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| Dr. Dre and Nicole Young split. |
Dr. Dre and wife Nicole Young are heading to splitsville. The super-producer and wife are moving to dissolve their marriage citing irreconcilable differences.
Dre, 55 and Nicole, 50 have a long history together. The two married in 1996 and have two children Truice and Truly. Dr. Dre has five other children from other women.
Dre is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment the label that helped Eminem, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, The Game, Young Buck and Anderson.Paak become hit artists.
Dre is also the creator and founder of Beats by Dre which is now a product of Apple.
Dre is worth nearly $1 billion in revenue.
Nicole is being represented by Samantha Spector and is seeking spousal support from Dre.
According to reports obtained by Fox News, Dre and Nicole have no prenuptial agreement in place and the rapper's earning might not be in play.
Perhaps one of the most recognizable entertainers in music, Dr. Dre is the one of the founding members of the hip-hop group N.W.A.
He along with Eazy E, Ice Cube, DJ Yella and MC Ren paved the way for hip-hop in the west. They achieved monumental success with their album Straight Outta Compton. The album promote a single that had gotten attention from the Los Angeles Police Department, Congress and then president George H.W. Bush. The song, Fuck Tha Police became an anthem to Black men frustration with cops brutalizing them in the Los Angeles area and its inner suburbs like Compton.
Kanye, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg in the studio putting finishing touches on new music. pic.twitter.com/SjzrLXfWdk— TeamKanyeDaily (@TeamKanyeDaily) June 27, 2020
Ye and Dre Jesus is King Part II Coming Soon pic.twitter.com/Isr0TrijB8— Dr. Dre (@drdre) November 18, 2019
Dr. Dre left Ruthless Records after a fallout with Eazy E and went onto create Death Row Records with former bodyguard turned media mogul Marion "Big Suge" Knight.
His album The Chronic sold over 8 million copies. It introduced the world to a teenage rapper who helped Death Row built its representation as a gangsta rap label.
The two introduced the world to Calvin Cozier Broadus (aka Snoop Doggy Dogg) and launched one of the most controversial and successful record labels of the mid-1990s.
Bringing on Tupac Shakur proved to be a big success and also controversy. Shakur became the first rap act to succeed in earning a diamond rating for his album All Eyez on Me which was his first album since he signed to Death Row. With Dr. Dre producing a handful of his songs, it help push Tupac into the mainstream.
Dre would end up having a fallout with Suge and left Death Row to start up Aftermath Entertainment.
Death Row would soon fall apart after Tupac was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996. Snoop would leave the label and many of the acts would leave shortly after.
Suge is now in the iron college for 50 years for manslaughter.
Dre would see modest success with Nas, Foxy Brown, Dawn Robinson and Az's group The Firm.
The Firm broke up and left soon after.
His biggest success was the white Detroit rapper Marshall Mathers III (known as Eminem). So far, Eminem has became one of the most successful acts on the label. He is also the most controversial rappers in modern history.
Eminem rise helped 50 Cent become successful on Aftermath. 50's success helped his label G-Unit, The Game and Young Buck succeed before the huge fallout.
Kendrick Lamar, an artist on Top Dawg Entertainment would join the label and released five critically acclaimed albums.
Dre also had signed on Oxnard rapper Anderson.Paak to the label. The singer has released two albums on the label.
Dre has released three albums on Interscope. The Chronic, 2001 and Compton.
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