He has won six Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year Non-Classical. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, The Wash and Training Day. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many other rappers, including 2Pac, The D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Knoc-turn'al, The Game, Kendrick Lamar, and Anderson Paak. He signed Eminem in 1998 and 50 Cent in 2002, and co-produced their albums. Dre Presents the Aftermath," in 1996, and released a solo album, "2001," in 1999.ĭuring the 2000s, Dre focused on producing other artists, occasionally contributing vocals. Dre left Death Row Records to establish his own label, Aftermath Entertainment. That year, he produced Death Row labelmate Snoop Doggy Dogg's debut album "Doggystyle." In 1996, Dr. It earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for the single "Let Me Ride", as well as several accolades for the single "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang". During the early 1990s, Dre was credited as a key figure in the crafting and popularization of West Coast G-funk, a subgenre of hip hop characterized by a synthesizer foundation and slow, heavy beats.ĭre's solo debut studio album "The Chronic (1992)", released under Death Row Records, made him one of the best-selling American music artists of 1993. The group popularized explicit lyrics in hip hop to detail the violence of street life. Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1985, and later found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and was previously co-owner of Death Row Records.
Dre, is an American rapper, songwriter, audio engineer, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and actor.
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