She was granted a restraining order against him. Dre's children, stated that he beat her many times, including while she was pregnant. Their abusive relationship is portrayed in her 2016 biopic Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le. In 2015, Michel'le, the mother of one of his children, accused him of domestic violence during their time together as a couple. Following his assault of television host Dee Barnes, he was 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. He was the second-richest figure in hip hop as of 2018 with an estimated net worth of $800 million.Īccusations of Dre's violence against women have been widely publicized. Rolling Stone ranked him number 56 on the list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He has won six Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, The Wash, and Training Day. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many other rappers, including 2Pac, the D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Knoc-turn'al, the Game, Kendrick Lamar, and Anderson. He signed Eminem in 1998 and 50 Cent in 2002, and co-produced their albums. Dre Presents the Aftermath, in 1996, and released a solo album, 2001, in 1999.ĭuring the 2000s, Dre focused on producing other artists, occasionally contributing vocals. Dre left Death Row Records to establish his own label, Aftermath Entertainment. That year, he produced Death Row labelmate Snoop Doggy Dogg's debut album Doggystyle and mentored producers such as his stepbrother Warren G (leading to the multi-platinum debut Regulate.G Funk Era in 1994) and Snoop Dogg's cousin Daz Dillinger (leading to the double-platinum debut Dogg Food by Tha Dogg Pound in 1995), as well as mentor to upcoming producers Sam Sneed and Mel-Man. It earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for the single ' Let Me Ride', as well as several accolades for the single ' Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang'. During the early 1990s, Dre was credited as a key figure in the crafting and popularization of West Coast G-funk, a subgenre of hip hop characterized by a synthesizer foundation and slow, heavy beats.ĭre's solo debut studio album The Chronic (1992), released under Death Row Records, made him one of the best-selling American music artists of 1993. The group popularized explicit lyrics in hip hop to detail the violence of street life. Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1985 and later found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and previously co-founded, co-owned, and was the president of Death Row Records. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr.

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