Dr Dre Beats Up Dee Barnes
In january of 1991 producer rapper and then n w a.
Dr dre beats up dee barnes. Dre confronts his 1991 assault on journalist dee barnes in a new hbo documentary series calling the violent incident a major blemish on who i am as a man. On january 27 1991 during a record release party for bytches with problems bwp at hollywood s po na na souk club dr. Dre attacked them in the past have responded to his recent statement of apology to the new york times.
Dee barnes and michel le two women who ve publicly alleged dr. Dee barnes via twitter. Barnes revisited that dark night in an exclusive interview with the huffington post to ensure her story and her voice aren t ignored again.
The biggest question however was how the film would address a well known incident in the history of n w a dr. Dre young attacked hip hop journalist denise dee barnes in a nightclub. It s been nearly 25 years since dr.
In 1991 hip hop journalist dee barnes accused the rapper of brutally beating her in a los angeles nightclub. In a statement barnes claimed that dre then a member of gangsta rap group n w a grabbed her from behind by the hair and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head. The clips are shown in part in episode 2 of the defiant ones dee barnes said in the episode that there was a bad energy in the interview with n w a and every answer seemed to involve a diss to ice cube.
An episode in 1990 combined interviews with n w a and ice cube shortly after n w a had dissed ice cube with their 100 miles and runnin album. If you hadn t heard about the incident. Dee was a radio host and rapper herself back in the late 1980s and early 90s.
Dre confronted dee barnes over the tv package in question. Dre s physical assault of female hip hop journalist denise dee barnes. Dre assaulted journalist dee barnes at a hollywood nightclub and just as long since the attack has been largely buried in hip hop and pop culture history.
