The rapper and hip-hop’s “first billionaire” owned the tri-level, contemporary beach house for 26 years

In early 1998, Dr. Dre, riding high off the success of NWA and his new label, Aftermath Entertainment, received a demo tape from his business partner, Jimmy Iovine. Lovine described the tape to Rolling Stoneas a "pissed off white guy" who "sounds like his pants are on fire.

*Dr. Dre has completed the sale of his Malibu beach house, finalizing an off-market deal for $16.5 million. According to Architectural Digest, the hip-hop icon originally purchased the nearly 9,000-square-foot property in 2000 for $4.

The legendary producer’s long arc from Compton hitmaker to global entrepreneur has finally placed him among the world’s wealthiest individuals. Dr. Dre has spent decades shaping the sound and business of modern hip hop,

T.I. revealed that Dr. Dre contributed production to his final album, _Kill the King,_ as the Atlanta rapper prepares for his retirement from music.