February 18, 2021
Today we celebrate the birth of one of the most influential figures in Hip-Hop. Not only was this man the first rap billionaire, but he was also an instrumental part (literally and figuratively) in the creation of a new sub-genre of rap known as G-Funk. The living legend is described is none other than Dr. Dre.
Andre Romelle Young was born in Compton, California on February 18, 1965. He was the first child born to Theodore and Verna Young. His father had a history in music and was a member of an amateur R&B group called The Romells from which Dre gets his middle name.
Dr. Dre and Nicole Young (Photo credit: Jen Lowery / Splash News)
Dr. Dre fans have openly speculated about how the transcendent music producer found himself in the intensive care unit of a hospital with a dangerous brain aneurysm earlier in January 2021. Many believe Dre’s family has stressed him to the breaking point.
Dr. Dre, aka Andre Romelle Young, 55, is in the throes of one of the most tumultuous celebrity divorces of the modern era, replete with his estranged wife now trying to lay claim to his name and revolutionary album,
The Chronic. Dre’s daughter, LaTanya Young, 37, told the world that she is barely able to keep her head above water caring for her four kids because her near-billion-dollar dad has never tried to help her. She also said he had to go through layers of Dre’s inner circle just to relay messages to him and that he reneged on a promise to pay for her schooling.