Dr Dre underwent medical treatment on Tuesday after being admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with a possible brain aneurysm, two sources familiar with his condition said.
The legendary rap artist and producer considered the music magnate at Los Angeles Hospital in a stable condition after being tested, according to one of the sources who asked not to be named because the person was not authorized to attend the medical matter. do not discuss.
The rapper (55), real name Andre Young, gained notoriety from the streets of Compton with NWA and then became a leading producer and co-founder of Beats Electronics, a company that turned him into a billionaire. After TMZ.com revealed that Dre was admitted to the hospital, Ice Cube, co-founder of NWA, tweeted: “Send your love and prayers.”
According to a source, Dre was in the intensive care unit at one point.
On Tuesday night, he posted a statement on his Instagram account, which read in part: ‘I’m doing well and getting 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. ”
The medical emergency comes amid a growing divorce battle with his longtime husband, Nicole Young, who is seeking $ 2 million a month in marriage support and $ 5 million in attorney fees.
In the 1980s, Dre aired the city’s most contagious action, NWA, forcing the dissatisfaction of the police-brutal South LA on radios and televisions nationwide with singles such as ‘F-tha Police’. The group’s furious and ominous lyrics were amplified by Dre’s ear for refusing funk.
On his solo album ‘The Chronic’ from 1992 and on ‘Doggystyle’ from 1993, his album with young Long Beach rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, he helped perfect the raw and challenging sound of Los Angeles rap, but with a super producer’s ear for a hit.
In 1995, he earned his first Hot 100 topper with ‘California Love’ by Tupac Shakur, one of the defining hip-hop songs on the West Coast.
After leaving the volatile Death Row Records and establishing his Aftermath print at Interscope, in 1998 he signed a young white rapper from Detroit, Eminem. Eminem’s skill and dark funny lyrics match Dre’s sensitivity, and the two cement hip-hop as the new pop-dominant pop music.
NWA in March 1989. Back row, from left: DJ Yella, Dr. Dre and MC Ren (Kings cap). Front, from left: Ice Cube and Eazy-E.
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With 50 Cent’s brilliant 2003 2003 “Get Rich or Die Tryin ‘” from 2003, Dre continued as a producer and talent incubator at Aftermath. “Detox”, the long-planned sequel to his album “2001”, brought years of delays. An award-winning return with Snoop Dogg in Coachella in 2012, reaffirmed his fundamental role in hip-hop. The legacy was explored in the striking NWA movie “Straight Outta Compton” of 2015.
Meanwhile, he has built a new headphone company, Beats Electronics, into a dominant consumer brand for rap fans. In 2013, Dre donated $ 70 million to fellow US music mogul Jimmy Iovine to establish USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy of Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. In 2014, he sold Beats to Apple for about $ 3 billion, making him one of the richest men in popular music.
Rap partner LL Cool J tweeted on Tuesday night that the music producer is ‘recovering nicely’. On Instagram, Snoop Dogg added his wishes: “GET GOOD DR DRE WE NEED U CUZ.”