Dee Barnes is an American hip-hop music artist and former host of Pump It Up. Barnes, whose stage name was D Zire, performed in the group Body & Soul prior to her work in television. Hip-Hop music is a style of popular music. ... Pump It Up, commonly abbreviated as PIU, is a rhythm video game developed by Andamiro, a Korean coin-operated games producer. ...

Her single "Dance To The Drummer's Beat" was put out on the Delicious Vinyl/Island Records label and heavily sampled the song of the same title by Herman Kelly and Life. Island Records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall but moved to the UK in May 1962. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Herman Kelly & Life were a short-lived funk musical group who released records on the Miami, Florida based T.K. Disco, Alston, and Electric Cat labels in the late 1970s. ...

Dr. Dre incident

Barnes sued Dr. Dre for a 1991 assault stemming from a 1990 segment about N.W.A. that appeared on her show. The 1990 segment contained edited clips of N.W.A. insulting former member Ice Cube and vice versa. On January 27, 1991, Dre ran into Barnes at a record-release party in Los Angeles. According to Rolling Stone reporter Alan Light: Dr. Dre (born André Romell Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an influential Grammy-Award winning American record producer, hip hop producer, rapper, actor and record executive. ... N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude) was a hip hop group that was formed in Compton, California in 1986, and disbanded in 1991. ... Ice Cube (born OShea Jackson on June 15, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American rapper, actor and film director. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture. ...

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. After Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women's rest room. Dre followed her and "grabbed her from behind by the hair and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head." ^[1]

MC Ren later said, "Bitch deserved it," and Eazy-E said, "Yeah, bitch had it coming." Dre said later, "People talk all this shit, but you know, somebody fuck with me, I'm gonna fuck with them. I just did it, you know. Ain't nothing you can do now by talking about it. Besides, it ain't no big thing-- I just threw her through a door." ^[1] MC Ren is the stage name of Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 14 in Compton, California, 1969), a rapper and hip hop producer. ... Eazy-E (Eric Wright) (September 7, 1963 - March 26, 1995) was an African-American rapper, record producer, and record executive who initially rose to fame as a member of the group N.W.A.. Born in Compton, California, Eazy-E dropped out of Compton High School while in tenth grade...

Barnes sued in February 1991, telling reporter Alan Light, "They've grown up with the mentality that it's okay to hit women, especially black women. Now there's a lot of kids listening and thinking it's okay to hit women who get out of line."

The incident is referenced in the Eminem song "Guilty Conscience". It was #37 on Spin magazine's 100 sleaziest moments of rock. ^[2] Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972) better known by his stage name Eminem, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and occasional actor. ... Guilty Conscience is a song by the rapper Eminem, released in 1999. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ...

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