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Semi-protected edit request on 13 August 2023

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Dre Is an Businessmen FlamingknightC (talk) 19:43, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —Sirdog (talk) 07:55, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

$800M

Lead says: "He was the second-richest figure in hip hop as of 2018 with an estimated net worth of $800 million." Needs a {{Citation needed}}. Additionally, this is not an "as of 2018" thing, but an "in 2018" thing. --2001:1C06:19CA:D600:8135:37:E1B9:753B (talk) 15:57, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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In personal life there is a misspelling.

He remains one of the wealthiest muiscal artists.

It should be

He remains one of the wealthiest musical artists. BadBrooder (talk) 14:03, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Liu1126 (talk) 14:52, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video Games

Dr. Dre and his music are the main focal point of "The Contract DLC"^[1] for Grand Theft Auto Online.^[2]^[3] He does the voiceover for the in-game character "Dr Dre."

^ https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/GTA_Online:_The_Contract?so=search]https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/GTA_Online:_The_Contract?so=search
^ https://www.rockstargames.com/gta-online
^ https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_Online

JohnnyLeutner (talk) 08:51, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Young Performing Arts Center

The article says that the project is expected to break ground in 2020. This happened in 2022: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-08/dr-dre-compton-high-school-donation 195.171.120.250 (talk) 08:23, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://gta.fandom.com/wiki/GTA_Online:_The_Contract?so=search]https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/GTA_Online:_The_Contract?so=search

[2] ttps://www.rockstargames.com/gta-online

[3] ttps:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_Online

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