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Well done Dr Dre

All_Thaid_Up
All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
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The first billionaire rap artist. Who would have predicted that in the days of NWA.
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  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,399
    There's an interesting story behind Beats by Dre, if anyone's interested.

    http://gizmodo.com/5981823/beat-by-dre-the-inside-story-of-how-monster-lost-the-world
  • Joshuk87
    Joshuk87 Posts: 503
    Interesting read.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,466
    Chunes said:

    There's an interesting story behind Beats by Dre, if anyone's interested.

    http://gizmodo.com/5981823/beat-by-dre-the-inside-story-of-how-monster-lost-the-world

    That is interesting. It pretty much confirms that millions bought Beats for fashion reasons, as opposed to suddenly caring about sound quality.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Bought Dr Dre headphones for my daughter - and both sets fell apart after about a month of use.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,005
    Probably the worst head phones on the market, so he's done very well for himself.
  • Sparrows Lane Lion
    Sparrows Lane Lion Posts: 2,797
    JaShea99 said:

    Chunes said:

    There's an interesting story behind Beats by Dre, if anyone's interested.

    http://gizmodo.com/5981823/beat-by-dre-the-inside-story-of-how-monster-lost-the-world

    That is interesting. It pretty much confirms that millions bought Beats for fashion reasons, as opposed to suddenly caring about sound quality.
    Wish the millions of crappy iphone headphone users would buy new ones too
  • ColinTat
    ColinTat Posts: 2,794
    A phantom success. The genius is somebody elses, dressed up in the shit. I suppose the only good thing is that a company that screws everyone it can, got screwed buying an ephemral company that'll have dead market share in a few years.

    Everyone cheers, when this is just as hollow as the 'bankers' money making. Yay 50 cent made some useless sports drink, Yay Chris Evans made 200 million selling Virgin Radio whch operates on 70's medium wave. Who pays for it? You and I when we bail out the banks who've financed shit deals through myriad shit funds. Well done Dre for ripping someone off.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,872
    A billionaire?

    man, i wanna be a billionaire, so freakin baaaad
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Amazing confluence, apple look at Beats and think really poor quality, overpriced product being purchased for fashion reasons and thought, fits right in with the portfolio.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Not bad for a bisexual studio gangster who used to wear drag. When are we getting your new album Dre?

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  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    He's made more from these headphones than he ever did from music. Funny world isn't it
  • GreenWithEnvy
    GreenWithEnvy Posts: 1,847
    "You are now about to witness the strength of street power" - NWA
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,077
    Dr Dre's dead, he's locked in my basement!
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Its not a subjective thing, but you are twonk if you buy beats headphones, you're an even bigger twonk if you buy fake beats.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Did somebody call?
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    He can use all his money to finance social inprovements in Compton and other deprived areas of America.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    smudge7946 said:

    He can use all his money to finance social inprovements in Compton and other deprived areas of America.

    there's a lot of deprived areas of the states, would take a lot more than a billion to help that. Detroit and Camden .NJ are places that need it badly, and they alone would cost a lot more than a billion to help.
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    smudge7946 said:

    He can use all his money to finance social inprovements in Compton and other deprived areas of America.

    Would you?

    I am pretty sure he does a lot for charity already, why should he give up his money.

    At the end of the day he is self made billionaire good luck to him
  • Jarman
    Jarman Posts: 1,851
    ValleyGary said:

    Probably the worst head phones on the market, so he's done very well for himself.

    I'm sure he will appreciate the praise and acceptance of valleygary.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,116
    Sparrows Lane Lion said:

    JaShea99 said:

    Chunes said:

    There's an interesting story behind Beats by Dre, if anyone's interested.

    http://gizmodo.com/5981823/beat-by-dre-the-inside-story-of-how-monster-lost-the-world

    That is interesting. It pretty much confirms that millions bought Beats for fashion reasons, as opposed to suddenly caring about sound quality.
    Wish the millions of crappy iphone headphone users would buy new ones too
    Now they're the worst headphones made! Probably has more sound coming out than going in the ears.

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,005
    Jarman said:

    ValleyGary said:

    Probably the worst head phones on the market, so he's done very well for himself.

    I'm sure he will appreciate the praise and acceptance of valleygary.
    Most do.
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,869
    Not a billionaire , just the $800m actually . No idea how he'll get by on that .
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    He was worth $350m already, I think this takes him over the Billion mark
  • Jayajosh
    Jayajosh Posts: 2,880
    The_President said:

    Bought Dr Dre headphones for my daughter - and both sets fell apart after about a month of use.

    Yep, my son got his for a bargain price in Greece whilst on holiday and the damn things stop working before we got back in the UK. Waste of 15 euros.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,373
    Shame that we'll probably never get another album from him. 2001 was a masterpiece.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Best thing he's done is bring through Eminem.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    dizzee said:

    Best thing he's done is bring through Eminem.

    lol no
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,869
    cafctom said:

    Shame that we'll probably never get another album from him. 2001 was a masterpiece.

    2001 was good but the chronic however was a masterpiece
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,745
    All_Thaid_Up said:

    He was worth $350m already, I think this takes him over the Billion mark

    Only in America, their billion is just a measly thousand million

  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,857
    I don't think this has much to do with the headphones. Beats has a streaming service in the US and I think Apple wants to take on Spotify.

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