In the wake of reports that Apple is in talks to buy audio equipment maker Beats Electronics, which recently launched a subscription music service, co-founder Dr. Dre and actor Tyrese Gibson may have confirmed that the $3.2 billion deal is happening via a video posted to Gibson’s Facebook page Thursday night.
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In the clip, which has since been removed from Facebook but surfaced on YouTube, Gibson says, “They need to update the Forbes list. Shit just changed.”
Dre then interjects, “In a big way, understand that. The first billionaire in hip-hop, right here from the motherf—ing West Coast, believe it!”
The full video, which includes explicit language, is below.
