Doctor Dre of Yo! MTV Raps Needs Our Help

Doctor Dre has made his mark on radio and television, in the movies and in print, working successively as a recording artist (as a founding member of Def Jam’s Original Concept), hip-hop DJ (he was the Beastie Boys’s DJ during the Raising Hell Tour in 1986) , composer, talent scout, on-air personality, actor, author, and critic. He’s undoubtedly best-known as the co-host with Ed Lover of “Yo! MTV Raps” (1989-1995), the tv show that did more than any other to make rap music and hip-hop culture global phenomena. After “Yo!”, Dre and Ed duo funneled their chemistry into major market radio. They held down the morning show on New York’s Hot 97 (1993-1998), then on L.A.’s The Beat (2000-2001), and finally on New York’s Power 105 (2003-2006).

What’s less well known is that Dre has been struggling with the effects of advanced Type II diabetes for a long time. Dre‘s announcement that the illness had robbed him of his eyesight was one of the ways he’s gone on to “wag[e] a public battle with diabetes” — as a story in the New York Times described his efforts in 2016.

Now, sadly, Dre‘s condition has taken a turn for the worse and he lost his right leg to diabetes. He has since been fitted with a prosthetic, and is now learning how to walk with it. If the good Doctor remains true to his unsinkable form, he may someday be running marathons using that prosthetic. Dre‘s insurance stopped paying for his stay in the rehab center on July 20. He requires both a physical therapist and an occupational therapist, neither of whose fees are fully covered by insurance.

The great man needs help to move on to the next stage of his life. Please help Doctor Dre donating here.