Culture Cards: Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre
MUSICIAN G-FUNK ERA
DR. DRE was one of the first rappers to predict that he would become a billionaire. And, braggadocio aside, he was the first rapper to be right! After selling his Beats By Dre brand to Apple in 2014, he became the first figure in the hip-hop world who could
legitimately append nine figures to his net worth, and he did it all, unlike his former bandmates in N.W.A., without dying, disappearing, or starring in a series of well-received family films. On the other hand, he also launched the career of Eminem, who
was the first major figure to make white people think they invented rap, so his career was a bit of a mixed blessing at best.
ANDRE YOUNG
DID YOU KNOW?
BORN: February 18, 1965
Dr. Dre, in addition to rapping, producing, and
placing his name on home electronics made
in Asia, is an actual musician who can play instruments! Proof of this can be found on
many of the records he made and produced,
going all the way back to the days when he
dressed in a set of pleather scrubs and a prop
stethoscope as “Dr. J”, keyboardist for the
World Class Wreckin’ Cru. Also, he was one
marriage away from being named Andre
Crayon.
BIRTHPLACE: Compton, CA
BATS/THROWS: Left/Right
HOME FIELD: That Old L.A.
ROOKIE YEAR: 1985, Kru-Cut
NUMBER RETIRED: TBA, Interscope
TEAMMATES: Cleophus Turner, O’Shea
Jackson, Calvin Broadus Jr., Marshall
Mathers, Tim Cook
ALL-
STAR
APPEARANCES
1984
World Class Wreckin’ Cru
1993
Doggystyle
2001
2001
1988
Straight Outta Compton
1995
“California Love”
2003
50 Cent
1991
Niggaz4Life
1996
“No Diggity”
2011
Kendrick Lamar
1992
The Chronic
1999
The Slim Shady LP
2014
Beats Electronics