Andre Romelle Young (Dr.Dre) born in February 18th, 1965, primarily know by his stage name Dr.Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, and record executive. 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 and Eminem. As a producer he is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coas G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats.
Dr.Dre began his career in music as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and he later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. His 1992 solo debut The Chronic, released under Death Row Records, led him to become one of the best-selling American performing artist of 1993 and to win a Grammy Award for the single "Let Me Ride". In 1996, he left Death Row to found his own label Aftermath Entertainment, producing a compilation album, Dr. Dre Present the Aftermath, in 1996, and releasing a solo album titled 2001, in 1999, for which he won the Grammy producer's award the next year.
During the 2000s he focused his career on production for other artist, while occasionally contributing vocals in other artists' songs. Rolling Stone named him among the highest-paid performers of 2001 and 2004. Dr. Dre also had acting roles in the 2001 films The Wash and Training Day.
A videoclip of Dr. Dre http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=kG_qcud1ShM
Dr.Dre began his career in music as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and he later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. His 1992 solo debut The Chronic, released under Death Row Records, led him to become one of the best-selling American performing artist of 1993 and to win a Grammy Award for the single "Let Me Ride". In 1996, he left Death Row to found his own label Aftermath Entertainment, producing a compilation album, Dr. Dre Present the Aftermath, in 1996, and releasing a solo album titled 2001, in 1999, for which he won the Grammy producer's award the next year.
During the 2000s he focused his career on production for other artist, while occasionally contributing vocals in other artists' songs. Rolling Stone named him among the highest-paid performers of 2001 and 2004. Dr. Dre also had acting roles in the 2001 films The Wash and Training Day.
A videoclip of Dr. Dre http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=kG_qcud1ShM
