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<h2>Early Life and Background</h2>
<p><a href="/biography/dr-dre">Dr. Dre</a>, born <a href="/biography/dr-dre">Andre Romelle Young</a> in 1965, is a prominent American <a href="/biography/dr-dre">rapper</a>, record producer, and entrepreneur. He was born in Compton, California, to Verna and Theodore Young. Dre is the eldest of four siblings. His parents married in 1964, separated in 1968, and finalized their divorce in 1972. His mother later remarried and had three more children—Shameka, Tyree, and Jerome.</p>
<p>Due to increasing gang violence in his neighborhood, <a href="/biography/dr-dre">Dr. Dre</a> transferred from Vanguard Junior High School in Compton to Roosevelt Junior High School, seeking a safer environment for his education.</p>

<h2>Early Music Career and Rise with N.W.A</h2>
<p><a href="/biography/dr-dre">Dr. Dre</a> began his music career in the early 1980s as a member of the World Class Wreckin’ Cru, a group known for its electronic and dance-oriented sound. His major breakthrough came when he joined the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Ren">MC Ren</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Yella">DJ Yella</a>, Ice Cube, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eazy-E">Eazy-E</a>.</p>
<p>N.W.A became widely known for their explicit lyrics, which depicted life in inner-city Los Angeles. Their raw and unfiltered portrayal of street life made them pioneers of gangsta rap and significantly shaped the direction of hip-hop music in the late 1980s.</p>

<h2>Solo Success and Production Legacy</h2>
<p><a href="/biography/dr-dre">Dr. Dre</a> released his debut solo album, <em>The Chronic</em>, in 1992 through Death Row Records. The album was both a commercial and critical success, establishing him as one of the best-selling American rap artists of 1993. The album's standout single, "Let Me Ride," earned him a Grammy Award. That same year, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg">Snoop Doggy Dogg</a>—an <a href="/biography/dr-dre">artist</a> Dre mentored—released the quadruple platinum album <em>Doggystyle</em>.</p>
<p>Dre also played a major role in mentoring other rising talents including his <a href="/biography/warren-g">stepbrother</a>, <a href="/biography/warren-g">Warren G</a>, whose 1994 debut album <em>Regulate… G Funk Era</em> went platinum. Dre’s influence extended to a new generation of hip-hop artists and producers, including <a href="/biography/dr-dre">Eminem</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xzibit">Xzibit</a>, The D.O.C., and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur">2Pac</a>. His production style helped popularize the West Coast G-funk sound, characterized by multi-layered synthesizers, deep bass lines, and slower, melodic grooves.</p>

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<h2>Business Ventures: Aftermath and Beats Electronics</h2>
<p><a href="/biography/dr-dre">Dr. Dre</a> is a <a href="/biography/dr-dre">founder</a> and the current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment, a label that signed and launched the careers of several successful artists, most notably <a href="/biography/dr-dre">Eminem</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent">50 Cent</a>. Prior to this, he was a <a href="/biography/dr-dre">co-owner</a> and key artist at Death Row Records during its influential run in the 1990s.</p>
<p>In addition to his contributions to music, <a href="/biography/dr-dre">Dr. Dre</a> co-founded Beats Electronics, a premium audio products company best known for its line of headphones. In 2014, Apple Inc. acquired Beats Electronics for $3 billion, significantly contributing to Dre’s wealth. That year, Forbes ranked him as the top-earning figure in hip-hop with an estimated pre-tax income of $620 million—at the time, the highest one-year earnings total ever recorded by a musician. His net worth was estimated at over $550 million.</p>

<h2>Personal Life</h2>
<p><a href="/biography/dr-dre">Dr. Dre</a> has six children, including four sons and two daughters. His first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Young">son</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Young">Curtis Young</a>, was born when Dre was 16 years old and his then-girlfriend, Cassandra Greene, was 15. Dre later married Nicole Threatt, the former wife of NBA <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedale_Threatt">player</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedale_Threatt">Sedale Threatt</a>. The couple has two children together, though they have since separated in 2020.</p>

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