Dr. Dre
Gangsta rap, Music video performer
1965 –
Who is Dr. Dre?
Andre Romelle Young, known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Dre was previously the co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, 50 Cent, The Game and more recently Kendrick Lamar. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. In 2011, Dr. Dre was ranked as the third richest figure in the American hip hop scene by Forbes with a net worth of $250 million.
Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A with Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. His 1992 solo debut The Chronic, released under Death Row Records, led him to become one of the best-selling American performing artists of 1993 and to win a Grammy Award for the single "Let Me Ride". That same year he produced Death Row labelmate Snoop Dogg's quadruple platinum debut Doggystyle.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1965
Compton - Also known as
- Andre Young
- Dre
- Andre Romelle Young
- N.W.A.
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nicole Threatt
(1996/05 - )
- Nicole Threatt
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Vanguard Junior High School
(1976 - ) - Centennial High School
(1979 - ) - John C. Fremont High School
- Vanguard Junior High School
- Employment
- Founder, Aftermath Entertainment
- Owner, Death Row Records
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
- Compton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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