To mark the 20th anniversary of the release of legendary album 2001, Dre and Jimmy Iovine reminisce about the album’s creation and its legacy Beats 1 radio channel. In the interview, along with many things, Dre talks about “Forgot About Dre”:
“That was Eminem’s idea. He wrote the song for me and Snoop originally. He laid the reference vocals for Snoop and I liked the way he sounded. So we just kept it that way. I laid my vocals and that was it.” Watch the full episode on YouTube below: