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Dr. Dre kneels with ex-49ers QB Colin Kaepernick in 'defiant' IG post

Colin Kaepernick knows a thing or two about defiance.

After kneeling for the national anthem while playing for the 49ers in 2016, Kaepernick drew the scorn of a huge swath of Americans and football fans alike, including President of the United States Donald Trump, who called him a "son of a b---h."

Hip-hop icon and entertainer Dr. Dre, who starred in HBO's "The Defiant Ones" chronicling his career alongside prolific record executive Jimmy Iovine, shared an Instagram post on Sunday showing him taking a knee alongside Kaepernick, with a simple caption.

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