Dr. Dre

This month's issue of XXL celebrates Beats Electronics with the first ever magazine cover featuring Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and Eminem. Beats By Dre initially took over the industry with their headphones six years ago. Now Beats is at it again with the brand's newest endeavor, Beats Music, a music streaming service which focuses on the curation of playlists by genre experts (including XXL)... Read M

With today marking Dr. Dre's 49th birthday, one has to admire that fact that after over 30 years in the game, Dre has hardly aged a bit. With that said check out XXL's "Dr. Dre Doesn't Age."

Dr. Dre turns 49 today. With the unveiling of our cover featuring heavyweights Dre, Eminem and Jimmy Iovine that highlights the launch of Beats Music, we thought it was only right to revisit some of the Compton rapper’s earlier work. Comb...

Dr. Dre is reportedly asking his former label, Death Row Records to cough up $3.05 million in an unpaid royalties lawsuit. The suit dates back to Dre's album sales leading all the way up to present day digital sales, all of which Dre has not collected on...

Have you ever had to look twice at a magazine because of the odd imagery plastered on cover, wondering how and for what reason a rapper was chosen to be portrayed in such a abnormal manner? Well this gallery is full of those! Gathering up a bunch of those odd occasions, XXL presents "Rappers Plastered On Odd Magazine Covers ."...

After much anticipation, Beats Music has arrived. Today (Jan. 21), Beat Music enters the arena of music streaming subscription service with an official launch in the U.S. Developed and led by respectable names such as Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre, Luke Wood, Trent Reznor and Ian Rogers, Beats Music aims to deliver a personalized and curated listening experience that’s never been done before. "... R

With a new movie and album on the way, it seems as if Ice Cube will forever heavily be relevant in the realm of hip-hop. Even though Cube has been in the game for over 30 years and is a well respected veteran, it's boggling to one that Ice Cube's stardom never fades with fans as enthusiastic about his happenings as when he first hit the scene in the late 1980's...

After four long years, Ice Cube is making his triumphant return to hip-hop in 2014. Everythang’s Corrupt will be the West Coast OG's 10th solo studio album, slated to hit stores on May 13. The iconic rapper took his fame in music and built a career as an actor, churning in mega hits such as the Friday and Barbershop franchises, a series of action movies and, most recently, a lead role alongside Ke

When Jay Z declared that there were new rules to this music industry, he wasn't kidding. King Hova's deal with Samsung to release his Magna Carta...Holy Grail album made his project platinum in a day, and forced the RIAA to redefine what constituted a sale in an ever-shifting business landscape. ...

Dr. Dre's The Chronic turned 21 today, and the Death Row classic has put the label back in the headlines of late. The label's chief engineer Rick Clifford did an interview with the 2Pac Forum Channel this week where he talked about the real reasons behind Dr. Dre...

The classic album's two most overlooked contributors break down the music, the legacy, the drama and much more.

On this day, Dec. 15, in hip-hop history, Dr. Dre dropped his debut album, 'The Chronic.'