Born June 6, 1986 DeAndri Raffaele Sheppard aka D.R.E is a Hip-Hop/Rap artist, songwriter & producer from Detroit, MI. After years of recording features & working with various local artist, producers & labels D.R.E released his first two solo singles "Get It Like Me" & "Kool Kidz" in 2011. In May of 2012 D.R.E released his 1st self titled EP & the "Before It Was Written" mixtape.

D.R.E Blog #1: This Blog is a update to last years D.R.E Video Blog #1 http://youtu.be/FAGChhtiyV8. I've since worked with Tero Law & other Versitile Records artist such as Bran Martez. In the summer of 2011 I collaborated with Career The Brain, Yung Rome, Senior Mentality, Rare Mind & Young Tay to form the Ivy League Regime. In April of 2012 I featured on Career The Brain's "Ashin Kusher: Save The Tree's Kill The Roaches" mixtape available at: http://careerthebrain313.bandcamp.com/album/ashin-kusher-save-the-trees-kill-the-roachs-2. In May of 2012 I released my first self titled EP & the "Before It Was Written" mixtape available at: 1AndOnlyDRE1.bandcamp.com/ as we'll as became a member of ASCAP's perform