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Andre Romelle Young is Born
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Dre joins World Class Wreckin' Cru
Alonzo Williams hires a 17 year old Andre to join his "cru" of DJs -
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Forms the rap group N.W.A
group consisted of local rappers and Djs Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella. -
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DRE leaves N.W.A
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Dre is involved in a altercation with female TV Host
brutally beat female tv personality Dee Barnes. he was given two years probation and she would file a 22.7 million dollar lawsuit which was settled in court years later. -
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Pleaded Guilty to battery of a police officer
commited the crime in 1991 -
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Releases first Solo "Chronic"
this album would make Dre one of the top selling musicians -
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Leads police on a 90MPH Pursuit through Beverly Hills
Andre was charged with a DUI which broke his probation agreement, sent to jail for 8 months -
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breaks from Death Row Records and creates own Label "Aftermath"
wanted to leave Suge Knights toxic label -
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Dre Discovers Eminem
Dr. Dre discovers a Detroit rapper and produces an album that skyrockets Slim Shadys career. -
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Dre releases second album "2001"
certified 6 times platinum -
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Sold a share of Aftermath Entertainment
He earned a total of 52million dollars from this move -
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Dr. Dre and Jimmy Lovine Create Beats Entertainment
"Beats by Dre" headphones, earphones, and speakers -
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Named highest paid artist of the year
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DRE and Jimmy create Jimmy Loving and Andre Young Academy of the Arts
In University of South California (70mil joint donation) -
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DRE and Jimmy sell Beats to Apple
"the biggest single-year payday of any musician in history" -Forbes