Dr. Dre Profile - Personal Info & Facts

Dr. Dre Profile

Dr. Dre

Famous As

Rapper, producer, record executive

Birth Name

Andre Romelle Young

Birth Date

February 18, 1965

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Claim to Fame

Famous As

Rapper, producer, record executive

Popular for

Album "The Chronic" (1992)

Personal Fact

Birth Name

Andre Romelle Young

Birth Date

February 18, 1965

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Height

6' 1"

Nationality

American

Education

Attended Vanguard Junior High School
Attended Roosevelt Junior High School
Attended Centennial High School in Compton, California
Attended Fremont High School in LA, CA

Family and Relationship

Father

Theodore Young

Mother

Verna Griffin

Brother

Tyree Du Sean Crayon half) Jerome Crayon half) Warren G step rapper)

Sister

Shameka Crayon half)

Spouse

Nicole Threatt since May 1996)

Relation

Cassandra Joy Greene Lisa Johnson Jenita Porter Michel'le Toussaint R&B singer 1990-1996)

Son

Curtis "Hood Surgeon" rapper b. 1982) Marcel b. 1991) Truth b. 1997) Hood Surgeon rapper) Andre Young Jr. d. 23-Aug-08)

Daughter

La Tonya Danielle b. 1983) Truly b. 2001)

✦ Voted the 5th in Forbes Magazine's "Hip-Hop Cash Kings" list in August 2007 with an estimated earning of $20 million by 2006.
✦ Teamed up with Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd to develop and market his own line of premium alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (February 2008).
✦ Was reunited with his son, Curtis, 20 years later when Curtis is a rapper named Hood Surgeon.
✦ His middle name Romelle came from his father's unsigned amateur R&B singing group, The Romelles.
✦ First picked Dr. J as his moniker before switching to Dr. Dre which means 'Master of Mixology'.

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