'Makes you appreciate being alive': Dr Dre reveals he had three strokes following 2021 brain aneurysm

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Dr Dre is being candid about his health after a brain aneurysm more than three years ago.

During an interview on 'This Life of Mine with James Corden' on SiriusXM, the hip-hop music mogul recalled experiencing "three strokes" while receiving treatment for a brain aneurysm in 2021.

Dr Dre opens up about having three strokes in 2021

The rapper and record producer talked candidly about having "three strokes" while receiving treatment for his 2021 brain aneurysm on SiriusXM's 'This Life of Mine with James Corden'. He said the ordeal helped him "appreciate being alive."

When considering how the event started, Dre remembered that he woke up feeling strange behind his "right ear," which quickly developed into "the worst pain" he had ever experienced.

"I just woke up and I felt something right behind my right ear, and I almost felt like the worst pain I ever felt," Dre told Corden as he described the events leading up to his aneurysm.

"I got up and I went on about my day, and I thought that I could just lay down and take a nap. My son had a female friend that was there and was like, 'No, we need to take you to the hospital,'" he remarked, according to PEOPLE.

Though Dre chose to visit an urgent care center, doctors declared that Dre's condition was too "serious" and that he needed to be admitted to the hospital.

"Next thing you know, I’m blacking out. I’m in and out of consciousness, and I ended up in the ICU. I was there for two weeks," the 'I Need A Doctor' artist said, before adding, "I’m hearing the doctors coming in and [saying,] 'You don’t know how lucky you are.'"

The Grammy winner eventually learned that the illness was "hereditary" and could not be cured. "High blood pressure in Black men, that’s just what it is. They call it the silent killer. You just have no idea, so you know, you have to keep your s*** checked," he said.

Dre admitted to Corden that he "had no idea" he had high blood pressure at the time since he worked out and did "everything I can to keep myself healthy."

Dre went on to clarify that before he was in the clear, his health got worse. "It’s just something that you can’t control that just happens and during those two weeks, I had three strokes," he stated.

The American Heart Association reports that 55% of adult Black individuals have high blood pressure and that later in age, they suffer from disproportionately high rates of severe high blood pressure.

Dr Dre appreciates 'being alive' but didn't make 'significant change' in his life

Although someone going through something so intense could influence their perspective on life, Dre did not alter in a "significant" way afterward.

"I’m not saying, 'OK, I’m just gonna go f***ing crazy because who knows if the lights are gonna come out tomorrow.' I don’t think about it like that," he remarked. "I just think it was something that just happened to me," the rapper added.

He did, however, feel that having a health concern "makes you appreciate being alive" more than it had previously.

"When you go through that situation, it’s crazy especially when I was on my way home from the hospital because possibly, that couldn’t have happened," Dre added.

"It’s crazy, so now knowing that I had no control over that. It’s just something that could happen out of the blue. You wake up and you go, 'S***. OK, I’m here,'" the rapper further added.

Dre and longtime friend and partner Snoop Dogg recently launched Gin & Juice, an alcoholic beverage firm, TODAY reported.

Dr Dre is frequently seen attending events, such as the NBA games, the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop, and the 2023 Met Gala and Grammy Awards.

Dre notably joined Eminem, Mary J Blige, Snoop Dogg, and Kendrick Lamar on stage for the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show.