- Eminem and Dr. Dre take the number 2 slot at this year's Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List, earning $35 million, but with nearly 2 million web hits. (June 20, 2003)
- A federal jury has recommended a $1.5 million award to London-based Minder Music Ltd.that sued rapper-producer Dr. Dre for song plagiarism, attorneys for both sides confirmed - The company claimed in 2000 that his 1999 song, Let's Get High, used the bass line of Minder Music group Fatback's 1980 song, Backstrokin. (May 8, 2003)
- More than any other rapper, Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant-noise and political stance of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions, as well as the party vibes of old school rap.
- Despite watching Metallica endure its own fan-fueled backlash, Dre handed over nearly 1 million digital signatures of pirated tunes to Napster, including hits Forgot About Dre and Been There, Done That.
- Brother in law of rapper Warren G.
- Best friend of Snoop Dogg and Sloan Lazz
- Was in group NWA in 1990
- Co-produced Eminem's debut breakthrough album in 1999, The Slim Shady LP, with Dr. Dre on the single Guilty Conscience.
- Known for his trademark G-funk sound (which is a transformed version of George Clinton's sound, and also known as gangster funk)
- Was charged with assaulting TV host Dee Barnes in 1991, and the following year he hit a police officer at a New Orleans hotel and broke the jaw of a fellow record-producer.
Quotes- "I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record with him."
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