Dre has said that he was mostly raised by his grandmother in New Wilmington Arms housing project in Compton.
The family moved often, and they lived in apartments and houses in Compton, Carson, Long Beach and in the Watts and South Central neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Dre began attending Vanguard Junior High School in Compton, but due to gang violence, he transferred to the safer suburban Roosevelt Junior High School. His mother later remarried to Curtis Crayon and had three children: sons Jerome and Tyree (both deceased) and daughter Shameka. His parents married in 1964, separated in 1968, and divorced in 1972. His middle name, Romelle, is derived from his father’s amateur rhythm and blues singing group, The Romells.
Dre was born Andre Romelle Young in Compton, California on February 18, 1965, the first child of Theodore and Verna Young. He is also notably credited with discovering and supporting Eminem and, in May 2014, he sold his Beats by Dre headphones to Apple for over $3 billion. Hip-hop icon who, as the chief architect of West Coast gangsta rap and a co-owner of Death Row Records, won numerous Grammy Awards, including one for Best Rap Solo Performance for “Let Me Ride” in 1994.
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