Dr Dre D Barnes
Still barnes isn t letting him off the hook.
Dr dre d barnes. 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. Dre in 1991 but there are still details of the harrowing incident that remain a mystery. 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.
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 also settled a civil suit brought by barnes and the hitmaker recently told rolling stone he d made horrible mistakes in his life. It s no secret that pioneering hip hop journalist denise dee barnes was viciously beaten by dr.
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. It s been nearly 25 years since dr. Barnes recalled the incident in a rolling stone article from august of 1991 telling the reporter that dre picked her up and began slamming her face and the right side of her body repeatedly against a wall near the stairway barnes went on to say that dre repeatedly kicked her in the ribs and punched her in the head. Dre for assault and.