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Denise "Dee" Barnes (stage names Sista D and D Zire) is an American rapper and former Fox television personality who performed in the West Coast hip hop female duo Body & Soul and hosted a radio show on KDAY, prior to gaining wider fame as the host of Fox's hip hop show Pump It Up!, a weekly FOX TV rap music series on air from 1989-1992, according to IMDb.
Dr. Dre assaults Dee Barnes: In January 1991, it was revealed that Dr.Dre had violently attacked an American rapper and TV presenter, Dee Barnes. [ 75 ] Although they were not partners, this assault was in line with the same kind of behavior that Dre's previous partners had also reported. [ 75 ]
On January 27, 1991, Dr. Dre assaulted Dee Barnes, host of the hip hop show Pump It Up, after its coverage [30] of the N.W.A/Ice Cube beef. According to Rolling Stone reporter Alan Light: He picked her up and "began slamming her face and the right side of her body repeatedly against a wall near the stairway" as his bodyguard held off the crowd.
In 1991, Dr. Dre allegedly physically assaulted hip-hop journalist Dee Barnes at an industry party. Barnes sued Dre that same year and the lawsuit was settled out of court.
However, his personal life has not been without controversy — several women have accused him of domestic violence and assault (television host Dee Barnes, ex-wife Nicole Young, two of the ...
While the state violence endured by black men is a narrative that runs throughout the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, the real-life violence women experience at the hands of men &mdash ...
Accusations of Dr. Dre's violence against women have been widely publicized. Following his assault of television host Dee Barnes, he was fined US$2,500, given two years' probation, and ordered to perform 240 hours of community service, part of which he fulfilled by making an anti-violence public service announcement. A civil suit was settled ...
In 1991, Dee Barnes was the host of the hip-hop show “Pump it Up!” It ran a segment that year where Ice Cube, who had parted ways with Dr. Dre and fellow N.W.A. bandmates over a royalties ...