Dre's debut solo album was entitled The Chronic. His first track on the label was 'Deep Cover', on which he collaborated with Snoop Dogg. and became the debut artist for Knight's new Death Row Records. He also worked on albums for other artists such as Above The Law and The D.O.C.įollowing advice from Suge Knight, Dre left N.W.A. Dre took on the bulk of the production duties for the second album Efil4zaggin. With Ice Cube leaving the band over financial quarrels, Dr. The band's debut album Straight Outta Compton featured the hit 'Fuck tha Police' was a financial success, despite an almost complete lack of airplay, following warnings from the FBI due to the band's lyrical content. were a hard-hitting, hardcore rap outfit, depicting a grisly tale of life on the streets of Compton. They worked on tracks together, releasing songs on Ruthless Records, which was run by local drug dealer and rapper, Eazy-E. Some of Dre's earliest mixes were released retrospectively as a compilation entitled Concrete Roots. The outfit dominated the West Coast electro / hip-hop scene of the early 1980s and their track 'Surgery' sold over 50,000 copies in the Compton area alone. Dre and he named himself the 'Master of Mixology', joining the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1984. At the same club, he met Antoine Carraby, who became DJ Yella of his group N.W.A.ĭr. Dre became a DJ at a club named The Eve After Dark under the name Dr.
One of Dre's stepbrothers, Warren Griffin III went on to become the rapper Warren G.Īged 17, Dre fathered a child with Lisa Johnson but did not raise him and he only met his son Curtis Young when he had assumed the rap alias of Hood Surgeon, about 20 years later.Ĭareer: Dr. Her third marriage was to Warren Griffin, adding more children to the family. They divorced in 1968 and Verna married Curtis Crayon, with whom she had more children. Dre was born to Verna and Theodore Young when Verna was just 16. He has worked with a number of high profile artists, including Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Dre is an American hip-hop producer and rapper, as well a record company executive.