While dr. Dre was treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday night for a possible brain aneurysm, four men were arrested after they allegedly tried to break into Brentwood’s house with the music magnate, police said.
Los Angeles police were alerted at about 10 p.m. to a possible burglary in the home in the 12700 block of Chalon Road, officials said. Security guards at the $ 50 million mansion in Brentwood Estates spotted several men trying to enter the house after it was reported earlier in the evening that Dr. Dre was admitted to the hospital.
Officers saw a white SUV leave the area and after a short chase stop the vehicle and arrest four men near Sunset Boulevard and Kenter Avenue.
LAPD officials did not identify the homeowner targeted by the suspected burglars, but two sources familiar with the arrests who were not authorized to discuss it, asked anonymity that it be dr. Dre was.
In the past five years, burglars have targeted the homes of LA areas of a number of celebrities they knew were not there, including Rihanna and former Dodger Yasiel Puig.
Dr. Dre, 55, whose real name is Andre Young, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday with a suspected brain aneurysm. Sources told The Times he is in a stable condition and could be released as early as Wednesday.
In a statement after his hospitalization became public, dr. Dre praised the hospital staff and updated fans on his condition.
“Thank you to my family, friends and fans for their interest and wishes,” he said in an Instagram post. “I do well and get excellent care from my medical team. I will be out of the hospital soon and back home. Call out to all the great medical professionals of Cedars. A love !! “
The Compton native gained notoriety with NWA in the late 1980s and has since become a top producer and co-founder of Beats Electronics, a company that turned him into a billionaire.
On his 1992 solo album, “The Chronic,” and in 1993’s “Doggystyle,” his album with young Long Beach rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, he helped perfect the raw and defiant sound of Los Angeles rap. , but with a super producer’s ear for a hit. He subsequently produced albums for Eminem and 50 Cent.
Together with Jim Iovine, he found the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy of Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation in 2013 and funded it with a $ 70 million donation.
Among his pleasures was fellow NWA member Ice Cube, who was posted on social media shortly after TMZ.com revealed that dr. Dre was admitted to the hospital: “Send your love and prayers to the homie Dr. Dre.”
The rapper’s hospitalization comes amid a nasty divorce from his longtime wife, Nicole Young, who wants to pay two million dollars a month in their spouse and $ 5 million in attorney fees.
August Brown, author of Times, contributed to this report.