NWA: American Gangstas - RollingStone.com
Dre rubs his mountainous right deltoid through a snug black T-shirt, not quite allowing himself to wince. But in the middle of an overscheduled July afternoon, Dre — genre-shaping beatmaker. walking, bass-heavy headphone brand — exudes a leonine air of serenity and control, as if he's executive-producing his own behavior, moment by moment. A diamond-speckled watch is on his wrist ("I think it's a Rolex — it was a gift"), and crispy white Air Force Ones are on his feet (legend has it he wears a different brand-new pair each day). He's perched on the edge of an oversize brown leather ottoman in the dim lounge of the sleek, gated Sherman Oaks recording-studio complex he just bought and remodeled, after years of renting it out. "Right now, financially, I'm so fucking good," says Dre, with some understatement. Last year, when he and Iovine sold Beats to Apple Inc. , Dre took home roughly $500 million. "I'm not a billionaire yet, man," Dre says. Dre turned 50 in February, and has had a lot of chances lately to ponder the full breadth of his life's journey. A big-studio but credibly gritty movie version of N. W. A's story, Straight Outta Compton, is out on August 14th — Dre and his former bandmate Ice Cube were deeply involved as. Source: www.rollingstone.com
