Dr Dre and Naomi Campbell are Carl Cox fans

Carl Cox would have met plenty of his fans over the years but there's probably no one as high-profile as Dr Dre.

As revealed by Coxy in a recent interview, it turns out Beats owner Dre was at Music Is Revolution at Space Ibiza once, revealing himself as an admirer of the Melbourne-based DJ.

When asked about the celebrities attracted to his White Isle night over the years, Cox said: "A while back my tour manager Ian tapped me on my shoulder and told me that Dr Dre was in the house and wanted to come and say hello. I laughed at him and carried on DJing thinking it was some look-a-like trying it on."

Coxy couldn't have been more wrong, though.

"The next minute Dre is standing in the DJ booth with some of his family. He said he just wanted to shake my hand and congratulate me for such a great night and that he had been a huge fan for a long time. Dr Dre? I couldn’t get my head round that one."

We already knew P Diddy was a sucker for the Balearic island, but now we know he went to Space and "rocked it out for half an hour with his hands in the air."

Oh, supermodel Naomi Campbell grabbed him to ask if he'd play at her birthday party, too. It's just a shame it was at the same time as he was playing.

Cox added: "Apparently she had been trying to get hold of me for ages to ask me if I could come and play at her birthday party with George Clinton. But it was that night. I was like, 'Naomi I am mid-set with thousands of people here, I can’t just walk off.”

We reckon Space will really miss him, you know.

[Via: DMCWorld]

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