Eminem (from left), 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Tuesday to honor Dr. Dre’s career as a performer, producer, founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder and president of Death Row Records.
Snoop Dogg and music director Jimmy Iovine joined Dr. Dre in speaking at the ceremony in front of the El Capitan Entertainment Center next to the Snoop Dogg star.
Rapper Eminem and 50 Cent also attended the ceremony with Dre.
Dre joked that Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Ice Cube all received Walk of Fame stars before him “for some (expletive) reason.”
Eminem (from left), 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre attends a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Eminem (from left), 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Jimmy Iovine (from left), Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Jimmy Iovine (from left), Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre (left) and Truly Young attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Eminem (from left), 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Eminem (from left), 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre attends a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Eminem (from left), 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Jimmy Iovine (from left), Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Eminem (from left), 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Eminem (from left), 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre speaks at the Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre speaks at the Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
50 Cent (second from left), Eminem and Snoop Dogg attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
50 Cent (L) and Jimmy Iovine attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
50 Cent (L) and Eminem attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Eminem and 50 Cent attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre attends a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre (L) and Jimmy Iovine attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre (left) and Snoop Dogg attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre (left) and Snoop Dogg attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre (left) and Snoop Dogg attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Dr. Dre attends a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
50 Cent (from left), Eminem, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
50 Cent (from left), Eminem, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
50 Cent (from left), Eminem and Snoop Dogg attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
50 Cent (L) and Eminem attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
50 Cent (L) and Eminem attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Jimmy Iovine (left) and Liberty Ross attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Truly Young attends the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Onlookers attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Truice Young (from left), Tyler Young, Dr. Dre and Truly Young attend the ceremony honoring Dr. Dre with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
“No, but honestly, I love the idea of being commemorated on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” he said. “This is an incredible tribute to my artistic talent. I grew up in Compton and never thought that one day I would be here with my childhood heroes. You know, we’ve heard this It’s been said a million times, “Focus on your passion and the rest will follow. ” That’s exactly what it was for me. Pouring my entire soul and self into my passion for hip-hop has led me down an incredible career path. I’m blessed to be able to do what I love things to make a living.”
He added that he was most proud of his work, “improving the clarity and sound with which we experience hip-hop.”
“Getting things done is one of my greatest achievements,” he said. “Hip-hop clarity.”
This is the 2,775th star since the Walk of Fame was built in 1961, out of the original 1,558 stars.
Dr. Dre was born Andre Romell Young in Compton on February 18, 1965. He said he was inspired by the 1981 single “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel,” a Flash scratch and mix recording of a live DJ mix using three turntables to record records from various groups.
Young often went to Eve’s After Dark, a club in the unincorporated Willowbrook area to watch many DJs and rappers perform live. He subsequently became the club’s DJ, initially going by the name Dr. J, a nickname for his favorite basketball player, Julius Erving, and later becoming Dr. Dre, based on his name and Irving’s nickname.
Dre is also a DJ for Los Angeles radio station KDAY.
He became a member of the electronic group World Class Wreckin’ Cru and in 1985 co-founded the landmark Compton gangster rap group NWA, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
In 1992, Dre achieved major solo success with his album “The Chronic,” which was certified triple-digit by the RIAA industry trade organization for selling over 3 million copies and reaching the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Platinum record.
The album’s single “Let Me Ride” won him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1994, his first of seven Grammy Awards.
Dr. Dre founded Aftermath Entertainment in 1996, where he discovered hip-hop superstars such as Eminem, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak
Dre and Iovine founded the headphone and speaker company Beats Electronics in 2006 and the streaming service Beats Music in 2014. Apple acquired both companies in 2014 for $3 billion in cash and stock.
In 2013, Dre and Iovine founded the USC Iovine and Young School, which aims to cultivate critical thinking at the intersection of art and design, business and entrepreneurship, engineering, and computer science and communication.
In 2022, they partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District to create the Iovine and Young Center for Integrated Design, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Magnet on the Audubon Middle School campus in Leimert Park, which bills itself as offering “cutting-edge, interdisciplinary” programs that will Courses are integrated with real-world, project-based learning opportunities at top institutions and companies. “
In January 2021, Dray was treated for a brain aneurysm at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He recently revealed he suffered three strokes while in hospital. Last week, Del Rey told the My Life With James Corden podcast that the experience “definitely makes you grateful to be alive, that’s for sure… It’s crazy, so knowing now that I have no control over this. ” It’s just something that can happen out of the blue. “
