Dr. Dre Suffered Three Strokes

Three years ago music producer Dr. Dre was hospitalized after suffering from a brain aneurysm [click here if you missed that].

Now Dre admits he also suffered three strokes while in the hospital...

From People Magazine  

In a new interview on SiriusXM’s This Life of Mine with James Corden, the rapper and record producer opened up about having "three strokes" while in the hospital for his 2021 brain aneurysm and how the experience made him "appreciate being alive."

Looking back on how the ordeal began, Dr. Dre recalled waking up with an abnormal feeling behind his "right ear," which soon turned into "the worst pain" he'd ever endured. "I got up and I went on about my day, and I thought that I could just lay down and take a nap. My son had a female friend that was there and was like, 'No, we need to take you to the hospital,'" he said.

Dre opted to go to an urgent care facility instead, but the doctors said his situation was too "serious" and required a trip to the hospital. "Next thing you know, I’m blacking out. I’m in and out of consciousness, and I ended up in the ICU. I was there for two weeks," he detailed. "I’m hearing the doctors coming in and [saying,] 'You don’t know how lucky you are.'"

At the time, the Death Row Records co-founder questioned whether he could've "prevented" the aneurysm by focusing harder on his physical health. "Nobody could give me an answer. I had no idea that I had high blood pressure or anything like that because I’m on my health s---. I’m lifting weights, I’m running, I’m doing everything I can to keep myself healthy," said Dre.

Ultimately, the Grammy winner learned the condition was "hereditary" and unpreventable. "High blood pressure in Black men, that’s just what it is. They call it the silent killer. You just have no idea, so you know, you have to keep your s--- checked," he advised.