The man accused of punching Dr Dre at last year’s eventful US Vibe Awards will stand trial after a judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to proceed. As previously reported, Jimmy James Johnson is accused of walking up to Dre at the awards event and lashing out at Dre. In the fracas that followed, Dre protégé rapper Young Buck allegedly stabbed Johnson. Johnson will now face trial for his role in the incident. Young Buck is on bail, also awaiting trial.
At the time of the stabbing some reported that Johnson was an associate of rival hip hop mogul Suge Knight and there were rumours that Knight had put Johnson up to attacking Dre. If that was true Suge would be contravening his current parole conditions and would find himself back in jail. However Knight’s people have denied any connection with the incident throughout.