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Dr. Dre, born February 18,
1965 and he is an American record producer,
rapper, record executive, and actor. He is
the founder and current CEO of Aftermath
Entertainment and a former co-owner and
artist of Death Row Records, also having
produced albums for and overseeing the
careers of many rappers signed to those
record labels such as Snoop Dogg and Eminem.
He is also credited with being one of the
pioneers for Gangster rap.
Dr. Dre began his career in music as a
member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and
he later found fame with the influential
gangsta rap group N.W.A with Eazy-E, which
popularized the use of explicit lyrics in
rap to detail the violence of street life.
His 1992 solo debut The Chronic, released
under Death Row Records, led him to become
one of the best-selling American performing
artists of 1993 and to win a Grammy Award
for the single "Let Me Ride."
In 1996, he left Death Row to found his own
label Aftermath Entertainment, producing a
compilation album, Dr. Dre Presents the
Aftermath, in 1996, and releasing a solo
album titled 2001, in 1999, for which he won
the Grammy producer's award the next year.
During the 2000s, he focused his career on
production for other artists, while
occasionally contributing vocals in other
artists' songs. And Eminem's "King Mathers"
new album is his latest featuring music
ablum which is fully planning to release in
2009.
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