During her relationship with Dre, Michel’le turned to substance abuse but found hope in Dr. All the men around me were always going to jail and be gone for years and I didn’t think that was a good idea.”ĭubbed the “First Lady of Ruthless Records,” Michel’le found success in 1990 with her two hit singles, “No More Lies” and “Nicety.” The success was short-lived as betrayal and bad business deals hurt the singer’s career. I didn’t call the police because I didn’t want him to go to jail.
“After the first hit, you don’t think they’re going to do it again. “I stayed because it was normal,” she said. The singer also spoke about her relationship with Dre and why she didn’t leave. Dre of physically abusing her during their time together, something Lifetime’s “ Surviving Compton” film will portray.ĭuring an interview with Wendy Williams, Michel’le revealed that she originally didn’t want to do the film, but after seeing “Straight Outta Compton,” she felt a need to tell her story. Dre’s former girlfriend and mother to one of his children - to give her side of the story that was omitted from the N.W.A film.
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Dre and Ice Cube’s “Straight Outta Compton” was a huge hit for the former N.W.A members - making over $200 million and even being nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars - there was something that fans and critics say was left out of the film.Įnter Lifetime, the TV network teamed up with Michel’le - Dr. Starring actress Rhyon Nicole Brown as Michel’le, the film is an authorized depiction of the singer’s career as she worked with Dre, Eazy-E and Suge Knight on her rise to success and her eventual downfall. The two-hour long film will share stories of Michel’le’s alleged abuse at the hands of one of hip-hop’s biggest names. Singer Michel’le will finally get to tell her side of the story when Lifetime airs “Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le” on Oct. Both Barnes and Michel’le criticized the film when it came out for erasing their voices now, it looks like certain uglier parts of the group’s legacy will finally get the chance to come to light.Actress Rhyon Nicole Brown stars as singer Michel’le in Lifetime’s upcoming biopic, “Surviving Compton.” A&E Television/Surviving Compton Dre’s history of violence against women, and neither his relationship with Michel’le nor his infamous assault of female journalist Dee Barnes were included in the story. Dre, Ice Cube, and Eazy-E’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, omitted Dr.
Straight Outta Compton, which was produced by Dr. Marcos Taylor, reprising his role in Straight Outta Compton), whom Michel’le later married, also plays a key role in the film. Incendiary Death Row Records head Suge Knight (R. “Behind the men who changed hip-hop is the woman who knows the truth,” reads the trailer, which depicts a string of harrowing scenes, including one where Dre (Curtis Hamilton) grabs Michel’le (Rhyon Nicole Brown) by the throat and threatens to beat her up. Dre’s former fiancée and the first female signee to the group’s Ruthless Records, who has been public about the abuse she received while she was involved with Dre. The film centers on R&B singer Michel’le Toussaint, Dr. We now have a first look at the trailer for Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge, & Michel’le, a dark coda to last year’s acclaimed N.W.A.
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