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.”
