Dr. Dre to pay ex-wife Nicole Young $100 million in divorce settlement

Hip-hop icon Dr. Dre and his wife of 25 years, Nicole Young, have reached a financial settlement in their previously finalized divorce.

TMZ.com on Tuesday reported that Dr. Dre, born Andre Young, 56, and Nicole Young, who is in her early 50s, filed a property agreement in which the rapper will pay his ex-wife $50 million now and $50 million next year. The website estimates Dr. Dre's net worth as $820 million, largely from his company Beats Electronics and earlier as a co-owner of the seminal rap label Death Row Records.

He and Nicole Young, born Nicole Plotzker, who is the ex-wife of retired NBA player Sedale Threatt, have two children, son Truice and daughter Truly, both in their 20s. The couple married on May 25, 1986, and Nicole Young filed for divorce in June 2020; it was finalized earlier this month. Dr. Dre, a founding member of the rap group N.W.A., has four other children from previous relationships; a fifth, Andre Young Jr., died in 2008 at age 20.