André "Doctor Dré" Brown (born December 5, 1963) is an American radio personality and former MTV VJ.He was born in Westbury, New York.In the early 1980s Doctor Dré was a DJ at WBAU, the radio station of Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. With three other DJs at the station, he formed the "Concept Crew", which began to create their own music. In 1986, they renamed themselves Original Concept, a hip-hop group which released one album on Def Jam Recordings, Straight from the Basement of Kooley High in 1988; the group's best-known track was "Pump that Bass." Wikipedia