We're Pickin' Up Bad Vibrations

By Barbara Kiviat

Real gangstas air their awards shows live. But Vibe taped its statuette ceremony, so viewers didn't get to see the free-for-all that broke out after a man slugged DR. DRE, left, and another came to the rapper-producer's defense, stabbing the assailant. When the show aired the next night, nothing appeared out of the ordinary except that Dr. Dre looked more shaken than a man getting a lifetime-achievement award should. Within a day, the cops thought they had their perp, rapper YOUNG BUCK (ne David Darnell Brown), right, who was caught on video during the melee wielding a knife (another reason gangstas don't tape). Later Young Buck surrendered to police, was released on bail and resumed touring. Kind of a win-win situation for both men.