Dr. Dre, aka Andre Romelle Young, an American rapper and record producer, was born in Compton, California in 1965.
Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965) is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur better known as Dr. Dre. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, as well as the former co-founder, co-owner, and president of Death Row Records. Dr. Dre began his career in 1985 as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and eventually rose to prominence with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. The trio pioneered graphic hip hop songs that detailed the brutality of street life. During the early 1990s, Dre was credited with helping to create and popularise West Coast G-funk, a hip hop style distinguished by a synthesiser base and sluggish, heavy beats.
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