Biographic - Sunday August 20, 2017 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born Andre Romelle Young in Compton, California, on February 18, 1965, he adopted the stage name Dr. Dre during his days as a club D.J his skills on the turntable led to him joining World Class Wreckin' Cru. An electrico hip-hop group that enjoyed some success on the L.A. scene in the mid-1980s. In 1986, he teamed up with Ice Cube, Mc Ren and Eazy-E in the groundbreaking N.W.A changing the face of Rap and Hip-hop with the controversial album "Straight Outta Compton." Financial disputes led to the group falling apart in the early 1990s, but by then, Dr. Dre had established a reputation as one of the genre's hottest producers, propelled by a string of hit singles, Dr. Dre's solo album, "The Chronic" went multiplatinum, earning him a Grammy for best solo rap performance in the process. The album also launched the career of guest rapper Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre went on to produce Snoop's album "Doggystyle" which debuted at the top of the charts. Dre's second solo album "2001" was another hit, and also served to bolster new protege Eminiem. Dre had produced and collaborated on much of Eminem's smash-hit album "The Slim Shady LP," and the two have continued their musical partnership on subsequent releases. Dr. Dre has produced such artists as 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, The Game and Eve with Gwen Stafani, and has continued to add to his tally of Grammys. His aftermath Entertainment label, which he set up after leaving Death Row Records in 1996, is home to the likes of Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. Dre sold a stake in the label to Interscope records in 2001 for a reported $52 million! His movie credits range from his debut acting role in the 1996 crime thriller "Set It Off" to 2015's "Straight Outta Compton" whose producers included Dre and Ice Cube. The story of N.W.A, the movie was a critical and commercial success and the inspiration for "Compton" Dre's first solo album in 5 years. Hailed as "The Richest Man in Hip-Hop" the sale of his Beats by Dr. Dre headphones brand reportedly raised $3 billion- he and his partner Jimmy Iovine who were the focus of the recent HBO documentary series "The Defiant Ones" donated a $70 million endowment to USC in 2013. This summer, Dre pledged $10 million to fund a performing arts center for a new high school in Compton.

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