Dr Dre is about to be awarded the first-ever Hip-Hop Icon Award on the 2023 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.

The ceremony for the awards is about to happen tomorrow (June 22) in Los Angeles, and the occasion is a celebration of fifty years of the hip-hop style.

On the 2023 version of the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, the 58-year-old music and tech mogul might be awarded for his contributions to the business and his influence on the style.

“Dr Dre’s groundbreaking early work laid a basis for Hip-Hop as we all know it in the present day,” mentioned ASCAP Chairman of the Board and President Paul Williams of the rapper.

“As a champion for a few of in the present day’s largest artists and a profitable entrepreneur, he modified the tradition round Hip-Hop. Dre continues to be a pivotal determine within the music business and we’re thrilled to recognise him with the inaugural ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award as we mark 50 years of Hip-Hop.”

Dre – whose actual title is Andre Romelle Younger – is taken into account a pioneer of contemporary hip-hop, and first rose to fame practically 4 a long time in the past as a member of World Class Wreckin’ Crue. He later discovered fame as a part of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. alongside Straightforward-E, Ice Dice and extra.

He was additionally the previous co-founder and co-owner of Demise Row Data, which represented artists together with Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, (earlier than it was taken over by the latter), in addition to the earlier winner of the ASCAP’s Founders Award in 2010.

Alongside being credited because the pioneer of the West Coast G-funk subgenre of Hip-Hop, Dre has additionally discovered fame after co-founding and growing quite a lot of music tech beneath Beats Electronics. The model was began in collaboration with Jimmy Iovine, co-founder of Interscope Data.

In different Dr Dre information, earlier this month, the artist and Snoop Dogg introduced that they’re transferring their upcoming Hollywood Bowl exhibits to October in a present of solidarity with the Writers Guild Of America (WGA) and their ongoing strike.

The exhibits, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of Snoop’s Dre-produced debut album ‘Doggystyle’, had been set to happen throughout two nights on the finish of the month – on June 27 and 28. They’re now set for October 20 and 21, with all beforehand bought tickets being legitimate for the brand new exhibits.

Elsewhere, he additionally introduced that uncommon limited-edition collectables might be launched in honour of his seminal album ‘The Persistent’s thirtieth anniversary.

The primary drop included three session tape fine-art print choices photographed by Jeremy Deputat, ‘The Session Tapes’ 1:1 reproduction set, the Session Tapes Outsized Replicas, and 4 limited-edition skate decks.