Legendary West Coast hip-hop producer/rapper DJ Quik had to eat his words on social media this week. The Compton native exploded on Twitter after not seeing his music available via Beats By Dre’s BeatsMusic app. Beats By Dre, of course, was created by another legendary hip-hop producer from Compton: Dr. Dre.
Karen Civil, digital renaissance women, manager for Nipsey Hussle and business partner in the Marathon Agency; she is known to interview a celeb or two as
The N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton has found its leading men. Corey Hawkins will play Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell will play Eazy E, and Ice
While many know of the billion dollar profit Dr. Dre took home after the now historic Beats deal, not many know of Miami Heat superstar Lebron
Slowly but surely all the pieces are beginning to fall into place regarding the upcoming N.W.A biopic. Thus far, we have the renowned director F.
Rapper/producer will.i.am is a founding shareholder in Beats By Dre and he spoke to CNBC about what the sale means going forward.
With the sale of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats Electronics to Apple finalized on yesterday, Iovine has announced that he is stepping down as Chairman and CEO of Interscope Records, according to Billboard. Apple purchased Beats for a reported $3 billion.
Last week, hip-hop superproducer Dr. Dre was reported as becoming hip-hop’s first billionaire following Apple’s purchase of his Beats Electronics headphone brand. Though it was later disputed–Dre reportedly only netted around $800 million from the deal–the news put Dre in a new and even more exclusive economic bracket. The mayor of Compton, California, Aja Brown says she wants to give Dr. Dre a key to the city, according to TMZ.
Dr. Dre is arguably the most inactive celebrity on Instagram, but that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have some of the best photos with
For years, the race to become hip-hop’s first billionaire mogul has always been led by front-runners Diddy and Jay Z. But recently Dr. Dre has
Maybe 50 Cent’s departure from Interscope wasn’t as amicable as previously reported. Recently stopping by the “Cosmic Kev” radio show, 50 tells of how his involvement
One can only wonder what a collaboration between production titans Dr. Dre and Q-Tip would sound like… And if we are to believe a picture
For four consecutive years, Diddy comes out on top as Forbes highest paid hip-hop artist in 2014. His estimated fortune of $700 million increased by
Flint, Mich., emcee Jon Connor has been on people’s rap radar for a while now, and with his surprise announcement of signing to Dr. Dre’s
When news broke that 50 Cent had parted ways with Shady, Aftermath, and Interscope Records to go the indie route, it was reported that the
You may want to sit down before you read this: Macklemore owns two of the top 5 rap songs of all time, including the No.
Curtis “Interscope” Jackson is no more. 50 Cent recently announced that he and his long time recording home, Interscope Records have amicably parted ways . The
Happy 49th birthday Dr. Dre! Andre Romelle Young, aka Dr. Dre, as the chief architect of West Coast gangsta rap, won five Grammy Awards, including
Dr. Dre was one of the people most responsible for launching the famed Death Row Records in the early 1990s, and he was also a major factor in the label’s chart-topping success throughout the decade. But now, the superproducer is suing his former label for more than $3 million in unpaid royalties.
BET Honors will honor Ice Cube this year and it is a well-deserved distinction. The West Coast native has had a distinguished 25-year musical career and has
