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Dr Dre facts: 52 things you lot forgot nearly Dre

We unearth fifty facts you didn't know about the Compton rapper turned billionaire entrepreneur.

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   one. What is Dr Dre'due south internet worth?

   As of 2021, Dr Dre is reportedly worth around $820 one thousand thousand. He is i of the richest rappers in the world, falling merely backside Kanye West, Jay-Z and P Diddy. Picture: Getty

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   2. Dr Dre suffered a brain aneurysm in early January 2021.

   The producer was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center'south ICU in Los Angeles, California. Hours later, he confirmed he was doing well. "I'grand doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team," he said. "I will be out of the hospital and back home soon," he added, "Shout out to all the great medical professionals at Cedars. One Love!!" Picture show: Getty

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   3. Dr Dre'south ex-wife Nicole Young filed for divorce in June 2020, citing irreconcilable differences.

   The divorce proceedings grew biting as Young demanded $2 million in spousal back up, which included money for clothes, entertainment, cell phone bills and more than. Dre also accused Young of making withdrawals from their business organisation account without permission. Getty

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   4. Dr Dre has six children, four sons and two daughters, by five dissimilar women.

   He had a son called Curtis Young, followed by a daughter called La Tanya Danielle Immature, then a son chosen Andre Young Jr (who has since died). With singer Michel'le, he had son Marcel, and finally with his at present-estranged wife Nicole, he had two more than children, Trucie and Truly.

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   5. Dr Dre fathered his oldest son when he was just sixteen, but he didn't meet him for 20 years.

   When he was simply 16 years quondam, Dr Dre fathered a son chosen Curtis, who was brought up entirely by the boy's mother. Curtis and Dre but met xx years after he was born. And guess what Curtis does for work? He's a rapper that goes by the name of Hood Surgeon. Picture: Getty

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   6. In 2008, Dr. Dre'south 20-year-old son, Andre Young Jr., died of a drug overdose.

   Dre's third child, who he had with a adult female called Jenita Porter, was found expressionless at Dre's family unit domicile from an adventitious overdose of heroin and morphine.

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   7. Two of Dr Dre'southward brothers have passed away.

   When he was just one-year-old Dr Dre's brother Jerome passed away from pneumonia. He besides lost half brother Tyree, who he dedicated the last vocal on, Chronic 2001, 'The Bulletin', to.

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   viii. Dr Dre didn't know Eminem was white when he decided to work with him.

   Eminem made no hush-hush of the difficulty he felt he faced being a white human trying to make it in black-dominated industry, only he managed to become signed by Dre and go along to become one of the world'due south best rappers. In a past interview with Vibe Magazine, Dre revealed: "when I heard Em for the first time, I didn't even know he was White. I just knew I wanted to work with him. And that kind of actually fabricated information technology better for me, because it was and so dissimilar".

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    ix. Has Dr Dre plant the next Eminem?

    Dr Dre has chosen his next Protégé, a 23-twelvemonth-old guy from Texas chosen Justin Mohrle. Justin, who goes by the proper name JT, has reportedly moved indefinitely to California on Dr Dre'southward orders, later on Dre heard some music that he and The D.O.C had been working on. Moving picture: Twitter/GarlandHighSchool

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    x. In 2014, Dr Dre earned approximately $20 per 2d.

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    11. Earth Grade Wreckin' Cru' were originally called Disco Conjunction.

    Earlier he was in Northward.W.A, Dre was in a group called World Class Wreckin' Cru, which was originally called Disco Construction. Information technology was an electronic funk group consisting of members (from left to right) Dr Dre, DJ Yella, Cli-N-Tel and Lonzo - who set the band up . They premiered in a Compton club owned by Lonzo (Alonzo Williams) called Eve After Dark.

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    12. Dr Dre's career with Eazy E actually begun later Eazy bailed Dre out of jail.

    Dre was arrested and thrown in jail after his Mazda RX7 was impounded for compounding auto fines of over $900. Eazy-E paid out in return for Dre's production trade for Eastward's new record visitor 'Ruthless Records'. The more time Dre spent with E, the more disruption acquired to 'World Class Wreckin' Crew,' but N.W.A was born as a event.

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    xiii. Warren 1000 is Dr. Dre's step brother.

    Dr Dre and Warren Grand became steps brothers when Dre's mum and Warren's dad married and brought the families together. It'southward actually through Warren Grand that Dre met Snoop and signed him, every bit Snoop originally worked with Warren G and Nate Grand.

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    14. Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg starred in a moving-picture show called 'The Wash' back in 2001.

    Judging by the IMDB decription, we tin can't say we're also shocked that it received merely two stars: 'With the hire due and his car booted, Sean (Dr. Dre) has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his all-time buddy and roommate Dee Loc (Snoop Dogg), suggests that Sean get a chore busting suds downwardly at the local machine wash. Comic tensions flare between the two...' you get the idea.

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    15. In 2011, Dre said he wanted Beats to be "2nd to Apple tree."

    "We're gonna keep new and exciting products coming" he told Fader. "Nosotros're trying to eventually be second to Apple. And I don't think that's a bad position." Three years subsequently, Beats was bought by Apple.

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    16. Dr Dre was originally called 'Dr J.'

    Dr Dre originally went past the name Dr J , called because of his favourite basketball game thespian Julius Erving'due south nickname. He changed the 'J' to 'Dre' after his own proper name 'Andre.'

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    17. Give-and-take is that Dr Dre used men and baseball bats to get out of his contract with Ruthless Records.

    Ice Cube was the first to leave N.W.A and Ruthless Records because of fiscal disputes, non long after Dre realised he besides was getting the bum end of the bargain, but he was stuck in a contract. Band fellow member Jerry Heller says that to go out of information technology, Suge Knight (The D.O.C) showec upward with some guys and weapons demanding Dre was dropped from the contract, which he was.

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    eighteen. Dr Dre earned $52 million in 2001.

    In 2001, Dr. Dre earned a total of about US $52 million from selling part of his share of Aftermath Amusement to Interscope Records and his production of such hit songs that twelvemonth every bit "Family Thing" by Mary J. Blige. The sum made him the second highest paid creative person of that twelvemonth

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    nineteen. 'The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel' inspired Dre to get into music.

    Dre was inspired to go into music when he heard Grandmaster Flash song 'The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel.' He told Vibe; "That made me desire to DJ. It made me want to know what hip-hop was. That was the song that did information technology. I immediately went home and called some friends and nosotros were taking autonomously one of my friend's mother's stereo sets.. We figured out how to brand a mixer from the remainder push button and got it cracking—started making mixtapes."

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    20. TLC awarded Dr Dre the 'Best Rap Artist' award at the 94' AMAs.

    T-Boz, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes and Chilli, aka TLC, presented Dr. Dre with the 'Best Rap Artist' Honor at the 1994 AMAs. During Dre's credence speech Snoop interrupted to tell the audience that they should all stand as he collects his honor

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    21. Dr Dre'south Side by side Anthology Will Non Be Called 'Detox'

    The earth has been waiting a long time for Dr Dre'south side by side studio anthology 'Detox', and it looks similar it will be waiting forever, as Aftermath producer Dawaun Parker has revealed that Dre scrapped the titled 'Detox' a long time ago. "The album he'southward working with is not called 'Detox', he [Dre] scrapped the titled a couple of years ago and came up with another title" Parker told Shots Fired. "I won't say what the title is cause I haven't seen that online or anything however'.

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    22. Dr Dre's existent name is Andre Romell Immature.

    Dre is a nickname that originated from his real name, Andre.

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    23. Dr Dre sued Decease Row Records for a reported $iii million.

    Dre took Death row to courtroom concluding year after claiming the owed him royalties for his production, album sales and digital sales. Dre lost the case due to a lack of proof of contracts.

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    24. Jimmy Iovine once detailed how Beats came near.

    "The whole headphones affair came to life on its own. Dre and I were out in Malibu, I know some of you think Dre lives in the hood, but he has a house in Malibu," said Iovine. "Anyway, we're on his terrace in Malibu, and he says, 'My lawyers want me to sell sneakers.' I look at him and I say, 'Fuck sneakers. Nobody cares what kind of sneakers y'all vesture, simply they would care virtually the speakers you use.' And speakers turned into headphones."

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    25. 'The Chronic' has been re-released three times.

    First every bit a remastered CD, and so equally a remastered DualDisc with enhanced stereo and four videos, and in 2009 as 'The Chronic Re-Lit' with a bonus DVD containing a 30 minute interview and 7 unreleased tracks

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    26. Diddy listened to Game's mixtape five months before Dr Dre ended up snapping him up.

    Hard luck diddy! Picture: Getty

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    27. A motion picture about Dr Dre'south career beginnings called 'Straight Outta Compton' is out now.

    The new pic documents Ice Cube, Dr Dre, Eazy E, MC Ren and DJ Yella's beginnings in the industry, ascension to success and of course, their Compton roots. The flick premieres this August in the USA.

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    28. Dr Dre'south middle name, 'Romelle,' came from his begetter'southward R&B singing grouping, The Romelles.

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    29. Dr Dre has made more money making Beats headphones than he ever did making music.

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    30. Believe it or non, The Chronic isn't Dr Dre'due south biggest selling album.

    His follow-up album, 2001, was a bigger hitting - condign certified sextuple Platinum. That's a lot of copies.

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    31. The Chronic made The Rolling Stone'southward 'Top 500 Albums Of All Fourth dimension'

    Dr DreIt came it at number 138 on The Rolling Rock'due south list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and also placed in the top 100 albums of the 90's.

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    32. Dr. Dre's 'Nuthin' Simply a G Thang' samples a Leon Haywood song.

    The straight upwards funk of 'Nuthin' But A Chiliad Thang', form Dre'south 1992 album 'The Chronic', is really a sample of the Leon Haywood record 'I Desire To Do Something Freaky To You'. Don't believe us? Become check it out.

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    33. NWA'south debut anthology 'Straight Outta Compton' cost but $12,000 to make.

    Ruthless Records co-founder Jerry Heller claims that the first coin invested into Ruthless Records was his own $250,000, and that Directly Outta Compton was but recorded for $12,000.

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    34. Dr Dre was named the world's highest paid musician in 2014 by Forbes

    Forbes have revealed their annual 'The Highest Paid Musicians Of The Year' list and the person that's topped it wont come every bit much of a surprise. Dr Dre sold Beats, the visitor he co-founded, to Apple for a huge $iii billion. The sale meant that before taxes, Dre pocketed $620 meg - corking for a year'due south earnings. Picture: Getty

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    35. Dre fabricated history by creating the largest gap ever between the starting time and second top earners.

    The sum means that Dr Dre has made history by creating the largest gap betwixt himself and the number two top earner, with half a billion dollars separating them. In at number two is Beyoncé, who had an incredible 2014 with the aftermath of her cocky-titled album, the continuation of her 'The Mrs Carter World Tour' and her collaborative bout with Jay Z. The many ventures meant that she took home $115 1000000. Motion picture: Getty

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    36. Dr Dre is the inspiration behind Eminem shouting on songs.

    Eminem wrote in his 2008 biography 'The Fashion I Am' that Dre urged him to showtime screaming in the booth: "Dre also showed me how to exercise things with my voice that I had no thought I could do. He had me screaming in the studio! I remember doing the chorus for 'Role Model,' shouting, "Don't you want to abound upwardly to exist just like me?" My throat was pain. Dre would be, "Again. Do it over again." And we stacked a few tracks to brand the chorus. If y'all listen to 'Kim,' where I'thousand screaming, you can hear tPicture: PA

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    37. Dr Dre and Jimmy Lovine donated $lxx million to make a new University for Arts.

    In May 2013 Dr Dre and his Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine donated $70 one thousand thousand to the University of Southern California to create the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Immature University for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.

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    38. Kanye W measures his own music against 'The Chronic'.

    Yeezy has been quoted as proverb: 'The Chronic' is however the hip-hop equivalent to Stevie Wonder'south 'Songs in the Cardinal of Life'. It'southward the benchmark you measure your album against if you're serious."

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    39. Dr. Dre apparently received no royalties when he left Death Row Records.

    Dre owned 50% of the label, so was entitled to some money when the two co-founders went their separate ways, but he reportedly left without taking a penny. "You can't put a toll on a peaceful country of mind" he was quoted as saying.

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    40. 'Nuthin But A G Thang' sold over a 1000000 copies.

    Information technology was certified Platinum on March 24, 1993 by the Recording Manufacture Association of America. Picture: Getty

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    41. Tons of artists signed to Aftermath never released full length albums.

    In 2001, Aftermath released the soundtrack to the picture 'The Wash', information technology featured acts including Shaunta, Daks, Joe Beast and Toi. - all signed past Aftermath, but to this day none have released a total length album and they have all ended their relationships with the label.

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    42. Dr. Dre and the Neptunes are the only hip-hop producers to win Producer of the Year at the Grammys.

    Picture: Getty

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    43. Dre is the CEO of Aftermath Entertainment.

    Dr. Dre founded the record characterization Backwash Entertainment in 1996, subsequently leaving Death Row Records in 1995. The label has seen him sign stars including Eminem, fifty Cent, Game and Kendrick Lamar. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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    44. 'California Dear' was suppose to exist Dr Dre's unmarried, not Tupac's.

    Word has information technology that when Suge Knight heard it he got Tupac involved on the second verse and ultimately fabricated the late rapper the lead on the track.

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    45. Dr Dre has won 6 Grammy awards.

    Including for producing 2001's 'Best Rap Album' Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP' and 'All-time Rap Solo Performance' for 'Let Me Ride' in 1994. Movie: Getty

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    46. Snoop Dogg refused to brand music for Decease Row Records later on Dr Dre left.

    When Dr Dre left Death Row Records, Snoop realised the visitor would ain annihilation he fabricated until his contract expired, and so Snoop refused to produce whatever more than records until that twenty-four hours came.

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    47. Dr Dre's outset film appearance was in the 1996 film 'Prepare Information technology Off'.

    He played a weapons dealer chosen Black Sam alongside Jada Pinkett and Queen Latifah in the film.

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    48. In 2009, Dr Dre linked upwards with Lady Gaga for 'Heartbeats by Lady Gaga'

    Dr. Dre and Lady Gaga attend the launch of Monster and Beats by Dr. Dre'due south kickoff artist line "Heartbeats by Lady Gaga" in New York, United states. Picture: PA

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    49. Kendrick Lamar was on the set of Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg's 'California Love' video.

    Perhaps Lamar got his taste for hip-hop and interest of Tupac after the video for the rapper'due south Dr Dre collaboration 'California Beloved' was shot nearly his firm.

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    50. Player Corey Hawkins played Dr Dre in the 'Straight Outta Compton' film.

    Here are the cast members with the stars they are playing.

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    51. Dr. Dre has been married to his at present-estranged married woman Nicole Young for 24 years.

    In 1996, Dr. Dre married Nicole Threatt, the ex-wife of NBA player Sedale Threatt. They have two children together.

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    52. In 2014, Dr Dre purchased a new firm for $forty million.

    Dre purchased the Los Angeles home of NFL quarterback Tom Brady and his supermodel wife, Gisele Bundchen in the leap of 2014 for a whopping $forty million.

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