Corey Hawkins is an American actor. He played Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton and has appeared in films such as Kong: Skull Island, In The Heights, The Apple Original Film The Tragedy of Macbeth, and The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Hawkins has also been in the series The Walking Dead and 24: Legacy. He has popular songs including Prisoner of My Mind and Workin' featuring Timbaland and Black Thought.