Dr. Dre’s 20 year old son, Andre Young Jr., was found dead at his family’s Woodland Hills, California, home Saturday morning.

Young Jr. was unresponsive when his mother went to check on him around 10 A.M. She immediately called 911 to alert paramedics, who pronounced him dead on the scene.

Young Jr.’s cause of death is not known at this time. Officials are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination, including a toxicology report, which could take up to 6 weeks.

It was said that Andre was out the previous night and returned home at 5.30 A.M.

The poor kid was only 20. It is so sad when someone is in the dawn of their life to have it just end like that. I cannot imagine what Dr. Dre must be going through to loose a son.

Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, rose to stardom in the 1980s with rap group N.W.A’s controversial album Straight Outta Compton. Dr. Dre later went on to produce and perform solo, winning a Grammy award in 1992 for The Chronic album’s single “Let Me Ride.”

He founded both Death Row Records and Aftermath Records and is recognized for bringing many rap phenoms into the mainstream, including Eminem, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dr. Dre and his entire family.