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Trivia
Birth name: Andre Romell Young
Date of birth: 18 February 1965
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Nickname: Dr. Dre
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Spouse: Nicole Young (May 1996 - present)
Reconciled with fellow MC/actor Ice
Cube in 1993. Ice Cube left N.W.A. in 1990 after a dispute with
Ruthless Records heads Jerry Heller and 'Eazy-E'
.
Dr. Dre enjoyed significant success in N.W.A.. After a dispute with Eazy-E, a founding member of N.W.A. and Ruthless Records, Dre left the group at the peak of its popularity in 1991 to form Death Row Records with Suge Knight.
Left Death Row Records in 1995
His stepbrother, Warren G, played a demo tape of Snoop
Doggy Dogg at a party, which prompted Dre to record the title theme
for the film Deep Cover (1992), which appeared during the end credits.
Dr. Dre released his first solo single, "Deep Cover,"(AKA 187) in the spring of 1992. This was the beginning of his collaboration with rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg (known as simply "Snoop Dogg" following his departure from Death Row Records,) a young man who had recorded some homemade tapes with Dre's stepbrother Warren G. Warren G played Dre some of Snoop's mixtapes and Dre arranged a meeting with the young man, beginning a lifelong association. Snoop's voice appeared on Dre's 1992 debut album The Chronic as much as Dre's did.
Dr. Dre produced Snoop Dogg's debut album Doggystyle, with similar subject matter and musical style. Doggystyle achieved phenomenal success, being the first debut album for an artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts.
Shortly after its release, The Chronic became one of the biggest-selling hip hop albums in history. The song "Let Me Ride" won Dre the 1993 Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance. "The Chronic" was followed shortly by a string of multi-platinum albums from Dre’s protégés, including Snoop Dogg’s debut album Doggystyle and Warren G’s G-Funk Era.
Stepbrother of 'Warren G'.
The song "California Love," a highly successful collaboration with Death Row artist
Tupac Shakur, helped further establish Death Row and Dr. Dre as a major force in the music industry.
First hip-hop artist to gain mainstream acceptance with gangsta music
with the album "The Chronic" (1992).
Dr. Dre has also appeared in the movies Set It Off, The Wash and Training Day, though he later stated that he does not intend to pursue a career in acting. A song of his, "Bad Intentions" (featuring Knoc-Turn'Al), was featured on the soundtrack to The Wash. Dre also appeared on two other songs "On the Blvd." and "The Wash" along with his co-star Snoop Dogg.
Assaulted TV hostess Dee Barnes (Pump It Up) in retaliation to her
interviewing Ice Cube, where he made a deragatory comment against N.W.A.
(at the time, the album Efil4zaggin debuted at #1). [1991]
Has a teenage/adult daughter, Tyra
Has been credited for discovering Eminem.
In 1998, Dr. Dre signed aspiring Detroit rapper Eminem to his label, producing his controversial album The Slim Shady LP in 1999, followed by the even more successful and controversial The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000.
In 2001, he became the first hip-hop producer to win a Grammy for
Producer of The Year.
In 2000, Dr. Dre won the Grammy award for Producer Of The Year, for his work on "The Marshall Mathers LP" and "2001". The albums followed a new musical direction, characterised by high-pitched piano and string melodies over a deep and rich bassline.
The style was also prominent in his following production work for other artists, including hits such as "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve and Gwen Stefani (whom he would produce again on the Stefani and Eve track "Rich Girl"), "Break Ya Neck" by Busta Rhymes, and "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige.
Won an MTV Music Video Award in 1995 for the hit single "Keep Their
Heads Ringin." The music video starred Chris
Tucker, who steals and pilots a Boeing 747.
He was voted the 54th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by
Rolling Stone.
In 2003, Dr. Dre and Eminem produced the major-label debut Get Rich or Die Tryin' for Queens rapper 50 Cent, featuring the Dre-produced hit single "In Da Club."
The release of Detox, which was to be Dre's final solo album, was planned for 2004. The project was declared to be cancelled for a while, as Dre decided to put all his effort into producing the artists on his Aftermath label, including
Eminem, 50 Cent, Eve, The Game, Stat Quo, and
Busta
Rhymes; former N.W.A member Ice Cube is currently negotiating a contract with the label.
In November 2004, Dre and Interscope confirmed that Detox was still in the works and is currently scheduled to be released in late 2006. On the
Eminem song "Encore", featuring Dre himself,
Eminem mentions that the
Eminem crew will "make" him do the album. Dre will also be producing
Snoop
Dogg's next album, The Blue Carpet Treatment which will be released in
2007.
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