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Andre Romelle Young[1]: 1 (born February 1. Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Dre was previously the co- owner of, and an artist on, Death Row Records. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including 2.

Pac, The D. O. C., Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, Knoc- turn'al, 5. Cent, The Game, and Kendrick Lamar. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast. G- funk, a style of rapmusic characterized as synthesizer- based with slow, heavy beats. As of 2. 01. 7, he is the third richest figure in hip hop according to Forbes with a net worth of $7. 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.

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His 1. 99. 2 solo debut The Chronic, released under Death Row Records, led him to become one of the best- selling American performing artists of 1. Grammy Award for the single "Let Me Ride". That same year he produced Death Row labelmate Snoop Dogg's quadruple platinum debut Doggystyle, and even molded artists into top- notch producers such as his step- brother Warren G, which led to his Multi- Platinum debut Regulate.. G Funk Era in 1. 99.

Snoop Dogg's cousin Daz Dillinger which led to the double platinum debut album Dogg Food by Tha Dogg Pound in 1. In 1. 99. 6, he left Death Row Records to establish his own label, Aftermath Entertainment. He produced a compilation album titled Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath in 1. During the 2. 00.

Dr. Dre signed Eminem in 1. Cent in 2. 00. 2 to his record label respectively, while contributing production on their albums. He has won six Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year. Dr. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, The Wash and Training Day. Rolling Stone ranked Dre at 5.

Greatest Artists of All- Time". Early life. Young was born in Compton, California, the first child of Theodore and Verna Young. His middle name, Romelle, is derived from his father's amateur R& B singing group, The Romells. His parents married in 1.

His mother later remarried and had three children: sons Jerome and Tyree (both deceased)[1]: 7,2. Shameka.[1]: 6–8 In 1. Young began attending Vanguard Junior High School in Compton, but due to gang violence, he transferred to the safer suburban Roosevelt Junior High School.[1]: 9 He lived a few years in Carson during his middle school years.[4] Young has told that he was mostly raised by his grandmother in New Wilmington Arms housing project in Compton.[5] His mother later married Warren Griffin, whom she met at her new job in Long Beach,[1]: 1. Warren G.[6]: 1. 4Young is the cousin of producer Sir Jinx. He attended Centennial High School in Compton during his freshman year in 1. Fremont High School in South Central Los Angeles due to poor grades.

Young attempted to enroll in an apprenticeship program at Northrop Aviation Company, but poor grades at school made him ineligible. Thereafter, he focused on his social life and entertainment for the remainder of his high school years.[1]: 2 Young fathered a son with Cassandra Joy Greene named Curtis (born December 1. Curtis was brought up by his mother and first met his father 2. Curtis became rapper Hood Surgeon.[1]: 1. Music career. 19.

World Class Wreckin' Cru. Inspired by the Grandmaster Flash song "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel", he often attended a club called Eve After Dark to watch many DJs and rappers performing live. He subsequently became a DJ in the club, initially under the name "Dr. J", based on the nickname of Julius Erving, his favorite basketball player. Watch Alive HIGH Quality Definitons. At the club, he met aspiring rapper Antoine Carraby, later to become member DJ Yella of N.

W. A.[6]: 1. 5 Soon afterwards he adopted the moniker Dr. Dre, a mix of previous alias Dr. J and his first name, referring to himself as the "Master of Mixology".[1]: 1.

Eve After Dark had a back room with a small four- track studio. In this studio, Dre and Yella recorded several demos. In their first recording session, they recorded a song entitled "Surgery", with the lyrics "calling Dr. Dre to surgery" serving as the chorus to the song.[7] He later joined the musical group World Class Wreckin' Cru under the independent Kru- Cut Records in 1.

The group would become stars of the electro- hop scene that dominated early 1. West Coast hip hop. Surgery", which was officially released after being recorded prior to the group's official formation, would prominently feature Dr. Dre on the turntable.

The record would become the group's first hit, selling 5. Compton area.[6]: 1. Dr. Dre and DJ Yella also performed mixes for local radio station KDAY, boosting ratings for its afternoon rush- hour show The Traffic Jam.[1]: 1.

Dr. Dre's earliest recordings were released in 1. Concrete Roots. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of the website All. Music described the compiled music, released "several years before Dre developed a distinctive style", as "surprisingly generic and unengaging" and "for dedicated fans only".[8]His frequent absences from school jeopardized his position as a diver on his school's swim team. After high school, he attended Chester Adult School in Compton following his mother's demands for him to get a job or continue his education. After brief attendance at a radio broadcasting school, he relocated to the residence of his father and residence of his grandparents before returning to his mother's house.[1]: 1.

He later dropped out of Chester to focus on performing at the Eve's After Dark nightclub. N. W. A and Ruthless Records. Poster for one of N. W. A's first concerts at a Compton skating rink, 1. In 1. 98. 6, Dr. Dre met rapper O'Shea Jackson—nicknamed Ice Cube—who collaborated with Dr. Dre to record songs for Ruthless Records, a rap record label run by local rapper Eazy- E.

N. W. A and fellow West Coast rapper Ice- T are widely credited as seminal artists of the gangsta rap genre, a profanity- heavy subgenre of hip hop, replete with gritty depictions of urban crime and gang lifestyle. Not feeling constricted to racially charged political issues pioneered by rap artists such as Public Enemy or Boogie Down Productions, N. W. A favored themes and uncompromising lyrics, offering stark descriptions of violent, inner- city streets. Propelled by the hit "Fuck tha Police", the group's first full album Straight Outta Compton became a major success, despite an almost complete absence of radio airplay or major concert tours.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent Ruthless Records a warning letter in response to the song's content.[9]After Ice Cube left N. W. A in 1. 98. 9 over financial disputes, Dr. Dre produced and performed for much of the group's second album Efil. He also produced tracks for a number of other acts on Ruthless Records, including Eazy- E's 1.

Eazy- Duz- It, Above the Law's 1. Livin' Like Hustlers, Michel'le's 1. The D. O. C.'s 1. No One Can Do It Better, J.

J. Fad's 1. 98. 8 debut Supersonic and funk rock musician Jimmy Z's 1. Muzical Madness[1. The Chronic and Death Row Records. After a dispute with Eazy- E, Dre left the group at the peak of its popularity in 1. N. W. A lyricist, The D. O. C. and his bodyguard at the time, Suge Knight.