COMPTON, Calif. -- Dr. Dre released his first album in the last 16 years on Thursday and plans to donate the royalties from the album to the city of Compton. Dre said this album will be his last one.

We already knew that Raleigh’s King Mez had packed his bags, left the Triangle and settled on the West Coast, where, almost immediately, he began working on something huge with legendary producer Dr.

Despite multiple Grammy Awards and numerous guest spots and production credits, Dre has only released two studio albums under his own name. In an interview with Philadelphia’s Power 99 radio station, ...