Dr. Dre

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Dr. Dre is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, body builder and actor. He is the founder and CEO of the Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. He was the Co-owner and pioneer artist of Death Row Record.

He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Game. He is currently worth $270 million.



Dre was born as Romelle Young in Compton on February 18 1965 to Theodore and Verna Young (teenagers), who later married in 1968 and divorced in 1972. Verna later married Curtis Crayon and they had three more children along Romelle Young.

In 1976 Young started attending Junior High School in Compton but transferred to Safer Suburban Roosevelt Junior High School because he couldn’t cope academically.

Verna again married Warren Griffin, who she met at her new job in Long Beach, she had four children from the marriage, including, Warren Griffin III who later became rapper Warren G.

Dre went to Centennial High School in Compton in 1979 but transferred to Fremont High School because he had poor grades. At Fremont he focused on his social life and entertainment for the remainder of his school years.

In 1981, Dr. Dre had a son with his girlfriend Lisa Johnson. The boy was named Curtis Young. He grew up with his mother and did not meet his father until 2001 when he became rapper Hood Surgeon.

Dre became a DJ in 1984 at The Eve after Dark Club where he frequently watched DJs and rappers perform live. He used “Dr. J” as his stage name, based on the nickname of Julius Erving his favorite basketball player. He later changed his stage name to Dr. Dre, a mix of alias Dr. J and his first name, referring to himself as the “Master of Mixology”

He joined the musical group World Class Wreckin’ Cru under the Kru-Cut Records in 1984. Their first hit, “Surgery” featured Dr. Dre on the turntables and sold 50,000 copies within the Compton area.

Dre and DJ Yella performed mixes for local station KDAY; boosting ratings for its afternoon rush- hour show “The Traffic Jam”

In 1986 Dr. Dre met rapper Ice Cube; they collaborated and recorded sons for Ruthless Records, a rap record label run by rapper Eazy-E.N.W.A and fellow West Coast rapper Ice-T. The group’s first full album “Straight Outta Compton” was a major success, despite an almost complete absence of radio airplay or major concert tours. FBI sent Ruthless Records a warning letter in response to the song’s content.

Dr. Dre became more popular in the group when Ice Cube left N.W.A in 1989 over financial disputes. Dre produced and performed most of the group’s second album Efil4aggin. He produced tracks for other rappers on Ruthless Records.

In 1991 Dre was given 2 years probation with fine of $2,500 and 240 hours of community service after he assaulted television host Dee Barnes of the Fox television during a music party in Hollywood.

He later left the N.W.A in 1991 after a dispute with Eazy-E. Suge Knight used force to make Eazy-E release Dre from the contract agreement they had in Ruthless Records. He started Death Row Records using Dre as his flagship artist.

In 1992 Dr. Dre released his first single, Deep Cover a sound track for Deep Cover. He collaborated with Snoop Dogg, whom he met through his step brother Warren G.

His first album was “The Chronic” which had hits like, “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang”, “Let Me Ride” which featured Snoop Dogg as guest vocalist.

In 1993, the Recording Industry Association of America certified “The Chronic” album multi-platinum, and Dre won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for his “Let me Ride” track. The Billboard magazine ranked Dre as the eight best-selling musical artist, The Chronic as the sixth best-selling album, and “Nuthin but a ‘G’ Thang” as the 11th best-selling single.

He produced Snoop Dogg’s debut album, “Doggstyle” which became the first debut album for an artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 album charts.

In 1994 Dr. Dre released a compilation tittle, “Concrete Roots”. He produced some songs on soundtracks for “Above the Rim”, “Murder Was the Case”. He collaborated with Ice Cube to do “Natural Born Killaz” in 1995. 

He recorded “Keep Their Heads Ringing” for “Friday”. The song reached No. 10 on the billboard Hot 100 and No.1 on the Hot Rap singles (now Hot Rap Tracks) charts.

Dr. Dre left Death Row Records in 1995 over contract disputes with Suge Knight, who was said to be corrupt, financially dishonest and out of control.

He formed his own record label, Aftermath Entertainment in 1996.

Dre recorded “Been There, Done that” as a symbolic farewell to gangster rap on November 26, 1996 under Aftermath Entertainment. The album was classified platinum by RIAA.

The turning point for Aftermath was in 1998 when Eminem a rapper from Detroit was signed on the label. Dr. Dre produced lead single from the album, “My Name is”. That track propelled Eminem into stardom. It was certified 4X Platinum.

In 2001 Dre released a second solo album initially titled The Chronic but later re-title 2001. The album featured Devin the Dude, Hittman, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg and Eminem.

He won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-classical in 2000.

From 2001 Dr. Dre focused on producing songs and albums for other artists. He co-produced six tracks on Eminem’s landmark Marshall Mathers LP, Grammy winning lead single, “The Real Slim Shady”. The album won a Grammy and became the fastest- selling rap album of all time with 1.76 million units sold in its first week.

Dre produced the single, “Family Affair” by Mary J. Blige in 2001. He also produced, “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”, a duet by Eve and “No Doubt” by Gwen Stefano. In 2001 he signed Truth Hurts to Aftermath.

He was the executive producer of Eminem’s 2002. “The Eminem Show”. He produced three songs on the album.


In 2003, Aftermath’s Dr. Dre produced “Get Rich or Die Tryin” adebut album of rapper 50 Cent a New York- based rapper. Dr. Dre produced 4 tracks on the album including “In Da Club”

In 2005 he produced “How We Do” a hot single from rapper, The Game. He was ranked 54 out of 100 artists by Rolling Stone magazines “The Immortals: The Greatest Artists of All Time”

In 2008 July, he released his brand of headphones, Beats by Dr. Dre, for the 2009 Fall Season, HP and Dre teamed up to release Beats by Dr. Dre with the sale of all HP laptops and headsets. HP and Dre announced the deal on October 9, 2009 at a press event in Santa Monica, California. The laptop is HP ENVY 15 Beats limited edition priced at $2,299 each. The laptop and PC comes with Dr. Dre’s signature headphones.

He appeared in the remix of the song, “Set it off” by Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall. At the beginning of 2009, Dre produced and made guest vocal performance on the song, “Crack a Bottle” by Eminem and produced 19 out of 20 tracks on Eminem’s album “Relapse”

On June 25 2010, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers honored Dr. Dre with its founder’s award for inspiring other musicians.

On November 14, 2011 Dre announced that he will be taking a break from music once he has finished producing for artists Shin the Mobster and Kendrick Lamar. He would work on bringing his Beats By

Dre to a standard as high as Apple and will also spend time with his family.

He has acted in films like, “Set if off” in 1996 as a weapon dealer, he acted in, “The Wash” and “Training Day” in 2001.

He sold part of his Aftermath shares to Interscope Records for $52 million. He was ranked 44th in 2004 from earnings of $11.4 million, primarily from production royalties from such projects as albums from G-Unit and D12 and the single, “Rich Girl” by singer Gwen Stefani and rapper Eve.

Forbes estimated his net worth at $270 million in 2012.

Dre is married to Nicole Threatt. He had children from Nicole and through his past relationships.

His eldest son is Curtis Young and aspiring rapper known as “Hood Surgeon”. He had his second son, Andre Young Jr. in 1988 with Jenifa Porter. Andre Young Jr. died at the age of 20 in his mother’s Woodland Hills home from an overdose of heroin and morphine.

From 1990 to 1996, Dr. Dre dated singer Michelle who frequently contributed vocals to Death Row Records albums. In 1991, they had a son, Marcel. In 1996, Dre married Nicole Threatt, the ex-wife of NBA Player Sedale Threatt. They have two children, Truth (Male, 15) and Truly (Female, 11)

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