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In this Nov. 5, 2014, file photo, Dr. Dre attends the WSJ. Magazine 2014 Innovator Awards at MoMA in New York. Dr. Dre has lost his trademark fight against Dr. Drai. The rapper objected to the trademark application of the Pennsylvania gynecologist whose nickname is spelled differently but sounds the same. Dr. Draion M. Burch's website advertises that he's an &quot;obgyn and media personality.&quot; (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE - In this June 27, 2017, file photo, music mogul Jimmy Iovine, center, poses with rapper Dr. Dre, left, and producer Allen Hughes at the premiere of HBO's "The Defiant Ones" at the Time Warner Center in New York. The four-part documentary series tracks the lives of Iovine and Dre, and their unlikely partnership turning out hit records and creating Beats headphones, which they sold to Apple in 2014. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014 file photo, Dr. Dre attends the WSJ. Magazine 2014 Innovator Awards at MoMA in New York. Dr. Dre is pledging $10 million toward the construction of a performing arts center at Compton High School. The Compton Unified School District said Thursday, June 15, 2017, that the producer will help raise additional funds for the new facility, which is expected to break ground in 2020. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE - In this May 9, 2014 file photo, Beats Audio equipment is arranged for a photo next to an Apple laptop at Best Buy in Boston. Apple announced Wednesday, May 28, 2014, that it is acquiring Beats Electronics for $3 billion. Beats, the headphone and music streaming specialist, also brings the swagger of rapper Dr. Dre and recording impresario Jimmy Iovine. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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In this image provided by Apple, from left to right, music entrepreneur and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Beats co-founder Dr. Dre, and Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue pose together at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Apple is striking a new chord with a $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, a headphone and music streaming specialist that also brings the swagger of rapper Dr. Dre and recording impresario Jimmy Iovine. The announcement on Wednesday comes nearly three weeks after deal negotiations were leaked to the media. (AP Photo/Apple, Paul Sakuma)

Apple adds more swagger with $3B Beats acquisition

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FILE - This undated image released by Interscope Geffen A&amp;M shows IGA COO and president John Janick. Universal Music Group, the label’s parent company, announced Wednesday, May 28, 2014, that Janick will oversee IGA later this year after it was announced Wednesday, that label co-founder Jimmy Iovine will move to Apple. Apple announced it was acquiring Iovine and Dr. Dre's Beats Electronics, and its music service Beats Music for $3 billion. (AP Photo/Interscope Geffen A&amp;M)

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FILE - In this May 9, 2014 file photo, Beats Audio equipment is arranged for a photo next to an Apple laptop at Best Buy in Boston. Apple announced Wednesday, May 28, 2014, that it is acquiring Beats Electronics for $3 billion. Beats, the headphone and music streaming specialist, also brings the swagger of rapper Dr. Dre and recording impresario Jimmy Iovine. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Apple hopes to lift street cred with $3B Beats buy

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2013 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPad Air in San Francisco. Apple’s potential purchase of headphone maker Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion is just the latest example of how much Cook has deviated from Steve Jobs, who had so much confidence in his company’s innovative powers that he saw little sense in spending a lot of money on acquisitions. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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FILE - This Feb. 10, 2013 file photo shows music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine, left, and hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre at a Grammy Party in Los Angeles. It’s as if anything Iovine and Dre touches turns to gold: The dynamic duo marked epic-level success when they introduced Eminem to the music world 15 years ago, and their lucrative Beats by Dre business reached blockbuster heights following reports on Thursday, May 8, 2014, that Apple plans to by the headphone’s parent company, Beats Electronics, for $3.2 billion. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, file)

Dynamic duo: The success of Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre

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FILE - This Feb. 10, 2013 file photo shows music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine, left, and hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre at a Grammy Party in Los Angeles. It’s as if anything Iovine and Dre touches turns to gold: The dynamic duo marked epic-level success when they introduced Eminem to the music world 15 years ago, and their lucrative Beats by Dre business reached blockbuster heights following reports on Thursday, May 8, 2014, that Apple plans to by the headphone’s parent company, Beats Electronics, for $3.2 billion. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, file)

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FILE - In this April 1, 2013 photo, a man leaves an Apple store with an iPhone and an iPad in his hands in central Beijing, China. Apple is orchestrating a $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, the headphone maker and music streaming distributor founded by hip-hop star Dr. Dre and record producer Jimmy Iovine, according to a Financial Times report published late Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Report: Apple on verge of buying Beats for $3.2B

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