Upholding the company name for decades.
I hope he apologized sincerely, and if so good for him. But the fact is, this is what happens when violent, gangster rappers like Dr. Dre are welcomed as full members to the Establishment of American society. 25 years ago his albums were considered scandalous, far beyond the pale, feared and condemned by the mainstream, on the furthest edge of American pop culture. I know - I owned one of NWA’s albums and felt the need to hide it from my parents.
But less than a generation later, he is now part of America’s new ruling aristocracy, a spokesman for major American companies who without a hint of shame use him to promote their products. But every once in awhile, we are reminded with articles like this why Dr. Dre, and others like him, were shunned by a more prudent, responsible generation.