Dr. Dre Reflects On Experiencing Three Strokes After Suffering A Brain Aneurysm

Dr. Dre speaks out on his journey after suffering a brain aneurysm.

During an interview with James Corden on SiriusXM’s “This Life of Mine,” the hip-hop music mogul recounted experiencing “three strokes” while hospitalized for his brain aneurysm in 2021. Dre detailed how his condition deteriorated significantly after being hospitalized due to pain behind his right ear.

“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. 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,” the famed rapper/producer said. “I’m hearing the doctors coming in and ‘You don’t know how lucky you are.'”

Dre also revealed that he experienced three strokes within that two-week period. Additionally, he was informed that he had high blood pressure, which caught him off guard as he had been maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“I’m lifting weights, I’m running, I’m doing everything I can to keep myself healthy,” he added. “I said, ‘Would that have prevented it if I had worked out a little bit harder or ate different or something like that?’ It’s like, no. That’s hereditary.”

Nevertheless, despite the hurdles he had to cross, Dre says the health scare gave him a new outlook on life.

“When you go through that situation, it’s crazy especially when I was on my way home from the hospital because possibly, that couldn’t have happened,” Dre said. “I don’t know. It’s crazy, so now knowing that I had no control over that. It’s just something that could happen out of the blue.”