Rapper pleas no contest

Rapper David Darnell Brown, known as Young Buck, has pleaded no contest to the stabbing of a man during a melee at last year's Vibe Awards show.

Brown, 24, entered the plea to a charge of assault likely to produce great bodily harm and was sentenced to three years of probation. The entertainer was also ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.

Brown was charged with stabbing audience member Jimmy James Johnson, 27, after Johnson punched producer Dr Dre during a melee at the awards show in 2004