Dr. Dre

A dominant force in hip-hop music for over three decades, Dr. Dre was a former member of the groundbreaking and controversial group N.W.A., which helped to foment the gangsta rap scene, before assuming his own successful career as a solo artist and producer for such chart-topping acts as Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and countless others. Dre was also instrumental in the development of the "G-funk" sound, a West Coast-style of rap that featured …