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While it may be true that you may not have forgotten about Dre, chances are that there are several things that you may not know about him. As you may already know, Dr Dre is a multimillonaire rapper/music producer who was the orginal founder of the "Beats" headphones. He orginally entered the hip hop industry back in and is curretnly regarded as one of the most influyancial indiauls within the hip hop industry. Here are that you may not know about him.

1) Headslammer

In 1990, Dr Dre slammed Tv personality Dee Barnes's head into a brick wall before he kicked her in the ribs and punched her in the back of the head. She intially interview Ice Cube as to which she spoke about the beef that Ice Cude was having with Dr. Dre. The show was featuring
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So much so that many people beleieve that you cant truly call yourself a Californian hip hop enthusiats if you have never heard it. Even though the songs features Tupac as the main artist and Dre as sthe backup artist, it was orginally set to be Dre's first single for the album "Aftermath." However, Suge Knight placed 2pac on the second verse, which essentially made it Tupac's song.

3) Dr. Dre And Tupac Did Not Get Along During Their Time At Death Row
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Dre with the Lifetime Acheivement award, when suddenely, a mysterious man appeard and asked Dre for his autogrpah. After whicih, he subsequnetly attacked Dre. Even though the incident was eventually siutated, in 2005 the NY Post reported that the individual "Jimmy James Johnson" was paid appxoamtiely $5000 by Suge Knight, to attack Dre during the award show.

5) Only One Of Two Producers To Recive Producers Of The Year

Besides Neptunes, Dr. Dre is the only hip-hop producer to have ever won the Producer of the Year awardf at the Grammys. The album that he produced that go him an award at the grammy for producer of the year was "The Marshall Mathers LP" which sold appxormiailtey 1.76 million within the first week of its relase.

6) Dr Dre Started The Phrase And Song"F--- Tha Police"
N.W.A is known for being the first group to coin the phrase "F--- That Police." In an interview that was conducted in 2007, Dr Dre proclaiimed that he came up with the phrase after police offers caught them riding around with a paintball gun that they used to shoot people who were waiting at a bus stop. When they were caught, the officer made the members lide face down on the pavement as they pointed guns at the back of their heads. Dr. Dre proclaim that this swas the inspiration for the popular song and quote "F--- Tha

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