From the the streets of Los Angeles, this biography traces hip hop legend Dr. Dre's rise to fame, a story that parallels the rise of hip-hop as one of the most dominant cultural forces in America.
John Borgmeyer is a news editor at the C-VILLE Weekly, an alternative newsweekly in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was a contributing writer to The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History (2005). Holly Lang is a freelance writer and editor. She has worked as a reporter for the Birmingham Post-Herald and the Associated Press.
Fans of hip hop and popular culture know Andre Dr. Dre Young as the
Los Angeles rapper who, with his group N.W.A, popularized gansta
rap in the late 80s, founded the formidable Death Row record label
in the 90s, and continues to make names for his proteges in the new
millennium. In this biography, high school-aged readers and above
can learn of the influences of funk and political poetry on N.W.A,
Dre's discovery of artists like Snoop Doggy Dogg and Eminem, and
his involvement in controversies surrounding hip hop personalities
Tupak Shakur, Suge Knight, and Notorious B.I.G., among other
topics. This book includes a timeline of Dr. Dre's life and
career.
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