Verna later married Warren Griffin, whom she met at her new job in Long Beach, which added three stepsisters and one stepbrother to the family. In 1976, Young began attending Vanguard Junior High School in Compton, but due to gang violence, he transferred to the safer suburban Roosevelt Junior High School.

They had three children together, two sons named Jerome and Tyree (both deceased) and daughter Shameka. Married in 1964, AndrГ©'s parents separated in 1968 and divorced in 1972. AndrГ©'s middle name, Romelle, is derived from his father's amateur R&B singing group, The Romells. He was the first child of Theodore and Verna Young. Rolling Stone ranked Dre at 56 on their list of '100 Greatest Artists of All-Time'.ДЄndrГ© Romelle Young was born in Compton, California on February 18, 1965. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, The Wash and Training Day. Dre signed Eminem and 50 Cent to his record label in 19 respectively, while contributing production on their albums. During the 2000s, he focused on production for other artists, while occasionally contributing vocals to songs. Dre Presents the Aftermath in 1996, and released a solo album titled 2001 in 1999, for which he won the Grammy producer's award. He produced a compilation album titled Dr.

In 1996, he left Death Row to establish his own label, Aftermath Entertainment. That same year he produced Death Row labelmate Snoop Dogg's quadruple platinum debut Doggystyle. 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'.

Dre was ranked as the third richest figure in the American hip hop scene by Forbes with a net worth of $250 million.Дre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A with Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, 50 Cent, The Game and more recently Kendrick Lamar. Dre was previously the co-owner of, and an artist on, Death Row Records. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper and entrepreneur. Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known by his stage name Dr.

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