DR. DRE
Dr. Dre (born Andre Romelle Young; February 18, 1965) is an American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur. Dre was previously the co-owner of, and an artist on, Death Row Records. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including 2Pac, The D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, Knoc-turn’al, 50 Cent, The Game, and Kendrick Lamar. Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin’ Cru and later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A. with Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. His 1992 solo debut The Chronic, released under Death Row Records, led him to become one of the best-selling American performing artists of 1993. Rolling Stone ranked Dre at 56 on their list of “100 Greatest Artists of All-Time”. (More from Wikipedia)
Snoop Dogg (originally Snoop Doggy Dogg) was discovered in 1992 by one of the bandmembers in N.W.A., Dr. Dre; he has been seemingly omnipresent in the entertainment scene ever since. Snoop became known for his nearly unintelligible, mumbled speeches at music awards shows and other such, often featuring his own vocabulary, such as “fo shizzle”.
Snoop Dogg was featured prominently on Dr. Dre’s debut solo album, The Chronic (1992). Snoop’s first album, Doggystyle (1993) debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart and sold more than 800,000 copies in its first week, a record at that time for a debut album. Snoop Dogg has released 13 albums, including his most recent, Coolaid (2016).
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