Less than a week after Eminem called for an end to the feuds and violence that hinders the hip hop community in the US, police announced they had issued a warrant for the arrest of Slim Shady label mate Young Buck, an rapper signed to Dr Dre's record label and a member of the G-Unit.
The rapper, real name David Darnell Brown, stands accused of stabbing a man who had previously punched Dre. The incident followed a fracas at the Vibe Awards in Santa Monica, California on Monday night. One Jimmy James Johnson approached Dre at the ceremony, seemingly to ask for an autograph, but then punched the legendary hip hop producer, who was at the awards to pick up a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Trouble broke out as Dre's entourage piled onto Johnson. It was during that trouble that Johnson was stabbed. A police spokesman told reporters yesterday: "Brown is clearly depicted [on videotape] as holding a knife after the assault and is one of a number of fight participants that was pepper-sprayed by officers in their attempt to stop this fight. We're asking Mr David Darnell Brown to surrender himself to police."
Brown fled the Santa Monica airport hangar where the Vibe Awards were taking place shortly after the assault. His people are yet to comment on the incident or the subsequent warrant for his arrest.