--- title: "Watch Elon Musk Drive a Tesla Onstage While Blasting Dr. Dre" description: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a big splash at last night's \"Cyber Rodeo\" event at the company's brand new Gigafactory in Texas." date: "2022-04-08" modified: "2022-04-08" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-tesla-onstage-dr-dre" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "the digest" --- # Watch Elon Musk Drive a Tesla Onstage While Blasting Dr. Dre ![Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a big splash at last night's "Cyber Rodeo" event at the company's brand new Gigafactory in Texas.]() *\Image: SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images\* ## Cyber Rodeo Tesla CEO Elon Musk [made a big splash]() at last night's "Cyber Rodeo" event at the company's brand new Gigafactory in Texas. His undyingly loyal fans were immediately ready to draw comparisons to Tony Stark from "Iron Man," and Musk did everything imaginable to play into that narrative. As if his aviator sunglasses and black cowboy hat look wasn't Hollywood enough — who knows, perhaps that was the intention? — the billionaire CEO decided to roll up to the stage in a black Tesla Roadster while blasting Dr. Dre's iconic 1999 rap song "Still D.R.E." https://twitter.com/WSBChairman/status/1512287496536743937 ## There's Always Next Year While opening [yet another massive factory]() is plenty of reason to celebrate, people were less optimistic about possible Cybertruck news. As predicted by many, Musk announced that the [oft-delayed truck]() will roll off the lot at the Texas facility no sooner than "next year." Fans have been waiting for their pre-ordered Cybertruck [since late 2019](). The company has subsequently pushed back the brutalist pickup several times. Originally slated for late 2021, the release is now looking like late 2022. The company's massive Semi truck and speedy Roadster are also scheduled to enter production next year — but we'll believe it when we see it. **READ MORE:** [Updated Cybertruck, Futuristic Robotaxi Teased at Tesla's Texas Cyber Rodeo]() \[*CNET*\] **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Cybertruck Mocked for Excessively Enormous Windshield Wiper in Leaked Video]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()