Contributors: Kurupt (performer), Hittman (performer), Ms. Roq (performer), Mike Elizondo (instrument), Sean Cruse (instrument), Camara Kambon (instrument), Scott Storch (instrument), Mel-Man (vocal), Scruncho (vocal), Richard Huredia (audio)
André Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California), better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to those record labels. As a producer he is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. Read more about Dr. Dre on Last.fm.
Ricardo Brown (born November 23, 1972), professionally known as Kurupt the Kingpin or Young Gotti is an American gangsta rapper. He has also worked as an actor, in films such as Hollywood Homicide and Johnson Family Vacation. Although raised in California, he was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His rapping debut was on Dr. Dre's The Chronic in 1992, as a part of the duo Tha Dogg Pound with Daz. The two were among the first acts signed to Death Row Records. He released an album with Daz called Dogg Food in 1995 on Death Row Records. Read more about Kurupt on Last.fm.
1) Real name Brian Bailey, Hittman was born and raised in Branson,California in 1974. He was supposed to be Dr. Dre's next big discovery, and he featured prominently on Dre's second album 2001. Hittman joined Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment in 1998, and although he has released a solo album, Hittmanic Verses on 24 October 2006, on Sickbay Records, Hittman is best known for his contributions to Dr. Dre's 6× platinum selling album 2001, with appearances on nine of the album's 22 tracks. This makes him the most represented of 2001's more than twenty guest artists. Read more about Hittman on Last.fm.
Contributors: Charis Henry (design/illustration), Brian Gardner (mastering), Dr. Dre (producer), Richard Huredia (mix), Jason Clark (art direction), Donn Thompson (photography), Stan Musilik (photography), Paul Foley (editor)
