AWARD-SHOW STABBING

Pandemonium broke out during the taping of Vibe magazine’s award show last night, when a man was stabbed during the ceremony, sending stars fleeing from the mayhem in their limos.

The violence broke out as rapper Dr. Dre rose to accept the Vibe Legend Award from presenters Quincy Jones and Snoop Dogg, a witness at the Santa Monica event told The Post.

An unidentified man sitting with Death Row Records chief Marion “Suge” Knight lunged toward Dr. Dre with a knife – but members of rapper 50 Cent’s entourage intervened, the witness said.

It is unclear who was stabbed. MTV reported that he might be a member of the rap group G-Unit’s entourage.

The victim was in stable condition, police said last night. The stabbing occurred roughly one hour into the planned two-hour award show, which resumed after a 40-minute delay.

Many of the scheduled performers, including Alicia Keys, had already left. It is unclear how the incident will effect UPN’s broadcast of the show tonight.

Knight and Dr. Dre feuded a decade ago about the direction of Death Row, a label founded by Knight that launched the careers of rappers like Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur, who was murdered in a rap feud.

Knight has been in and out of jail since 1997, most recently getting hit with a 10-month sentence last year for parole violation.

“All I know is that someone from Suge’s table ran forward to get to Dre, but a bunch of people from 50 Cent’s table blocked him,” said the witness.

“Whoever was stabbed was not a celebrity.”

The witness said that the production, co-hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks and rapper L.L. Cool J – was immediately shut down and celebrities were spirited out of the ceremonies, being held at Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hanger.

“It was pure panic,” the witness said. “I never saw anything like it. Those cars were flying out of here. Russell Simmons ran out of here crying.”

Another witness told MTV that Knight had run onto the stage, screaming obscenities at the audience of about 1,000. Several people in the crowd were pepper-sprayed, the network reported.

Banks and L.L. Cool J returned after the delay to finish the show. The model urged the crowd to “have more love in the room” and to “respect one another,” the witness said.

The after-party at a nearby hotel was canceled.

Additional reporting by David K. Li in Santa Monica

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