With “California Love” playing in the background, Dr. Dre joined Compton school and community leaders this weekend to break ground on a new, $200-million campus for Compton High School.

“Compton,” the new album from Dr. Dre — producer, music executive, kingmaker and co-founder of N.W.A — was released on Apple Music’s streaming service Thursday night, while on other ...

From what could be gleaned about background on Compton is that Dre was inspired to create this record while being on set for Straight Outta’ Compton , the critically acclaimed biopic chronicling ...

Jayson Greene talks with some of the key collaborators behind Dr. Dre’s Compton to find out how the 50-year-old hip-hop icon arrived at his uncharacteristically ragged and dark new sound.

Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, second from right, greets students during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Compton High School campus on Thursday. Dr. Dre donated $10 million toward the construction ...

So we’ve known for a while that Dr. Dre was very much a part of making Straight Outta Compton, the movie chronicling the rise of his ground-breaking hip hop group N.W.A.. As a producer alongside ...

“This here’s Dr Dre! And I’ve pulled this one out of the vault! Come on!” Shouting over the top of the unreleased ‘Naked’ – played for the first time on his Beats 1 show The Pharmacy ...

DT: Part of me wonders if Dre was less inspired by Compton than listening to Kendrick’s last two albums. Obviously he had a role in Kendrick’s debut, but so far feels like he didn’t want to ...

Dr. Dre, left, has given $10 million toward a performing arts center on a new Compton High School campus. Also locally, he and music mogul Jimmy Iovine are backing a magnet school. (Christina ...