Dr Dre’s son names his favourite song Dr Dre song
It must be strange to live as the child of a global superstar, but for Truice Young, that’s just the reality. His dad is Dr Dre, but Truice takes it in his stride, and he’s even something of a fan of his dad’s work.
During a conversation on Big Boy’s Neighborhood in early 2025, Truice opened up about some of the challenges associated with being Dre’s kid. For one thing he found it difficult to trust new people growing up, wary that they were using him to get something from Dre.
“It was always a second thought,” Truice said of his reservations with new people. “It almost became second nature actually, just knowing that’s probably what people are looking for when they talk to me.”
Things were particularly bad for Truice when his dad launched his Beats by Dre line of headphones, which would have happened just as Truice was entering his adolescence. Beats was something of a cultural phenomenon at the time, and everybody wanted a pair.
“I remember when Beats came out,” Truice noted. “Everyone at school came up to me asking for Beats and headphones every other day.”
But for all the challenges of being Dre’s son, there are obvious benefits, too. Truice inherited from his father a love of music, and, today, he is trying to make it as an artist himself. Presumably having a musical mastermind of a father has come in handy from time to time.
Truice has worked with his dad in the studio, with Dre even rapping on ‘Holy Water,’ a track from Truice’s debut EP Vices, released in 2025. Clearly Truice respects his dad’s musical talents, and he even admitted on Big Boy’s Neighborhood to listening to some of Dre’s songs. “Oh man,” he said, “he’s got so much stuff I love to listen to.”
When pressed by Big Boy to select a favourite song, Truice knew his answer. “My favorite record of his is probably ‘Let Me Ride,’” he said, referring to the third and final single to be released from The Chronic. Truice loved that song, and he also revealed a little tidbit about it that his dad had told him.
“That’s the only song he’s ever done is one take all the way through,” Truice said. “One take, all the way through. I dunno if he’s told anyone that before, but it’s something he told me when I was playing the song.”