Dr. Dre showed up to Coachella, and people lost their minds

Kendrick Lamar also showed up to Ice Cube's Saturday night set.
Dr. Dre showed up to Coachella, and people lost their minds
Dr Dre joined the surviving members of NWA onstage at Coachella. Credit: GETTY images

While Ice Cube's Coachella set last Saturday was likely the most energetic and star-filled of the weekend -- MC Ren, DJ Yella, Snoop Dogg and Common -- there was a very important person very obviously missing.

Then again, Dr. Dre hadn't performed with N.W.A. in 27 years, so it seemed like a longshot until Saturday night when the producer came to Indio for a performance that will go down in Coachella history.


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According to fan footage posted online, after performing with MC Ren and DJ Yella, Cube asks, "Is there a doctor in the motherf*cking house?"

That's when Dre came out to perform "Still D.R.E." -- and the crowd lost it, understandably. According to Rolling Stone, they followed it up with Tupac's "California Love."

Kendrick Lamar also showed up during Ice Cube's set for a performance of his To Pimp a Butterfly Black Lives Matter anthen "Alright."


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