Posts tagged Dr Dre

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

Jerry Heller, co-founder of Ruthless Records, shares his thoughts in this exclusive interview the night before the movie release of “Straight Outta Compton”

I must admit, the way the music industry used NWA was wickedly, brilliant. While Public Enemy was trying to save black lives, they created a group to destroy them.

What this movie represents is how corporate America and its best storyteller “Hollywood” can take youthful rebellion and the challenging of abusive authority and make millions from it.

But my music industry sources confirm that there’s a very real concerted effort to “whiten” the face of “Urban” music…and it’s only a matter of time before the truth is revealed.

Forbes Top 30 list of the highest paid artists

Forbes has released their hip-hop Cash Kings list, and once again, Dr. Dre tops the field.

This rapper made an announcement Tuesday that he’d be partnering with Bang & Olufsen to release a signature line of headphones.

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.

For all the criticism that Hip Hop gets, there is much to be applauded and learned. We’re seeing real business minds being cultivated and business strategies employed. It is becoming common knowledge that you MUST do things differently in order to succeed and profit within the music business.