Dr. Dre
American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor · United States · Musicians · Born 1965 · age 61
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Something wrong?He built the sonic architecture of West Coast hip-hop - the slow, synthesizer-heavy G-funk that turned gangsta rap into a commercial juggernaut - then proved just as good at finding voices as making beats, pulling Eminem, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar from obscurity.
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ComptonAlbum2014California Hall of FameAward2013Back to the BasicsAlbumDetox NationAlbum2001American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop ArtistAward1999
2001AlbumThe Classic CollectionAlbum1992The ChronicAlbum1988“You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge.”In their words- Dr. Dre, introducing N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton.1965Born18 February 1965Also in Deutsch
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Poster for one of N.W.A's first concerts at a Compton skating rink, 1988
"California Love" earned Dr. Dre his first number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and two Grammy nominations.
Ticket for Dr. Dre's Up in Smoke Tour in Albany, New York, July 2000
Dr. Dre in 2008
Dr. Dre performs at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Dr. Dre in 2011In their own words 1
, You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge.
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Andre Romell Young started in the World Class Wreckin' Cru before co-founding N.W.A in 1987, the group whose Straight Outta Compton made explicit street narratives inescapable. After N.W.A split in 1991, his solo debut The Chronic arrived on Death Row in 1992 and made him one of the year's top-selling artists; "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" hit number two, "Let Me Ride" won a Grammy. He left Death Row in 1996 to launch Aftermath Entertainment, released 2001 in 1999, then spent the 2000s in the studio for others - signing Eminem in 1998 and 50 Cent in 2002, shaping both into global acts. His third album Compton surfaced in 2015 after years of false starts around the mythical Detox. Accusations of violence against women - a 1991 no-contest plea for assaulting Dee Barnes, later claims from Michel'le and others - shadowed the run, leading to a public apology that same year.
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