Dre's protégé charged with assault

Rapper Young Buck has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing a man during a chair-tossing melee at the Vibe Awards last month.

The rapper, real name David Darnell Brown, was accused of stabbing Jimmy James Johnson after Johnson allegedly punched Brown's mentor, Dr Dre, during the taping of the show on November 15.

Dre, a producer and rap star whose name is Andre Young, was about to receive a lifetime achievement award when he was hit.

If convicted, Brown faces up to eight years in prison, authorities said. An arraignment was scheduled for January 14.

The district attorney's office also filed an assault charge against Johnson, 26, who is in custody on a parole violation.