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Dr. Dre also has a long history of physically attacking multiple women, and leaving life-long medical scars in multiple cases.

I came across the video of a recent, insightful discussion from the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in France. The talk was titled, “Technology, Culture and Consumer Adoption: Learning to Read the Cultural Landscape.”

Dre and Iovine’s headphones are engineered so that you “hear your music the way the artist would play it back” — specifically, the way hip-hop and rap artists, like Dre, would want to play it back: with a lot of bass, in the way that leads to hearing loss.

Dr Dre and Tyrese made the following YouTube video in celebration of the upcoming billion dollar deal of Beats Electronics to Apple.

We’re in a period where it’s cooler to be independent than a major label ‘product’ to many artists. Predictably, this major-indie concept has extended to artists (*cough Macklemore) and culminated in a reevaluated appreciation of labels, leading to partnerships and joint ventures.

But comparing this industry to the industry of the 50s and 60s doesn’t really accomplish much. We’re out of the dark ages, sure, but there isn’t a dark face in the boardroom to prove it.