Dre

Dre AKA Duke The Bossman Dre also known as Duke The Bossman is an MC, actor, host, poet, and producer born and raised in East Oakland, CA. He started competing in poetry slam at the age of 14, at the recommendation of his drama teacher Jan Hunter. His first slam performance at Tourettes without Regrets. He competed in the Youth Speaks Slam until he found The Berkeley Poetry Slam and have represented teams Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley and Team life sentences where he placed 4th in the nation at team piece Finals. Most recently wining 3rd place at the esteemed "Ill list invitational " Poetry slam. He started hosting the Berkeley Slam. In 2007, He met producer Kelleth Chin who offered Duke a record deal. In 2008 Dre created The High Decibels band. The High decibels placed #3 on CMJ top 200 Hip-Hop Charts. That gained the attention of Riptide Music Group in Hollywood, CA who offered them an exclusive licensing deal. Since then Duke has had his music placed ind dozens blockbuster movies such as Ted, Cabin In The Woods,Central Intelligence, and Good Boys. His music has been placed in dozens of TV shows including Blunt Talk, Shameless, Broad City, Parenthood, Mr. Mercedes and many more. Currently, Dre is workin on NFT music and art you can find on Opensea,Co-Founder of Digital Storytellers Non-Profit. You can find his music on Itunes, Amazon, and Spotify under the High Decibels. He most recently released an album called Out The Speakerbox and other called Color Me Black that was produced by The Rondo Brothers of Handsome Boy Modeling School and Foster the People.