcher said the video also shows a third man removing a gun from Mr Sloan as he lay on the ground injured, helping prove the defence argument that Knight, 49, had been lured to Tam's burgers for an attack.
The videotape, which appears to have been shot by a security camera at the fast-food stand, begins with Knight pulling quickly into the driveway, where he is immediately confronted by Mr Sloan.
The two men trade blows through the driver's window of the truck for about 20 seconds before Knight reverses the vehicle, knocking him to the ground.
A few seconds later the truck reappears, accelerating through the driveway and running over both Mr Sloan and Mr Carter as two other men hurry out of the way.
One of those men then removes a black object that Mr Fletcher claims is a handgun from the injured Mr Sloan and slips it into his waistband.
Knight has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run charges.
The co-founder of the influential Death Row Records has previous convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and could face 25 years to life in prison under California's so-called three-strikes law if he is convicted at trial.
Knight, who was shot six times in a nightclub altercation last year, has been taken to a jail infirmary complaining of ill health following several hearings in the case.
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