Ne-Yo Says Dr. Dre Passed Him Up For Not Being Hood Enough

Dr. Dre Once Rejected Ne-Yo Because He Wasn’t Hood Enough

Popular R&B singer and actor Ne-Yo, recently did an interview with Billboard where he discussed a time Dr. Dre passed him up for another artist because he apparently wasn’t hood enough.

Ne-Yo recounted the time he got the chance to schedule a meeting with Dr. Dre to showcase his song writing skills and music.

“It was potentially to sign me as an artist, so I go in & every track that he gave me already had a song on it. He was trying to decide between me and this other artist,” Ne-Yo began.

 

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“So he would play the track and say, ‘You think you can write something to this? And then he would play the song that was attached to the track. At the end of the meeting he ended up going with the other guy cause he was a little bit more ‘hood’ than I was”

Neyo’s story did however have a happy ending after that pass up. Later on that evening he ran into another producer, they eventually linked up in Miami, and both collaborated with Mario to create the hit single “Let me love you”.

When a door closes another opens they say!