He has an estimated net worth of $740 million; he has produced albums for and overseen the careers of 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, The Game, and more recently, Kendrick Lamar. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment, and Beats Electronics, who produce those beautiful and much admired headphones; and a company that was acquired by Apple, in 2014, for about $3 billion; he is the American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur, the man who lives and breathes music, Dr Dre.

Whilst he is known most for his work behinds the scenes, he has featured in his fair share of iconic songs: they include Dre Day, No Diggity, Forget About Dre, Still Dre, and I Need A Doctor.

He is a self-titled perfectionist and is known to pressure the artists with whom he records to give flawless performances. When you read about it life, it is had not to think about Steve Jobs.

Without further delay, then, here are 5 lessons about that very perfectionist side of his character, his insane worth ethic, thinking different, and intuition.

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