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Hip Hop Icon Doctor Dré Lost his Vision While Battling Diabetes

Ed Lover and Doctor Dré became the faces of Yo! MTV Raps after the original host, Fab 5, stepped down.

Before MTV Raps, there wasn’t any television programming dedicated to Hip Hop. The pair will forever be engraved in Hip Hop history and helped pioneer the genre’s national influence on television.

Doctor Dré sat down with ABC 7’s, Here and Now, to talk about the legendary show’s rise and impact, and what he has going on now. The icon revealed that he’s dealing with serious health issues that is now impairing his eye sight.

“I’m a Type 2 Diabetic who’s lost his vision,” he said. “I have a foundation called the Doctor Dré V.I.C (Visually Impaired Can) Foundation. Basically, I’ve been going through a whole resurgence of my life. I stopped at one point and now I’m doing this. Through the blessings of the late-great Dick Gregory and some people he’d known, I’ve worked with some holistic doctors out there to change what goes in my body and actually work with trying to do the best to treat diabetes.”

Doctor Dré did share that his vision loss wasn’t because of his illness, but because he had his retinas reattached. He now has scar tissue behind his eyes from the procedure, but he says when it fluctuates, his vision briefly returns.

Although he felt like he was knocking on “death’s door” his faith kept him moving. Check out the full conversation below:

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Doctor Dré Reveals He Has Lost Eyesight To His Ongoing Battle With Diabetes (Video)

Doctor Dré and Ed Lover are behind many fans’ fondest memories of Hip-Hop on television. The former Yo! MTV Rap hosts added comedy, swagger, and lots of authenticity to the show between 1989 and 1995. Those TV talents extended to making music, 1993 film Who’s The Man?, and radio. For more than three years, Doctor Dré (aka André Brown) has publicly battled type 2 diabetes. In an interview with ABC 7 Chicago’s Here And Now, the Long Island, New Yorker updated fans on his condition. “I’m a type 2 diabetic who lost his vision,” Dre tells host near the conclusion of the special. “I have a foundation called The Doctor Dré V.I.C.” Dré later clarifies that he had a detached retina and scar tissue. He notes that, at times, his vision returns, sporadically. “I’ve been going through a whole resurgence of my life. I had stopped [working] at one point, and now I’m doing this. Through the blessings of the late, great Dick Gregory and some people he’s known, I’ve worked with different holistic doctors out there to change what goes in my body, and actually work with trying to do the best. We can treat diabetes.” Yo! Former MTV Host Doctor Dré Wants to Take Diabetes to Task Doctor Dré adds that he is planning an upcoming event promoting awareness, especially in the male community. The interview also features Dré recalling the origins of his career, stemming from radio and his role in Hip-Hop group, Original Concept. Yo! MTV Raps Host Doctor Dré Calls Straight Outta Compton “Straight Outta Fiction” (Audio) Doctor Dré and Chuck D currently have a publishing company. Brown has an upcoming text, Doctor Dré: Episodes 1989-1995. Those years neatly overlap with his MTV tenure.

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Doctor Dré Was Shooting a Music Video was Confused for Dr. Dre

The word around Pelham, NY on Sunday was that Dr. Dre was shooting a music video in the area with London-based pop star, Aaron Paul.

But it ended up being another Hip Hop physician, former Yo! MTV Raps, Doctor Dré. They filmed at Glamsense Divas Beauty Bar, which was transformed into a “glam Baptist church” set. Paul published I Don’t Care!: Lessons in Life, Love, Music & Boybands this year.

Paul was discovered by Simon Cowell while in London doing local open mics to head Cowell’s new group, Worlds Apart. Paul was initially hesitant about joining a boy band, but after some convincing from Cowell, him and the group went on to chart 5 top 10 songs in the UK and Europe, including ‘ Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel’, (featured in the Oscar-winning film “The Queen”), ‘Everlasting Love’, ‘Wonderful World’ (written by Aaron Paul & fellow band member Patric Osbourne), and their biggest hit “Could it be I’m Falling in Love.”

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