Dr Dre’s ex-girlfriend says his apology for past abuse is ‘insincere’

“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”, the music mogul told The New York Times.

“I didn’t ask for a public apology and I think if he is going to apologise he should do it individually”.

She added, “Treat us like we have names”. He’s issued statements acknowledging the fact the he’d made “mistakes” in his younger days when he was drinking heavily, and says he would never repeat those transgressions again. To just group us like we are nothing and nobody-I just don’t think it’s honest…

Dr. Dre repeatedly beat his former girlfriend, singer Michel’le, and once punched a woman, rapper Tarrie B, after she recorded a track critical of him, the women told The New York Times. Is it damage control by Apple, which can no longer ignore that if you take the “Beats by Dre” logo and remove the “S”, you get a double entendre describing several woman he just apologized to?

‘Straight Outta Compton’ is released in Ireland this Friday. “‘I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives”.

Update: Gawker just published Dee Barnes written response to Dre’s apology.

According to Michel’le, the alleged violence against her lasted five or six years and began to significantly affect her career.

“One night I baked him chicken and I didn’t make enough”, she said.

“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. I would move out for three or four months and come back. I left it there for a while just so he could see it.

There are sprinklings of those old school references to money, crime, violence, slavery, and misogyny N.W.A were famed for, but the new generation has affected the old hands – changing up the sound with modern production and the themes with a more sophisticated lyrical approach.