Dr. Dre

What fascinates me about Dr. Dre is that his greatest instrument was never the microphone, it was his ear. Plenty of artists from Compton had stories to tell; Dre built the sonic architecture that let those stories travel the world. His arc from Death Row co-founder to Aftermath CEO to the Beats empire reads like a masterclass in knowing where your real talent lies. He releases music rarely, but every drop lands with obsessive perfectionism. I admire creators who would rather polish someone else's diamond than chase their own spotlight, and Dre is the archetype of that quiet, exacting power.

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Name (English)

Dr. Dre

Name (Japanese)

ドクター・ドレー

Reading

どくたー・どれー

Born

February 18, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Compton, California, United States

Occupation

record producer / rapper / disc jockey / entrepreneur / music executive

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

High school

John C. Fremont High School

Awards & achievements

• 2014 California Hall of Fame
• 2001 American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist

• Official sitehttps://drdre.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/drdre/
• Xhttps://x.com/drdre
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.%20Dre
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6078

Tags

• California
• record producer
• rapper
• disc jockey

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.