In 2015, Carter was killed after an altercation between Knight and film advisor Cle “Bone” Sloan at Tam’s Burgers in Compton, CA. In 2018, Knight was sentenced to 28 years after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter. He issued a statement to Rolling Stone. He explained his justification for settling.

“Terry was a friend of mine. It definitely wasn’t done intentionally. It wasn’t done to bring harm to him,” said Knight. “One of the reasons I settled [is] I got respect for Terry, so that means I’ve got respect for his family.”

“I didn’t want to put the family through more pain. It’s not that I did anything wrong. I never would have. But I do owe the family an apology because of this thing they had to go through.”

Carter’s widow, Lillian Carter, bashed Knight for her family’s ordeal.

“It’s hard living without him when I lived all those many years with him. It’s been very, very difficult. I’ve been in pain ever since Jan. 29, 2015, I haven’t had a good day, not one good day,” she said. “I’m not happy with the outcome of it, at all, but I don’t want to give him another opportunity to put on a clown show and act like a b***h. Maybe somebody will shank him in jail.”

“I’m relieved it’s finally concluded,” said his daughter Nekaya. “It has been a long and emotional journey. We couldn’t put ourselves through that again. I want to move forward, just like my dad always encouraged us to do.”