Dr Dre said his experience “definitely makes you appreciate being alive, that’s for sure”.
The Grammy winner, 59, questioned whether he could have prevented the aneurysm by focusing harder on his physical strength, but learned the condition was hereditary and unpreventable.
“High blood pressure in black men, that’s just what it is. They call it the silent killer,” he explained.
African-Americans and Hispanics are about twice as likely to have a brain aneurysm rupture compared to caucasians, according to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation.
An aneurysm is the enlargement of an artery caused by a weakness in a blood vessel wall.
Most brain aneurysms only cause noticeable symptoms if they burst, leading to bleeding on the brain, which can cause a very serious condition and can be fatal.
