Nov 30, 2014 · Before Dre became immersed in what was to become his headphones empire, he played kingmaker one more time with the debut studio album of Queens rapper 50 Cent.

Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1984, and later found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. The group popularized explicit lyrics in hip-hop to detail the violence of street life.

Jan 31, 2025 · Dr. Dre, American rapper, hip-hop producer, and entrepreneur who helped popularize the gangsta rap subgenre. He cofounded the seminal group N.W.A before releasing the successful solo albums The Chronic and 2001.

Jul 4, 2023 · Under the name Dr. J, Dre began DJing at a club called Eve’s After Dark in the early 1980s. Here, he would meet DJ Yella, who was an eventual core member of N.W.A. With Dre on production...

Dec 8, 2017 · Dr. Dre first took the music world by storm in the ’80s as part of the legendary gangster rap group N.W.A. The black-clad, scowling members of the group created a moral panic with their...

Jul 21, 2024 · Before the creation of NWA and the creation of what we know today as gangsta rap, another hip-hop craze was sweeping America and Dr Dre was most definitely a part of it.

Jan 6, 2021 · His first major success came with the rap group N.W.A. and he later co-founded Death Row Records in 1991. In 1992, his first solo album, The Chronic, became a huge hit. Dre started up Aftermath...

In fact had it not been for Dre’s tenure in the World Class Wrecking Cru, there may never have been an NWA. Hip Hop Lore says that Eric “Eazy E” Wright, a Compton drug dealer in the early 80’s caught wind of the World Class Wrecking Cru.

Oct 20, 2017 · Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are far more well known today than Eazy-E or MC Ren, in the former case owing mostly to his death in 1995. But in Ice Cube's anti-NWA diss rap "No Vaseline" he devotes a line to DJ Yella, 5 lines to Dr. Dre, and a …

Mar 13, 2024 · Andre Romelle Young, professionally known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment …