Oral history interview with Doctor Dre, New York, NY, November 5, 1998
Collection
Experience Music Project. Oral History Program
Interviewee
Doctor Dré
Production company
Good Cop Bad Cop Productions
Executive producer
Steven Wren
Production manager
Susan Reynolds
Interviewer
Bill Adler
Producer
Patricia Friedman
DateNovember 5, 1998
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.934.1
Text EntriesDoctor Dré (André Brown, b. 1963) is rapper, radio personality, former MTV VJ and host of Yo! MTV Raps from Westbury, New York. In the early 1980s, Doctor Dré was the DJ at WBAU and formed the Concept Crew with three other DJs at the station. In 1986, the group renamed themselves Original Concept and released an album on Def Jam Recordings, Straight from the Basement of Kooley High in 1988. Doctor Dré also starred in the 1993 film Who's the Man?,and also served as a DJ for the Beastie Boys.
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