Son of rap producer Dr. Dre found dead; Andre Young Jr. was 20

Son of rap producer Dr. Dre found dead; Andre Young Jr. was 20

Young had been out with friends the night before his mother found him unresponsive. Determination of the cause of death has been deferred until test results are in.

• By Andrew Blankstein and Chris Lee Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

August 26, 2008, 1:29 p.m.

Rap impresario Dr. Dre‘s 20-year-old son was found dead over the weekend in his Woodland Hills home, coroner’s officials said.
Andre R. Young Jr. had been out with friends the night before and was discovered in his bed by his mother at 10:24 a.m. Saturday, Los Angeles County coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter said.

"She found him unresponsive and called paramedics," Winter said, adding that an autopsy had been completed but that determination of the cause of death was deferred pending the outcome of a "gamut of tests, including toxicology."
Andre Young Sr., professionally known as Dr. Dre, released a statement to the media through a representative.

­­­ "Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son Andre Young Jr. Please respect his family’s grief and privacy at this time," his publicist, Lori Earl, said in the statement.

Young Jr. was the subject of a paternity dispute in 1990 when his mother, Jenita Porter, filed a lawsuit against Dr. Dre in Orange County Superior Court, seeking $5,000-a-month child support.

She said in the suit that although Young promised to support their then 2-year-old son before his birth, she had received only a small amount of cash, a few gifts and diapers during their four-year relationship.

In a legal answer to the suit, Dr. Dre, who was 25 at the time, admitted being the father of the child but said he promised to pay only $500 a month in support.

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