Suge Knight drops by the Jay-Z Magna Carter Concert After Party at the Lure Nightclub in Hollywood.

POLICE reportedly suspect a gang rivalry may have triggered the nightclub shooting of Suge Knight.

The Death Row Records founder was released from surgery after being shot six times during a pre-VMA party hosted by singer Chris Brown.

Police are investigating a possible gang link between Knight, Brown and Game, another rapper at the party, who are all affiliated with the Bloods street gang, TMZ reports.

Witnesses told the gossip site that Brown was throwing up gang signs before the shooting inside 10AK early on Sunday, and that there were several known gangsters surrounding the Turn Up The Music performer when shots were fired.

Knight, 49, is still in ICU, but is expected to recover.

The mogul walked out of the club following the shooting, police told TMZ. He was then put in an ambulance and taken to hospital.

He was one of three victims taken to Los Angeles’ Ceder Sinai Hospital after the incident.

One of the shooting victims was reportedly in a critical condition.

An hour-and-a-half prior to the shootout, Game got into a fight with security guards after being denied entry and left, but his mates stayed on, according to TMZ.

A divisive figure in hip-hop, Knight was accused by his former friend Snoop Dogg of being involved in the 1996 murder of troubled rapper Tupac Shakur.

He was also implicated in the shooting murder of rap legend Christopher “Biggie” Smalls, which was said to be a revenge killing for Shakur’s death.