Dee Barnes Says ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Overlooked Dr. Dre Beating Her & Other Women
Dre, who executive produced the movie along with his former groupmate Ice Cube, should have owned up to the time he punched his labelmate Tairrie B twice at a Grammys party in 1990. He should have owned up to the black eyes and scars he gave to his collaborator Michel’le. And he should have owned up to what he did to me. That’s reality. That’s reality rap. In his lyrics, Dre made hyperbolic claims about all these heinous things he did to women. But then he went out and actually violated women. Straight Outta Compton would have you believe that he didn’t really do that. It doesn’t add up. It’s like Ice Cube saying, “I’m not calling all women bitches,” which is a position he maintains even today at age 46. If you listen to the lyrics of “A Bitch Iz a Bitch,” Cube says, “Now the title bitch don’t apply to all women / But all women have a little bitch in ‘em.” So which is it? You can’t have it both ways. That’s what they’re trying to do with Straight Outta Compton: They’re trying to stay hard, and look like good guys.
F. Gary Gray
Later in her essay, she points some of the blame at the film’s director F. Gary Gray.
That’s right. F. Gary Gray, the man whose film made $60 million last weekend as it erased my attack from history, was also behind the camera to film the moment that launched that very attack. He was my cameraman for Pump It Up! You may have noticed that Gary has been reluctant to address N.W.A.’s misogyny and Dre’s attack on me in interviews. I think a huge reason that Gary doesn’t want to address it is because then he’d have to explain his part in history. He’s obviously uncomfortable for a reason.
Click here to read the full essay.
Follow us: @theJasmineBRAND on Twitter | theJasmineBRAND on Facebook | theJasmineBRAND on Instagram
Previous Article
Next Article
Tenant Evicted After Being Caught Having Intercourse On Apartment Balcony, Cousin Says Neighbors Should Be Minding Their Mf Business’ 
Update: Father Identified As G*nman Who K*lled 8 Children – 7 Were His Own, Police Say 
Louisiana Mass Shooting K*lls 8 Children – Police Say Incident Was Domestic 
Barack & Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Leaving Netflix After 8 Years – Going Independent, Expanding To Multiple Studios 
Atlanta Mother Bianca Huntley K*lled In Highway Shooting While Pregnant w/ Third Child, Family Demands Answers 
Steve Harvey Morning Show Co-Host Shirley Strawberry’s Ex-Husband Accused Of Using Marriage In $750K Scam – Faces R*pe & S#xual Battery Charges 
Spirit Airlines At Risk Of Liquidation As Fuel Costs Continue To Climb Amid Iran War 
Media Personalities Peter Rosenberg & Laura Stylez Shut Down ‘Broke’ Rumors About Ebro Dardon: ‘He’s An Executive At Apple’
Dre beat all the black women that he was with but treat his snow bunny like a queen. Fawk boi.
I do not condone violence of any kind towards anyone and Dre was dead wrong for his behavior back then. But the movie wasn’t about either of their personal lives or story it was collective on them as a group therefore, no time or reason to go into specific incident of their personal lives, if that was the case the movie would have gone on forever as it was long enough but got straight to the point regarding “NWA” as it should have.
I agree with your comment.The movie was about NWA.The movie was not titled the women of NWA.
Trust me Auntie Karma has her designated time with this guy, no one who’s done other’s wrong is excluded from Auntie Karma’s to do list….#Truth
The movie was about the group and what they went through becoming rappers. Although I understand what she went through and by no means condone abuse, but that had no part in the music and how they came together. He did acknowledge the abuse.
The movie was NWA not about the fact that Dre was a woman beater. However, Karma has had her way with him bc Dre lost his son later on in life. So when you do shit to people please remember what goes around comes around. This is not the first I heard of Dre beating a woman. But NWA was good tho