Thursday, 28 May 2015

The fabulous life of Dr. Dre, one year after Apple acquired Beats, for $3 billion


With an estimated net worth of $700 million, Dr. Dre is one of the wealthiest men in hip-hop. Only Diddy, with an estimated wealth of $735 million, is worth more.

According to Forbes, Dr. Dre earned a whopping $620 million before taxes in 2014, the biggest paycheck of any entertainer in history.

Apple acquired Beats Music and Beats Electronics, the music company Dre started with Jimmy Iovine in 2008, for $3 billion in May 2014.

In honor of the anniversary, we're taking a look at how the fabulously wealthy rapper spends his millions.



For his Spring Fashion Week show in September 2014, Marc Jacobs provided each attendee with a pair of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones.


Just a few weeks after the Apple deal was announced, word spread that Dre had paid $40 million for the 14,000-square-foot Brentwood mansion that New England


Dre owns a 5.79-acre plot of land in Hidden Hills. It's currently on the market for $14.5 million.


There's also the 8,800-square-foot home on Malibu's Carbon Beach, also known as Billionaires' Beach. It appeared on the market for $12.5 million in 2012


Dre married attorney Nicole Threatt in 1996. Together they have two young children: a son named Truice and a daughter named Truly.

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