Dr. Dre Biography

Fast Facts

• Was awarded the ASCAP Founders Award in 2010
• Was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 as a member of the rap group N․W․A
• Became the first hip-hop producer to win Producer of the Year at the Grammys in 2001
• Is the step-brother of fellow rapper Warren G
• Started out watching performers at a club called The Eve After Dark before eventually coming back to perform there himself
• Quote: "People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that․ Making hit records is not that easy․ But it took me time to realize that myself․"
• Most prominently known as a rapper and hip-hop producer
• Helped popularize gangsta rap, as well as G-funk
• Featured on a Dr․ Pepper commercial in 2009
• Founded the audio brand Beats By Dre in 2006
• Started out under the DJ name Dr J
• Studied the planets in the solar system in his free time for years in preparation for a planned instrumental album inspired by them