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Ex-member of legendary rap group NWA; First signed to Death Row Records. Founder of Aftermath Records.


Quick Bio
André Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records.

He was a member of the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A., which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. He has also produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers signed to Death Row Records and Aftermath Entertainment. He has produced several albums, many of which have told tens of millions copies worldwide (including over 70 million with Eminem alone). He is widely regarded as one of the most popular and powerful rap-music figures of all time. Rolling Stone magazine named him among the highest-paid performers of 2001 and 2004. 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.