Dr. Dre to Star in Apple's First Original Television Series

Saw this comment on 9to5Mac and thought that it was great.

"After paying billions for Beats it’s clear Apple is struggling to find things for “Dr. Dre” to do at their company. Firing him would be a PR disaster, might even lead to a lawsuit. So it appears they’ll just play the role of an expensive daycare and let him play all day, making worthless content that no one wants."

The only thing that's worthless is the comment. Despite my misgivings about Apple continuing to associate him with their brand due to his past personal behavior and alleged violent crimes, he's been hugely, hugely successful in both his art and his business. He's a very smart guy. The daycare comment is pretty insulting. There's a ton of people that do want his content. Whether Apple wants to associate itself with decadent rap lifestyle is a different question.

One reason why this is more risky than Netflix or Amazon producing shows is that those shows are purely fictional. They're self-contained pieces of artistic content. But this rumored TV show is based on real life events by an executive at Apple. That feels like too much exposure to criticism of the company itself.
 
dre isn't relevant anymore. He can't rap, he can't act, and he doesn't produce anymore. Soundtrack for Compton was terrible. The headphones are weak too.
This show should be great.
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The only thing that's worthless is the comment. Despite my misgivings about Apple continuing to associate him with their brand due to his past personal behavior and alleged violent crimes

Does this guy look like he could be involved in violent crimes?

He's just a producer who was never in the streets. All his lyrics are written for him by other artists.

Don't believe everything you read.

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He's a misogynistic imbecile and should be in prison not getting his multi-billion dollar employer to promote his oh-so-wonderful past and what-a-great-man he has become....what a total farce Apple is turning into.
 
I don't know what makes me cringe more: the entire idea behind this, the show itself, or the fact that it would be released on "Apple Music" (which would be an iTunes cluster-**** all over again).
 
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At least they could have used someone who is actually interesting and not so PC. Not to mention someone who is not part of the corporation.

What next? Challenging Micky D's for worst MacFastFood? :confused::rolleyes:
 
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