Born: 02.18.1965
Birth Name: André Romell Young
Label: Interscope
Website: http://www.dre2001.com
Genre: West coast rap
Representin': Los Angeles, California, United States
André Romell Young (born February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California), better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records.
He was a founding member of the influential rap group N.W.A., which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap detailing the violence of street life (also known as Gangsta rap). He has also produced albums for and overseen the careers of some of the biggest stars in (mostly) rap music, including 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, G-Unit, The Game, Nate Dogg, Busta Rhymes, and Eve. With tens of millions of records he has produced sold worldwide (including over 65 million with Eminem alone), he is widely regarded as one of the most popular and powerful figures in rap music of all time.
Musically, as a producer he is credited as a key figure in the creation and popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. G-funk dominated the U.S. rap charts in the period of 1992-1996, and is still considered one of the major living styles of hip hop today.
His stage name "Dr. Dre" was derived from his nickname and that of his favorite basketball athlete, Julius "Dr. J" Erving.…Read full biography
COMMENTS
The Chronic......best west coast album ever made.
One of the best fuckin' producers pf all time. responsible for damn near any and everything worth listening to from the West Coast!
~Be Eazy!
Detox another classic comin
ClassIIc
Daaaaaaaaamn ! i LOVE Dre if he wanted to engage in things besides Production he could be the Boss of Hip Hop ! but people don't take him that serious as an Icon because he haven't done much besides Beats he should make business deals a couple of more movies rap more you know so people would notice him cuz we all know he can!
nas and x on a dre beat it muder she wrote
to bad ortiz never got to merck a dre track
THE CHRONIC 2001= BEST CD OF ALL TIME!.....WESTSIDE!
One of the greatest producers of all-time
not one of the best
just the bust producer there's is no one beter than the good docter
dr. dre is nubmer one