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Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine documentary series The Defiant Ones coming to HBO
Hip-hop moguls Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are one of music’s most successful yet unlikely tandems. HBO is telling their story with a huge documentary event.
The cable network announced The Defiant Ones, a four-part documentary from director Allen Hughes (Menace II Society) on the longtime business relationship between Dre and Iovine. The series will follow Iovine, “the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman,” and Dre, who came “straight out of Compton,” through their solo careers and their partnership, which led to founding Aftermath Records, finding Eminem, and creating the instantly recognizable Beats Electronics brand.
Hughes filmed the pair over a three-year period and also interviewed Bono, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen, Ice Cube, and more. Unearthed footage of old recording sessions from their early years — including moments with Springsteen, N.W.A, Eazy-E, and Stevie Nicks — will also appear in the documentary.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/08...y-defiant-ones
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It seems Stevie will appear also in an interview in the documentary:
HBO documentary tracks bond between Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine
PASADENA, Calif. — The Defiant Ones focuses on an unlikely relationship between two of the most influential people in popular culture.
The four-part HBO documentary, which premieres this spring, looks at the bond between two entertainment icons: rapper and producer Dr. Dre, a Compton native known for N.W.A. and Death Row Records, and music mega-producer Jimmy Iovine, son of a Brooklyn longshoreman. The pair founded the multi-billion-dollar entertainment entity, Beats Electronics.
Defiant follows their paths through recording studios, giant mansions, corporate boardrooms and even criminal courts.
"It's about the relationship of a white guy and a black guy who both grew up in racially charged areas. There was something about it and we just hit it off," Iovine told television critics Saturday (Dre wasn't present for the panel.). The pair dealt with "some pretty tough times and some pretty dangerous times (and) some circumstances that were never in entertainment before. We got through it."
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He hopes the relationship between two very different people can provide an example in "a country in this moment that is so screwed up in this area. We stayed together under some of the most difficult circumstances you have."
Iovine, who has produced John Lennon, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen and U2, says he was taken by Dre's brilliance immediately.
"The day I met Dre and saw what he does and heard what he does, he couldn’t shake me with a stick," says Iovine, who then related some advice he had received: "If you bump into a genius on a beach, never let him go."
As for the Beats partnership, Iovine said the two wanted to make headphones that sounded great and looked cool. "All the headphones at that time looked like medical equipment."
The Allen Hughes-directed documentary, which was filmed over three years, features interviews with a hall of fame of music stars and moguls, including Bono, David Geffen, Eminem, Nas, Ice Cube, Gwen Stefani, Jon Landau, Tom Petty,
Stevie Nicks, Trent Reznor, Snoop Dogg, Bruce Springsteen and will.i.am.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/t...vine/96585588/