Former Death Row records boss Marion "Suge" Knight has been treated in hospital for facial injuries after a fight in a US hotel on Monday morning.

Police was called to the W hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona, by Security guards after two groups of guests exchanged "heated words in the VIP area".

According to the Officers at the scene Mr Knight was punched twice in the face.

The fight came to an end after the police had to use their taser stun guns. Two men were arrested and charged with aggravated assault. They are Leon Anderson and Robert Carnes Jr, who identified himself as a business manager for R&B star Akon.

Akon was not present during the fracas.

Knight sustained broken facial bones and was taken to hospital, the police report said.

Suge is best known for launching the solo careers of Dr. Dre Snoop Dogg on his label, Death Row Records.

He sold tens of millions of records before collapsing in debt and mismanagement in 2006.

After Knight filed for bankruptcy, the label was sold at auction for $24m (£12m).

Always a magnet for controversy, his career has been overshadowed by run-ins with the law in recent years.

Last May he was assaulted and knocked out at the Shag Nightclub in Los Angeles. Also in August he was arrested in Las Vegas on drug and assault charges after allegedly punching his girlfriend and pulling a knife on her during an argument outside a strip club.

He previously served time in jail for violating his probation on an earlier assault charge.