A Timeline Of The Couple’s Tumultuous Relationship

The hip-hop world was shocked when reports emerged that, after 24 years of marriage, Nicole Young filed for divorce from her longtime husband Dr. Dre, in 2020. Throughout their two decades of marriage, Andre and Nicole have shared ups and downs, controversies, and two children.

In fact, it hasn’t been an easy year for Dr. Dre, who had been hospitalized in 2021 with a brain aneurysm at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. While hospitalized, his Brentwood home became a target of home invasions involving four burglars. Per the Los Angeles Times reports, the suspects were arrested.

Though recent reports revealed that the judge has ordered the hip-hop mogul to pay his ex-wife a whopping $300,000 a month in “spousal support,” sparking more controversy about the former lovebirds’ tumultuous relationship.

To sum everything up, here’s a simplified timeline of Dr. Dre and his now-estranged ex-wife Nicole Young’s perplexing relationship.

Updated June 2024: Since Dr. Dre and Nicole Young’s divorce was finalized in 2021, Nicole has stayed out of the headlines. The same cannot be said about Dr. Dre, both positively and negatively. This is because in May 2024, it was announced that the Arizona Bowl would be presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop. But, in a more negative light, the woman who Dr. Dre assaulted in 1991, Dee Barnes, came out on social media to ask her followers for money. This was done because after Dr. Dre punched, slammed, and attempted to throw Dee down the stairs, her career in the music industry was over. As such, the incident that Dr. Dre would like to keep in the past, yet again, was brought to the forefront, casting him in a much less than favorable light.

10 Andre Young And Nicole Young Met For The First Time In The 1990s

Dr. Dre and Nicole Young met while Nicole was still married

Andre Romelle Young (Dr. Dre) met Nicole back in the 1990s. Career-wise, Dre was just climbing up to top the charts and later nurtured several talents until the late 1990s and early 2000s, like Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and more.

Interestingly, Nicole was still married to her then-husband Sedale Threatt. The two shared four years of marriage before calling it quits in 1996.

9 Dr. Dre And Nicole Young Tied The Knot In 1996

Dr. Dre and Nicole Young got married after three months of dating

Dr. Dre wrote a romantic letter to Nicole and their relationship began. It took them only four months of dating before they decided to settle down and tie the knot on May 25, 1996. Before getting married to the hip-hop star, Nicole was an attorney.

At the same time, Dre was building his Aftermath Entertainment empire after dropping out of Suge Knight’s Death Row Records. The imprint’s debut compilation album didn’t do too well until he signed Eminem in 1998 and dropped his sophomore album, 2001, and Em’s The Slim Shady LP a year later.

8 Dr. Dre And Nicole Young Welcomed Their First Child

Truice Young was born one year after Dr. Dre and Nicole Young got married

Not too long after the marriage, the couple welcomed their first baby, a son named Truice, in 1997. Hailing from California, Truice enrolled at the University of South Carolina and graduated in 2020.

Truice has a pretty close relationship with his father, and the two even got matching tattoos in October 2020.

Passionate for music from such an early age, Truice has worked as a producer for the likes of Mike G and others.

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7 Dr. Dre And Nicole Young’s Second Was Born In 2001

Truly Young is Dr. Dre and Nicole Young’s youngest child

Truice has a biological younger sister, Truly, who was born in 2001. Interestingly, the pair has a total of six other siblings from their father’s multiple relationships. This includes Curtis, an up-and-coming rapper under the moniker Hood Surgeon, and Andre Young Jr, from Dre’s relationship with Jenita Porter.

Unfortunately, the latter passed away from a heroin overdose in 2008.

6 Dr. Dre Stepped Aside From The Mic

Dr. Dre decided to take on a role as a producer after releasing his sophomore album in 2001

After dropping the 2001 sophomore album, Dre took more producing roles than stepping on the mic to focus more on his family. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Dre has produced Eminem’s first three legendary albums: The Slim Shady LP (1999), The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), and The Eminem Show (2002). Additionally, he also co-signed 50 Cent under the Shady/Aftermath joint deal and several other artists, including 50’s collective G-Unit and more.

5 Nicole Young Stood By Dr. Dre During Abuse Scandals

Dr. Dre was accused of physical abuse by two of Dr. Dre’s children’s mothers in 2015 and 2016

Dr. Dre is no stranger to women abuse controversies. Back in 2015, Michel’le, one of his baby mamas, accused him of abusing her during their time together and addressed it in her 2016 biopic Surviving Compton: Dre. Suge, & Michel’le.

Lisa Johnson, another woman who mothers his three children, also came forward with the same story, including the time when Dre abused her while she was pregnant.

“I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives,” the hip-hop mogul said, with her then-wife stood beside him during that time.

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4 Nicole Young Filed For Divorce

Nicole Young filed for divorce in June 2020 after over two decades of marriage

As mentioned, Nicole filed for divorce in June 2020. Ironically, the two made their last public appearance and held hands together at the Tom Ford Fashion Show not too long before the divorce news went public.

Laura Wasser, one of Hollywood’s top divorce attorneys who has also worked on Kim Kardashian‘s divorce from Kanye West, had been ruled out by the judge from representing Dr. Dre.

3 Nicole Young Accused Dr. Dre Of Physical Assault

Nicole Young accused Dr. Dre of two counts of assault in 2000 and 2001

Earlier in January, Nicole had accused his ex-husband of two counts of physical assault when he held her at gunpoint in 2000 and 2001. Dre has denied the allegation, saying that she’s using it as a strategy to get out of the prenup agreement.

“During our marriage, I considered calling the police several times; but, as I fell deeper into the abusive relationship, my fear of Andre outweighed any confidence I had that the police could help me,” she said.

2 Dr. Dre Called Nicole Young Out In A Song

Dr. Dre took his frustrations over the allegations and divorce out in a song

In February 2021, Dr. Dre channeled his frustration over the divorce legal proceedings in a song, and he was not subtle about it. DJ Silk previewed a new track featuring Dre and KXNG Crooked during an Instagram live.

“Trying to kill me with them lies and that perjury // I see you trying to f*** me while I’m in surgery // In ICU death bed on some money s*** // Greedy bitch take a pic // Girl you know how money get,” Dre rapped.

1 Judge Ordered Dr. Dre To Pay Spousal Support

Dr. Dre was ordered to pay $300,000 per month to Nicole Young

Things were not looking good for Dr. Dre, in 2021. In July 2021, a judge ordered the hip-hop mogul to pay nearly $300,000 per month in spousal support. However, the amount itself is quite a bit less than what Nicole was seeking in court, which was $1.9 million.

The divorce was finalized in December 2021. Dr. Dre agreed to pay Nicole $100 million to settle the divorce.