| LC control no. | n 96019473 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.D78 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Dr. Dre, 1965- |
| Variant(s) | Dre, Dr., 1965- Young, Andre, 1965- |
| See also | Corporate body: N.W.A. (Musical group) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1965-02-18 |
| Place of birth | Compton (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | N.W.A. (Musical group) Death Row Records Aftermath Records |
| Profession or occupation | Rap musicians Businesspeople Sound recording executives and producers |
| Found in | Doctor Dre. Concrete roots [SR] p1994: label (Dr. Dre) insert (Andre Young, aka Dr. Dre) Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (Dr. Dre; b. Andre Young, South Central, Los Angeles; West Coast gangsta rapper) U.S. copyright file, Jan. 12, 2001 (Dr. Dre, Young, Andre R., 1965-, Young, Andrew Romell, 1965-) African American National Biography, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dr. Dre; AndreĢ Romel Young; hip hop/rap artist, hip hop/rap producer, music producer, entrepreneur; born 18 February 1965 in Compton, California, United States; attended college; developed a reputation as a skilled disc jockey; released a series of regional hits that reflected Southern California's variation on hip-hop; befriended Ice Cube; began writing raps for Ruthless Records; co-founded N.W.A., or Niggaz With Attitude; left the group to found a new label, Death Row Records; released his debut solo single, Deep Cover (1992); founded Aftermath Records (1996); Dr. Dre Presents ... The Aftermath (1996) and Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album (1997) achieved platinum status; signed Marshall Eminem Mathers (1998); released his long-awaited second solo album, Dr. Dre 2001 (1999); a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year (2000); won Grammy Award-The Chronic (1992)) |
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