{"id":107092,"date":"2016-06-16T18:49:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T16:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=107092"},"modified":"2016-06-16T18:49:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T16:49:39","slug":"former-host-of-yo-mtv-raps-doctor-dre-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/former-host-of-yo-mtv-raps-doctor-dre-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Host Of Yo! MTV Raps Doctor Dre Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThere\u2019s a good chance many don\u2019t know that hip hop has two doctors who go by the name of Dre<\/strong>. There\u2019s Dr. Dre<\/strong>, the Aftermath<\/strong> boss, and Doctor Dre<\/strong>, the DJ and former Yo! MTV Raps<\/em> host. For any fan of the latter and his ground-breaking work with Ed Lover<\/strong>, this is a \u201cgood news\/bad news\u201d situation. The bad news is that diabetes took his eyesight three years ago. The good news is that he\u2019s finally doing something about his health and wants to share it with the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy stubbornness put me where I\u2019m at. Now my energy is going to change that,\u201d Dre<\/strong>, originally born Andre Brown<\/strong>, told the New York Times. \u201cWe got young people, grown people, old, all having this. We can prevent this. We can cure this. I have an idea how to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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His idea revolves around a reality show chronicling his weight-loss surgery, his recovery, and share how the lifestyle he lived as a young man caught up to him 10 years ago when he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had that lifestyle of being out all the time,\u201d said Dre, now age 52. \u201cYou had to be, doing what we were doing. You had to be on the pulse. There was no TMZ or Kim Kardashian. This was the raw beginning. We had to be everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help him get his story to the masses, Dre reached out to Bill Adler, a former Def Jam exec who\u2019s name still rings bells in industry circles. Bill\u2019s got the money and the connects to make this dream a reality but more than that, he has the love for his friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cDre is an arbiter,\u201d said Bill. \u201cNow he has turned that skill to something crucial. There\u2019s a reason he has mostly spent his life behind the turntables or introducing other talent to the world. He wants to share his enthusiasm with other folks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dre is fully aware of how rampant diabetes is in black and brown communities but he also knows that helpful information isn\u2019t always accessible. He hopes that showing a change of lifestyle will inspire the next person to do the same. With that said, the project isn\u2019t coming together the way the two envisioned. Phone calls haven\u2019t been returned and emails haven\u2019t been answered, causing both of them a tad bit of frustration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are people I\u2019ve known for 30 years, and they haven\u2019t gotten back to me,\u201dBill said. \u201cDre just wants to share his enthusiasm with people. There are plenty of other folks who star in reality shows who are plainly narcissists, who are convinced every absurd thing out of their mouth has to be captured by a television camera. That is not Dre.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless if we get to see it or not, here\u2019s hoping the good Doctor\u2019s surgery is a rousing success and he\u2019s able to kick diabetes\u2019 ass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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