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Dr. Dre, the world renowned hip hop mogul, raised eyebrows among African Americans in the early part of 2013 by announcing his $35 million gift to the University of Southern California, which boasts an endowment of nearly $4 billion. Forbes Magazine has estimated his net worth at upwards of $250 million, much of which has […]

  Just as you started to believe the “Beats by Dre” era was at a standstill, the company receives a huge investment from a private…

  Just as you started to believe the “Beats by Dre” era was at a standstill, the company receives a huge investment from a private…

Help wanted! Diddy is hosting what he calls the “biggest global talent search for on-air talent.” The media mogul recently posted a video calling for…

Gary With Da Tea is reporting part two of “R&B Divas: LA” reunion may have caused a boycott against Dr. Dre‘s Beats By Dre. Apparently his…

Entertainment

Andre Young, also known as the hip-hop master producer Dr. Dre, has pledged $35 million of his own money in  a $70 million collaboration with producer and co-founder of Interscope records Jimmy Iovine to begin a program in his and Jimmy Iovine’s name at the University of Southern California.  The Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine have donated a combined $70 million to create a new institute at the University of Southern California, the school announced Tuesday night. The huge gift from the two who have been music business partners in […]

Every year ESPN Magazine uses their “Music Issue” to bring together the worlds of sports and music. This year, they got popular NBA player LeBron…

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Dr. Dre has out-earned Sean “Diddy” Combs and Shawn “Jay-Z" Carter to land atop "Forbes Magazine’s" Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, with earnings of $110 million in the past year. The financial haul, made between May, 2011, and May, 2012, was largely from sales of his Beats By Dre headphones. Diddy came in a distant second […]

Music

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Upscale headphone maker Beats Electronics is buying music subscription service MOG in an attempt to improve what goes into playback devices as much as what comes out of them. Beats, founded by rapper Dr. Dre and recording executive Jimmy Iovine, has devoted its brand to high-quality sound. But headphones and speakers […]