Dr. Dre’s Look-A-Like Son Reveals Why He Did Not Meet Him Until Age 20 & What That Was Like
Curtis Young eventually reached one of Dr. Dre’s lawyers and that’s how the ball got rolling with the paternity test to confirm Dr. Dre is his dad:
“The first time I met my father was at the Sky Bar. We did a DNA test,” recalled Curtis. “I called his attorney Howard King and got in touch with him and told Dre what was up and we took a DNA test. That’s when we found out I was his son.”
He then explained why that time was tough on him as he tried to find his own identity within his Dad’s identity:
“You’re going through all this and you’re trying to find yourself, that’s a whole different period I went through,” said Curtis. “I was like, ‘I just want to be just like him [Dr. Dre]. I’m going to wear khakis and I’m going to be a gangster.’ It just really wasn’t me. I grew up in Compton, not that I’m no punk or anything, but I never had that in me. Everybody knew me and I was cool. I was the ladies man. Something that I had to grow into was just being Curtis Young. Curtis Young is a grown and sexy vibe, just talking about the life stories that I’ve been through. I had it rough. It’s not your average story.”
