About Doctor Dré
André Brown (born December 5, 1963), better known as Doctor Dré, is an American rapper, radio personality and former MTV VJ. == Early life == André Brown was born and raised in Westbury, New York, on Long Island. == Career == In the early 1980s, Doctor Dré was a DJ at WBAU, the radio station of Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. With three other DJs at the station, he formed the "Concept Crew", which began to create its own music. In 1986, they renamed themselves Original Concept, a hip-hop group that ultimately released their sole album, 1988's Straight from the Basement of Kooley High!, on Def Jam Recordings. In a 2018 interview, Doctor Dré described his early college work: I was in a black-music history class with Chuck D., [future Def Jam president] Bill Stephney, and [journalist] Harry Allen at Adelphi University. Bill was hosting The Mr. Bill Show on [Adelphi student station] 90.3 FM WBAU, and they brought me up there. And that's where I met Flavor Flav, who at the time was 'MC DJ Flavor'. I started a show called The Operating Room, where I interviewed people like Run-DMC, and we used to make songs which we played as promos for the show. Jam Master Jay encouraged me to take what we were doing to Russell Simmons.
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