When one thinks of hip-hop and rap music, there are few people whose influence on the development of rap as a commercial art form that is as significant as Dr. Dre. Born as Andre Young in Compton ...

Dr. Dre didn't do too badly post-N.W.A either, as this excellent Semtex mix of classic tracks illustrates. And Compton is still very much on the rap map. Aged eight, local lad Kendrick Lamar saw ...

“I just want to give big love to my brother Dr. Dre who created a sound that began a movement, and your sound told me that if you’re a creative growing up in Compton or Hell’s ...

When Dr. Dre and DJ Yella met O’Shea Jackson, better known as Ice Cube - the three created the gangsta rap group N.W.A., whose debut album, Straight Outta Compton, became a smash hit.