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Dr Dre and ex-wife finalise $100m divorce

Dr Dre, left, pictured with Nicole Young in 2018
Dr Dre, left, pictured with Nicole Young in 2018

The rapper, producer and businessman, who made a fortune with the sale of his Beats headphone firm Beats By Dre to Apple, keeps the bulk of his wealth, including seven California houses, six cars and his stocks.

Dr Dre real name Andre Romelle Young was married to Nicole Young for almost 24 years and the couple have two children Truice, 24, and Truly, 20.

Under the terms of the divorce settlement that took 18 months to conclude, Ms Young will get $50m (Ugx 177,243,800,000.00) immediately and the other $50m in one year, sources have told NBC News.

Also Ms Young leaves the marriage with all her jewellery as well as four vehicles, a Rolls Royce, Range Rover, Escalade limousine and Spyder motorcycle.

Ms Young, 51, is required to move out of their home in Malibu,California, by the end of the month and must also pay for her own legal fees which are believed to run into millions of dollars according to the agreement.

The 56-year aged Dre who is worth the equivalent of £620m [Ugx2,967,918,362,620.00] will keep the bulk of his wealth including his master recordings, trademarks and interests in various partnerships and trusts.

He will also retain all his Apple stocks, which includes proceeds from his sale of Beats which were bought by Apple in 2014 for $3bn [Ugx 4,786,504,267,000.00]

The musician will keep six vehicles and seven of the couple's properties, including the Malibu home, two homes in Calabasas in the hill’s northwest of Los Angeles, and four other properties in the LA area, including a $100m estate in Brentwood, west of Beverly Hills, according to sources.

Rolling Stone magazine reported that Dre was apparently "delighted" that his ex-wife would get just one-fifth of his liquid assets and that she would have received more if she had settled sooner.

Rapper Dr Dre says hes doing great after treatment for brain aneurysm.

Dre's ex-wife initially filed for divorce in 2020, claiming she had been abused and had suffered "post-traumatic stress syndrome"

On two occasions, MS Young said in court documents that Dre held a gun to her head and also punched her head in 1999 and 2000 but Dr Dre has always denied these allegations.

The rapper, who made his name with NWA before a lucrative career as a solo artist and producer for a range of top hip hop stars such as Eminem,2Pac and Snoop Dogg, was originally reported to have divorced in early December, when he was seen in a photo underneath balloons that spelled out "DIVORCED AF".

At the time it is understood the divorce settlement had not been signed.

Nicole Young is reported to be a lawyer by profession and to have been previously married.

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