Why two guys named Dr. Dre?

How did there come to be two different people in the rap biz called Dr. Dre? There’s the one who hangs with Snoop and Eminem, and the one who hangs with Ed Lover.

Who was first? It’s hard to believe it could just be coincidence. Was there ever a fight about it?

Until just now, I didn’t know there were two. I only know the Dr. Dre who hangs around with Snoop Dogg and Eminem. So to me, he is the only Dr. Dre. I know he’s been around since the '80s, if that helps.

Who’s Ed Lover?

http://www.beastiemania.com/whois/dr_dre/

Well, AFAIK “Dre” is a shortened form of “Andre”, which is not that uncommon of a male name. Don’t know why they both decided to add “Dr.” in front. Maybe it’s just goes well with rhymes.

Ed Lover and the other Dr. Dre, a big fat guy, were the hosts of Yo! MTV Raps, the first show to really expose mainstream MTV viewers to rap and hip-hop music videos. The show is often cited by rappers as being very important and influential.

One is probably a chiropractor.

Or an osteopath.

Or just a PhD.

Always thought they were the same guy.

:o

For a while a couple years ago, HBO had a boxing show that was hosted by Ed Lover.

It was always on later at night and featured lesser fighters.

Might have been called “KO Nation” and had a hip-hop flava. I loved it, but it went away.

I never really faced much confusion with the two Dres.

In the 80’s “Dr. Dre” was just the fat host of that show. His popularity waned. Then, when “The Chronic” hit (in 91?) there was no mistaking Dr. Dre for the fat guy.

AFAIK, the Dr. Dre that hung out with Ed Lover never rapped. He just hosted Yo! MTV Raps and was in a few movies.

IIRC, Dr. Dre (from NWA, not the Yo! MTV Raps guy) chose his moniker as a take on Julius “Dr. J” Erving.

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Shows how with it I am. Had not a clue that there were two.

Has there ever been a Dr. Dre vs. Dr. Dre, who would win thread?

No and there never will be. the Ed Lover Dr. Dre is a fat, bad comedian/show host. The Dr. Dre that hangs out with Eminem was signed with Death Row records and also hung out with Sug Knight. Is there really any question???

OF course the Ed lover Dr. Dre would win!