March court date for rapper 'Suge' Knight

Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is facing a March court date in Las Vegas following his arrest on a 2009 traffic warrant and a new misdemeanour drug charge, authorities said.

The former Death Row Records executive, 46, was stopped driving a black Bentley with California licence plates on a street just off Flamingo Road west of the Las Vegas Strip, Officer Laura Meltzer said.

Knight was issued an unsafe lane change summons and arrested on a warrant stemming from previous traffic infractions.

He also was charged with possession of less than one ounce of a controlled substance and released from jail without bail.