Dr. Dre Apology To Dee Barnes, Michel'le For Abuse & Death Threats

"Straight Outta Compton" producer and N.W.A. rapper, Dr. Dre apologizes to the women he's abused in the past after his ex-girlfriend, Michel'le and Hip Hop Journalist Dee Barnes opened up about their terrifying experiences with him.

Dr. Dre's issued a statement to The New York Times :

"Twenty-five years ago I was a young man drinking too much and in over my head with no real structure in my life. However, none of this is an excuse for what I did. I've been married for 19 years and every day I'm working to be a better man for my family, seeking guidance along the way. I'm doing everything I can so I never resemble that man again."

He continued, "I apologize to the women I've hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives."

During Michel'le's interview with Vlad TV, she revealed that Dr. Dre shot at her after a heated argument, "We partied and I guess I don't know what I always did so I would say, 'it couldn't just been me.' So, one night we were arguing and he got the gun and I just made it through the bathroom door and he shot at me and missed me by that much," she said pinching her fingers. "I left the bullet in the hole. It was in the door and it went in the side of the wall in the bathroom. I left it there for a while just so he could see it."

The writer was assaulted by Dr. Dre in 1991 at the Po Na Na Souk nightclub after he blasted her for intentionally airing Ice Cube's diss against NWA. In her Gawker essay, Barnes said that she was beat by the producer and was relieved it wasn't played out in the film.

"Dr. Dre straddled me and beat me mercilessly on the floor of the women's restroom at the Po Na Na Souk nightclub in 1991," Barnes later expline dthat she still suffers from the beating, "I suffer from horrific migraines that started only after the attack," she wrote. "My head does ring and it hurts, exactly in the same spot every time where he smashed my head against the wall."