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Birth Name: Andre Romelle Young

Age: 59, born 18 February 1965

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 6' 1"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Nicole Threatt

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Dr Dre - Let Me Ride (Official Music Video)

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Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg - Fuck Wit Dre Day [Dirty, HD]

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Description: Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to those record labels, such as Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent. As a producer 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 Dr. Dre began his career in music as a member Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to those record labels, such as Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent. As a producer 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

Dr. Dre began his career in music as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and he later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A with Eazy-E and Ice Cube 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". In 1996, he left Death Row to establish his own label, Aftermath Entertainment. Under that label, he produced a compilation album titled Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath in 1996, and released a solo album titled 2001 in 1999, for which he won the Grammy producer's award the next year.

During the 2000s, he focused his career on production for other artists, while occasionally contributing vocals to other artists' songs. Dr. Dre signed Eminem and 50 Cent to his record label in 1996 and 2003 respectively while contributing production on their albums. They have both gone on to become some of the biggest names in hip hop in the 2000s. Rolling Stone named Dr. Dre among the highest-paid performers of 2001 and 2004. Dr. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, and the 2001 films The Wash and Training Day.

The discography of Dr. Dre, an American record producer and rapper, consists of two studio albums, 12 singles, and six compilation albums.

Dr. Dre began his rap career in the World Class Wreckin' Cru in the mid-1980s and performed with the group N.W.A from 1987 to 1991. In 1992, Dr. Dre launched his solo career with the collaborative single with Snoop Dogg "Deep Cover" and the album The Chronic under Death Row Records. The Chronic was certified triple platinum in the United States. Its singles "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" and "Dre Day" both made the top ten spots of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart; "Let Me Ride" reached #3 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. Dr. Dre also began his career as a music producer, with his first productions including Snoop Dogg's 1993 debut album Doggystyle and the soundtrack to the film Above the Rim. He performed in guest spots for other artists in Ice Cube's "Natural Born Killaz" and Tupac Shakur's "California Love". Dr. Dre's 1995 single "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" was another top ten hit and was featured in the soundtrack to the film Friday. In 1996, Dr. Dre left Death Row to form his own record label Aftermath Entertainment and released a compilation Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath with his single "Been There, Done That" and other tracks from artists newly signed to Aftermath.

In 1999, Dr. Dre released his second studio album 2001. This album went six times platinum in the US and five times platinum in Canada (500,000 units). Singles "Forgot About Dre" and "The Next Episode" reached the top ten spots of the Hot Rap Tracks chart. As the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment, Dr. Dre focused on producing for other artists during the 2000s and appeared on singles by Eminem, including "Encore" in 2004 and "Crack a Bottle" in 2009. Dr. Dre began recording Detox in 2003; he intends for Detox to be his final album. Detox is to be released in late 2010. ... (more)

Tags: Producer (4), Hip-hop (3), Rap (2), Hip Hop (2), Legend (2), Rap Artist (1), The Chronic 2001 (1), Born 1965 (1), West Coast Hip Hop (1), African Descent (1), Born In 1965 (1), West Coast Hop Hop (1), N.W.A (1), Business Man (1), The Chronic (1), West Coast Hip-hop (1), 2001 (1), Gangsta Rap (1), Rapper (1), Underrated (1)

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1. Training Day (2001)

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2. Straight Outta Compton (2016)

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7.4

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3. Set It Off (1996)

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6.8

128 Watched

4. Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

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5. Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)

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1. Saturday Night Live (1975)

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2. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

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3. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)

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4. Entertainment Tonight (1981)

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5. E! True Hollywood Story

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1. The Chronic (2001)

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2. 2001

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3. The Chronic

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4. Compton (2015)

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5. Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath

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1. Making the Video

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1. Murder Was the Case: The Movie (1995)

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2. Eminem: E

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3. Eminem: Stan

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4. Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Dogg: Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang

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5. Eminem Feat. Dr. Dre: Guilty Conscience

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1. Murder Was the Case: The Movie (1995)

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"Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr Dre, is an American rapper and record producer.He is the co-founder of Beats Electronics, which had been acquired in 2014 for $3.4 billion by technology giant Apple Inc. He is also the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment after previously co-forming and owning Death Row Records. His career began as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1985 and later transitioned to the gangsta rap group N.W.A year following. Dr"