Hip-hop legend Dr. Dre was in intensive care Tuesday night with what is believed to be a brain aneurysm, several media outlets reported.
TMZ, Deadline and other newsrooms quoted sources saying the 55-year-old rapper, producer and business mogul was being treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Dre made his name a member of the incendiary gangsta rap group N.W.A. and went on to make solo hits including “Nothin’ But a G Thang” and “The Next Episode,” along with crafting music for Eminem, Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, Eve, Jay-Z, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Xzibit, the Game, Anderson .Paak and many more.
A six-time Grammy winner, he also found success outside of rap, producing Top 10 pop hits for Gwen Stefani, Michel’le and Mary J. Blige.
Dre founded Beats Electronics in 2008 with Jimmy Iovine and six years later they launched a streaming subscription service, Beats Music. Apple acquired both in a $3 billion deal in 2014.
Contributing: Associated Press
