It earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for the single ' Let Me Ride', as well as several accolades for the single ' Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang'. During the early 1990s, Dre was credited as a key figure in the crafting and popularization of West Coast G-funk, a subgenre of hip hop characterized by a synthesizer foundation and slow, heavy beats.ĭre's solo debut studio album The Chronic (1992), released under Death Row Records, made him one of the best-selling American music artists of 1993. The group popularized explicit lyrics in hip hop to detail the violence of street life. Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1985 and later found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and previously co-founded, co-owned, and was the president of Death Row Records. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr.

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