LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced disgraced music mogul Suge Knight to 28 years in prison for a fatal hit-and-run, bringing a curtain down on one of the most successful careers in hip-hop history.

The 53-year-old icon is set to spend at least two decades behind bars for killing one man and injuring another when he ran over them at a Compton burger stand in 2015.

By pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter, Knight avoided a murder trial — and a possible life sentence, NBC reported.

In addition to time Knight has already served in jail and if he picks up maximum good behavior credits, the music mogul could be eligible for parole in 20 years, officials said.

The deadly Jan. 29, 2015, confrontation at Tam’s Burgers was caught on surveillance cameras, showing Knight backing his pickup truck over Cle “Bone” Sloan before going forward and plowing into Terry Carter, 55, a longtime businessman who built custom lowriders.

Knight then drove off and Carter died from his injuries.

Sloan, a long-time Compton native, worked as a consultant on the N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton."

A letter from Carter's widow, Lillian, was read to the court by the victim's sister, Jessica Carter.

She told the judge when her husband’s name is plugged into an internet search engine, there’s nothing about his role as a community leader or businessman.

“What you do see is (video of) the defendant killing my husband,” the widow’s letter said. “He was so much more than the guy who the defendant killed with his truck. He is my husband, my best friend, my provider.”

Carter said she was devastated seeing Knight smiling and waving at loved ones during his various court appearances.

Story Date: October 10, 2018