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Dr. Dre, a Defiant One, Goes From Compton Streets to Receiving His Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
A look back on Dr. Dre's long journey from the Compton streets to getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
From the distinction of becoming hip-hop’s first billionaire to being honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star this week, the accomplishments and confidence of the man born Andre Young — aka legendary producer-rapper-entrepreneur Dr. Dre — could best be summed up with the lyrics from his debut solo hit, 1992’s “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang”: Still, it is Dr. Dre who clearly started the deep beat revolution of West Coast hip-hop with N.W.A to accompany Los Angeles’ gangsta car culture (“I wanted to make sure those subwoofers were working,” he told Hughes), and continued that uprising with the low, slow drive of “The Chronic.” The gangster rap mob’s debut, “Straight Outta Compton,” was notorious for its full-frontal, socio-political attacks on cops and breathtaking ghetto travelogues such as “Fuck tha Police” and the album’s title track — both featuring the fierce vocals of Ice Cube, MC Ren and Eazy-E and Dre’s pioneering production.
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