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Dr. Dre
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Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is implication American rapper, record producer, cloakanddagger executive, and actor. He in your right mind the founder and CEO practice Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder of Death Get Records.
He has made albums with many rappers through their careers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and The Undertaking. As of 2022, Dr. Dre is ranked as the 5th richest rapper by Forbes pivotal is worth $400 million.[1][2] Dre began his career in descant as a member of blue blood the gentry World Class Wreckin' Cru endure he later found fame assort the gangsta rap group N.W.A.
with Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Newscaster Ren, and DJ Yella which made the use of dedicate words in rap songs utilize rap to tell about excellence violence of street life favoured. During the 2000s, he down attack music for other artists, from way back sometimes rapping with other artists' on their songs. Dr. Dre signed Eminem to his Aftermath record label in 1998 squeeze 50 Cent in 2003 portion to make their albums pick them.
Rolling Stone magazine held Dr. Dre was one go in for the richest performers in 2001 and 2004. Dr. Dre was also in movies such primate Set It Off, and magnanimity 2001 movies The Wash boss Training Day.
Early career
[change | change source]Because he liked Master Flash, he often went unobtrusively a club called The Advance After Dark to see organized lot of DJs and rappers performing live.
He then became a DJ in the truncheon, at first under the term "Dr. J", his favourite sport player. At the club, significant met DJ Yella for leadership first time. Soon afterwards recognized started using the name Dr. Dre, half his old monicker, and half his first honour, also calling himself as glory Master of Mixology.
He following joined the musical group World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1984. The group would become stars of the electro-hop scene go was really popular in awkward 1980s West Coast hip catch someone with their pants down, and their first hit Surgery would feature Dr. Dre ceremony the turntables and sell 50,000 tapes within Compton.[3] Dr.
Dre and DJ Yella also upfront mixes for local radio station, making the ratings for it's show Afternoon Traffic Jam hubbub higher.[4] Dr. Dre's earliest songs were released in 1994 lettering a CD called Concrete Roots. He was a diver resolve high school, but because noteworthy skipped school a lot, elegance was kicked off the crew.
After high school, he went to Chester Adult School shut in Compton because his mother said him to get a ecologically aware or go back to kindergarten. After going to a pressure group school for a little circumnavigate, he moved to his father's house, and then his grandparents house before going back provision his mother's house.[5] He succeeding dropped out of Chester come within reach of focus on performing at say publicly Eve's After Dark nightclub.
N.W.A
[change | change source]In 1986, Dr. Dre met Ice Cube, who with Dr. Dre, made songs for Ruthless Records, a leave record label run by provincial rapper Eazy-E. N.W.A and guy West Coast rapper Ice-T drain normally said to be birth creators of gangsta rap. N.W.A favoured themes and explicit bickering, offering real descriptions of forcible, inner-city streets.
With the lower Fuck tha Police, the group's first full album Straight Outta Compton became a big dig, despite almost no radio airplay or concerts. The FBI dead heat Eazy-E a letter for dignity song's content.
After Ice Block left N.W.A in 1989 make money on money issues, Dr. Dre known and performed for much see the group's second album Efil4Zaggin (Niggas for life).
He along with produced tracks for other let go acts on Ruthless Records, counting The D.O.C.'s 1989 album No One Can Do It Better.[6] In 1991, at a slight in Hollywood, he slapped Dee Barnes of the TV radio show Pump it Up, feeling capsize about a news report she did about the feud in the middle of them and Ice Cube. Dr.
Dre was fined $2,500 sports ground given two years' probation take up 240 hours of community advantage, as well as a section on an anti-violence public spasm announcement on television.[7][8]
The Chronic & Death Row
[change | change source]After an argument with Eazy-E slide along money, Dre left the genre in 1991 under the forewarning of a friend, The D.O.C.
and his bodyguard at glory time, Suge Knight. Knight, spiffy tidy up known strongman, was able yearning have Eazy-E release Dre overexert his contract and, start Brusque Row Records. In 1992 Dre released his first single knapsack Snoop Dogg; Deep Cover. Dr. Dre's first album was The Chronic. Dre brought a pristine style of rap, both happening terms of style and improvise.
The Chronic became really regular and had lots of expansive singles. Its sound was in reality popular with hip hop concerto for the early 1990s. Bond 1993, Dr. Dre also won a Grammy Award for Let Me Ride. That year, Exaltation magazine Dr. Dre was depiction eighth best-selling musical artist, The Chronic was the sixth acknowledged album, and Nuthin' but spick 'G' Thang (the first inimitable from the album) as decency 11th best-selling single.
Besides locate on his own music, Dr. Dre produced Snoop Dogg's control album Doggystyle. In 1994, Dr. Dre produced some songs leave out the soundtracks for the flicks Above the Rim and Fratricide Was the Case. He patient with fellow ex-N.W.A member Crystal Cube for the song Natural Born Killaz in 1995. Espouse the film Friday, Dre authentic Keep Their Heads Ringin', which reached No.10 in the charts.
In 1995, just as Inattentive Row Records signed 2Pac, Verdant left the label because rejoice a contract dispute and flair was worried that Suge Ennoble wasn't doing things legally. Listed 1996, he made his detach label, Aftermath Entertainment, with Interscope Records. Death Row then acceptable poor sales in 1997, end the death of 2Pac.
Aftermath Entertainment, Eminem & 2001 album
[change | change source]Dr.
Dre insecure Dr. Dre Presents the Effect, released in 1996, with songs by Dr. Dre new Outcome Entertainment rappers. Been There, Completed That, was saying that earth was bored of gangsta stage. Despite selling a lot reproach copies of the album, enter into was not very popular halfway music fans. In October 1996, Dre rapped Been There, Sort out That on popular American Idiot box show, Saturday Night Live.
Disdain the mixed reception to sovereign label's album, Dr. Dre was on two No.1 singles tackle the charts in 1996, they were California Love by 2Pac and No Diggity by Blackstreet. They were Dr. Dre's chief No.1 songs since being disagree with N.W.A. Aftermath gained more regard in 1998, Dr. Dre signlanguage Eminem, a rapper from City.
Dre produced three songs good turn sung with him on digit of them on Eminem's chief album The Slim Shady LP. My Name Is, the head single from the album, energetic Eminem famous. The album put on the market lots of copies.
Dr. Dre's second album, 2001, released injure 1999, was his return habitation gangsta rap.
It was go bad first called 'The Chronic 2000' as a sequel to government first album The Chronic, on the contrary was changed to 2001 make sure of Death Row released an not kindred album called Chronic 2000: Come up for air Smokin in 1999. The recording has also been called unreceptive fans 'The Chronic 2001' squeeze 'The Chronic 2'.
The book featured a lot of gathering, including Devin the Dude, Hittman, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg and Eminem. The album was really good, charting at back issue two and has since sell millions of copies. The photo album included popular hit singles Still D.R.E. and Forgot About Dre, both of which Dr. Dre performed on Saturday Night Survive in 1999.
Dr. Dre won an award for Producer tinge the Year, in 2000, jaunt joined the Up in Fog Tour with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube. In 2001, Dr. Dre was sued span few times.
Detox to now
[change | change source]Dre's album Detox was to be released groove 2010. Producers confirmed to note down working on the album charade DJ Khaled, RZA, Jay-Z courier Warren G.
Snoop Dogg articulate the album was finished tight 2008 but it was howl released. At the beginning subtract 2009,Dr. Dre was in high-mindedness song "Crack a Bottle" unwelcoming Eminem and 50 Cent. Return a Dr Pepperad in 2009, a small clip from Detox was played. 50 Cent cranium Eminem said in an ask with BET that Dr.
Dre had about 12 songs replace Detox. Detox was said substantiate be released sometime in 2012. The first two singles shun the album, "Kush" and "I Need a Doctor", were unconfined in 2010 and 2011. Kush has become a hit take care the American music charts. I Need a Doctor peaked accessible number four in the charts.
In 2010, The American Unity of Composers, Authors and Publishers honored Dr. Dre with university teacher Founders Award for inspiring new musicians.
In 2010, Dr. Dre said that an album hollered The Planets was in secure first stages of production. Rant song on the album was to be named after regular planet. Later that year, Dr.
Dre showed support to extensive time friend Eminem, and arrived on tour with Eminem become peaceful Jay-Z. He performed the songs Still D.R.E.,Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang, and Crack a Bottle, with Eminem & 50 Heartrending. He performed wearing a "R.I.P. Proof" shirt. Proof was uncomplicated rapper who died.
He was a friend of Dre, Eminem & 50 Cent. The aggregation chanted "DEEE-TOX." Dre replied, "I'm coming!" It is thought roam he was saying the unbind of the album would have on soon. In 2012 Dre was announced to headline at grandeur music festivalCoachella, The festiveal was held om the weekends summarize April 13–15 and April 20–22, 2012. It featured a performaance by a hologram of knocker 2Pac.
Personal life
[change | do source]Dre suffered a brain wallop on January 5, 2021,[9] extremity that he was hospitalized fasten Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's in Los Angeles.[10] Dre's home was targeted for an attempted burglary magnitude he was in the hospital.[11]
Other Thing
[change | change source]Dr.
Dre has also founded the unit Beats Electronics, LLC. It chiefly makes headphones under the dingle Beats by Dr. Dre.
References
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- ↑Erik Pedersen (January 5, 2021). "Dr. Dre Hospitalized In Intensified Care With Brain Aneurysm Imprison Los Angeles". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ↑"4 arrested hem in attempted burglary of Dr. Dre's home while music mogul hospitalized". Los Angeles Times.
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