In a lengthy profile, D Magazine examines Garland, Texas, rapper Justin Mohrle, a 23-year-old white kid who is being billed as Dr. Dre's new protégé. The young talent was handed off to Dre by rapper The D.O.C. after the former Death Row artist heard his demo. Now Mohrle is being molded by the same man who helped push Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, The Game and many others to superstardom, not to mention creating one of the most recognizable company's in music with Beats Electronics. Yeah, the kid knows he is in good hands.
"With the situation I'm in, Dre could decide to drop a track tomorrow, and then I might not be able to ever go to the mall again like this. Just us. By myself," Mohrle told the magazine.
Mohrle was coached as to what he could and could not talk about during the interview, giving whatever Dre's camp is working on a mysterious aura. The D.O.C. offered an explanation, however. The tracks he and Mohrle -- aka JT --worked on are going toward a bigger project.
"That's the way this house is rolling," The D.O.C. said. "We're all putting our energy toward building another classic for The Good Doctor. Then he's going to take his time to help us build a classic for the youngster."
As Consequence of Sound speculates, this project could be Dre's highly anticipated follow-up to 1999's 2001, Detox. It could also be something else, something Dre has been cooking up to take some of the pressure off the Detox hype machine. Either way, Mohrle is lucky to be a part of it. He is even luckier to be receiving help from Dre once it is all finished.
Dre and his crew made sure most of Mohrle's old demos and rough cuts were removed from the Internet. You can check out the some of his work below, completed under the name Love, JT.
