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Andre Romell Young, known as Dr. Dre, was born on the 18th of February 1965 in Compton, California. He was raised primarily by his grandmother in the New Wilmington Arms housing project after his parents separated in 1968 and divorced in 1972.
Dr. Dre released his debut solo album The Chronic in 1992, which introduced a new style of rap known as G-funk. This subgenre was characterized by a synthesizer foundation and slow, heavy production that used live musicians to replay old melodies rather than sampling them.
Apple purchased the Beats brand for $3.4 billion in May 2014, making Dr. Dre the richest man in hip-hop at that time. The deal made Dr. Dre an Apple employee in an executive role, and the sale contributed to what Forbes termed the biggest single-year payday of any musician in history.
Dr. Dre suffered a brain aneurysm on the 5th of January 2021 and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's ICU in Los Angeles, California. In March 2024, Dre revealed that during his hospitalization following the brain aneurysm, he also suffered three strokes.
On the 27th of January 1991, Dr. Dre assaulted television host Dee Barnes at a music industry party in Hollywood. He was subsequently fined $2,500, given two years' probation, ordered to undergo 240 hours of community service, and given a spot on an anti-violence public service announcement on television.