Dre's earliest recordings were released in 1994 on a compilation titled Concrete Roots. Dre and DJ Yella also performed mixes for local radio station KDAY, boosting ratings for its afternoon rush-hour show The Traffic Jam. Dre on the turntables and sell 50,000 copies within the Compton area. The group would become stars of the electro-hop scene that dominated early 1980s West Coast hip hop, and their first hit "Surgery" would prominently feature Dr. He later joined the musical group World Class Wrecking Cru under the independent Kru-Cut Records in 1984. J and his first name, referring to himself as the "Master of Mixology". Soon afterwards he adopted the moniker Dr. At the club, he met aspiring rapper Antoine Carraby, later to become member DJ Yella of N.W.A. J", based on the nickname of Julius Erving, his favorite basketball player. Thus, he became a DJ in the club, initially under the name "Dr. Dre during his time in World Class Wrecking CruInspired by the Grandmaster Flash song "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel", he often attended a club called The Eve After Dark to watch many DJs and rappers performing live. Professional Career World Class Wreckin' Cru (1984–1985) ĭr. 3 As featured performer For Music Videos Dr Dre Is Director American music video, television commercial.2 Pictures From Up In Smoke Tour (2000).1.4 Move to Aftermath Entertainment (1996–1998).1.3 The Chronic and Death Row Records (1992–1995).Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, and the 2001 films The Wash and Training Day. Rolling Stone named him among the highest-paid performers of 20. Dre Presents the Aftermath in 1996, and released a solo album titled 2001 in 1999, for which he won the Grammy producer's award the next year.ĭuring the 2000s, he focused his career on production for other artists, while occasionally contributing vocals to other artists' songs. Under the label, he produced a compilation album titled Dr. In 1996, he left Death Row to establish his own label, Aftermath Entertainment. 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 began his career in music as a member of the World Class Wrecking Cru and he later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A with Eazy-E and Ice Cube which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. As a producer 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.ĭr. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to those record labels, such as Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent. Dre, is an record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. Priority, Death Row, Aftermath, Interscope, RuthlessĪndre Romelle Young born February 18, 1965, known by his stage name Dr. World Class Wreckin' Cru, N.W.A, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, Game, Akon, Jay-Z, Nate Dogg, Obie Trice
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