Dr. Dre is well-known for his impeccable business insights and has been labeled as the highest-paid musician of the 2010s by Forbes. He earned a whopping $950 million dollars over the past several years, with much of the earnings being from the sales of his Beats headphones.
In fact, Dr. Dre climbed the ladder of success without the help of social media, unlike other artists such as Lil Nas X who rose to fame via Tik Tok challenges, and Cardi B who attracted people through her extraordinary rapping skills on Instagram.
Hating On Social Media
NME reported that in a recent interview with British GQ, Dr. Dre and entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine disclosed their distaste towards social media. Dre said that he would have hated social media had it existed when he was up and coming in his music or philanthropy business.
"There's a certain mystique that gets destroyed," he said. Dr. Dre added that he doesn't need anybody to know where he is every minute or what he is doing, or about to do in his personal life. These days, fame is all about likes, comments, and shares, and Dre believes that that's why 'people put music out every day.' As a way of marketing their talents.
Social Media Destroyed The Artist's Mystique
Iovine agreed with Dre, stating that he doesn't know the impact of Instagram and questioned how social media would have affected the famous musicians of the past.
"If Michael Jackson had Instagram, would he have ended up healthier? Who knows?" Iovine quipped.
It is a strange thought to look back at original artists and wonder what their careers and lives would have been like if social media had been around at that time. The impact of social media on today's society is clearly a huge one.
We now know why Dre isn't seen on social media very often!
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