It’s Dre’s birthday this Friday. Celebrate on Saturday at the Royal Room in Columbia City. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
This year’s Super Bowl halftime show was not so much a celebration of hiphop than a celebration of one of its brightest and most talented stars, Dr. Dre. This producer/rapper goes way, way back to a rap group few headz have any idea about, The World Class Wreckin’ Cru. It formed in the mid-80s and had a look that must be described as glam rap. The hard headz of the time only gave one of Cru’s tracks notice, “We Call Him Yella,” which was basically Run DMC in a
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