I can control it better." Other equipment he uses include the E-mu SP-1200 drum machine and other keyboards from such manufacturers as Korg, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Moog, and Roland.Īfter founding Aftermath Entertainment in 1996, Dr. In 2001 he told Time magazine, "I may hear something I like on an old record that may inspire me, but I'd rather use musicians to re-create the sound or elaborate on it. Unlike most rap producers, he tries to avoid samples as much as possible, preferring to have studio musicians re-play pieces of music he wants to use, because it allows him more flexibility to change the pieces in rhythm and tempo. He cites 1970s funk musicians such as George Clinton, Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield as his primary musical influences. Dre has said that his primary instrument in the studio is the Akai MPC3000, a drum machine and sampler, and that he often uses as many as four or five to produce a single recording. Curtis Young was brought up by his mother and first met his father 20 years later, when Curtis became rapper Hood Surgeon.ĭr. Young fathered a son, Curtis, born December 15, 1981, with Lisa Johnson. Thereafter, he focused on his social life and entertainment for the remainder of his high school years. Young attempted to enroll in an apprenticeship program at Northrop Aviation Company, but poor grades at school made him ineligible. Young attended Centennial High School in Compton during his freshman year in 1979, but transferred to Fremont High School due to poor grades. His stepbrother Warren Griffin III, would eventually become rapper Warren G. Verna later married Warren Griffin, whom she met at her new job in Long Beach, which added three stepsisters and one stepbrother to the family. In 1976, Young began attending Vanguard Junior High School in Compton, but due to gang violence, he transferred to the safer suburban Roosevelt Junior High School. They had three children together, two sons named Jerome and Tyree (both deceased) and daughter Shameka. Married in 1964, André's parents separated in 1968 and divorced in 1972. André's middle name, Romelle, is derived from his father's amateur R&B singing group, The Romells. He was the first child of Theodore and Verna Young. Rolling Stone ranked Dre at 56 on their list of "100 Greatest Artists of All-Time".Īndré Romelle Young was born in Compton, California on February 18, 1965. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, The Wash and Training Day. Dre signed Eminem and 50 Cent to his record label in 19 respectively, while contributing production on their albums. During the 2000s, he focused on production for other artists, while occasionally contributing vocals to songs. Dre Presents the Aftermath in 1996, and released a solo album titled 2001 in 1999, for which he won the Grammy producer's award. He produced a compilation album titled Dr. In 1996, he left Death Row to establish his own label, Aftermath Entertainment. That same year he produced Death Row labelmate Snoop Dogg's quadruple platinum debut Doggystyle. His 1992 solo debut The Chronic, released under Death Row Records, led him to become one of the best-selling American performing artists of 1993 and to win a Grammy Award for the single "Let Me Ride". Dre was ranked as the third richest figure in the American hip hop scene by Forbes with a net worth of $250 million.ĭre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A with Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, 50 Cent, The Game and more recently Kendrick Lamar. Dre was previously the co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper and entrepreneur. Dre-)):::: -:-:- FUTURE STYLE -:-:- electronic machines and trend artists MUSIC magazineĭr.
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