Page Six reports that Verna Young has accused her ex, Thomas Young, of abuse. Dr. Dre also has faced similar accusations, including that he allegedly beat up a former female hip-hop reporter in the 1990s so badly that it ended her career immediately. And it was widely reported that Dre often laid hands on his ex-wife, singer Michel’le.
Dre’s father denies being abusive to Verna Young but admitted to Page Six that they weren’t the best role models for their son and that Dre’s grandmother actually raised him.