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Dr. Dre remained a crucial figure; his New York City-born protégé 50
Cent achieved multiplatinum status with 2003’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’, and
another protégé, Eminem, became perhaps the world’s biggest pop star when 8
Mile (2002), the loosely autobiographical film in which he starred, enjoyed huge
popular and critical success (his “Lose Yourself” won the Academy Award for
best song). However, Dr. Dre remained mostly silent for the remainder of the
decade, working on technology for a new brand of headphones but never releasing
an album after 1999. Eminem, whose outlaw status was challenged by his
Hollywood success, seemed adrift for a time, and the Los Angeles style
exemplified by Dr. Dre in the 1990s lost much of its power.
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