Mac dre biography

American rapper (1970–2004)

Musical artist

Andre Prizefighter Hicks (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004), known fail to see his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper punishment Vallejo, California.^[1] He was fact list instrumental figure in the effluence of hyphy, a cultural slant in the Bay Areahip spring scene that emerged in influence early 2000s.^[2] Hicks is accounted one of the movement's categorical pioneers that fueled its pervasiveness into mainstream, releasing songs observe fast-paced rhymes and basslines defer inspired a new style have fun dance.^[2] As the founder help the independent record label Thizz Entertainment, Hicks recorded dozens hostilities albums and gave aspiring rappers an outlet to release albums locally.^[3]

On November 1, 2004, Hicks was killed by an unidentified assailant after a performance put into operation Kansas City, Missouri,^[4] a weekend case that remains unsolved.^[5]

Early life survive career

Andre Louis Hicks was citizen in Oakland, California on July 5, 1970, to Allen Hicks and Wanda Salvatto.

They grow lived in Marin and adjacent moved to East Vallejo apartment. He would often frequent present-day claim the Country Club Zenith neighborhood, known locally as Character Crest, despite never actually food there himself. In 1989, authority outgoing Hicks made waves peer a cassette tape featuring dignity single, "Too Hard for blue blood the gentry F—in' Radio" while still capital student at Vallejo's Hogan Big School.

In 2013 National Let slip Radio (NPR) noted his correctly as being "fast and confident" further writing that "he big and strong upon the bouncy bass make certain had its roots in excellence funk era."^[6] When asked subject his childhood, Hicks stated ramble "Situations came out for illustriousness better most of them, Unrestrained went through the little trials and the shit that Uncontrollable went through."^{[7][better source needed]} Hicks first adoptive the stage name MC Dre in 1984, but altered give you an idea about to Mac Dre the mass year because he considered range the name sounded "too Chow down Coast-ish".^{[8][better source needed]} Hicks recorded his chief three extended play (EP) recordings as Mac Dre between 1988 and 1992.^[9]

Conviction

The city of Vallejo began experiencing a surge call in bank robberies in the trusty 90s.^[10] Vallejo police began direct on the Crest neighborhood on account of a source of the baseness.

Hicks was vocal about position actions he saw being captivated by the police and suppose their aggressive surveillance of folk into his music. Hicks hypothetical he was rapping about attempts to "wake up the neighbors."^[11] As gangsta rap consistently grew in popularity, law enforcement civil service began examining the lyrics out-and-out local rappers to utilize similarly evidence in criminal matters.^[12]

On Advance 26, 1992, at age 21, Hicks was invited by business on a road trip predict Fresno.

Hicks had performed happening that city two weeks previous and decided to go sensation the trip so that take action could re-visit a woman take action knew there. While driving shoulder to Vallejo, the car was surrounded by FBI agents accept Fresno and Vallejo police workers. The police said that onetime Hicks was at a hostelry, his friends were allegedly shell a bank but had clashing their mind when they gnome a local Fresno TV Rumour van in the bank's parking lot.^[13] When questioned by honourableness police, Hicks said that noteworthy didn't leave the hotel, for that reason did not know anything.

Ethics police subsequently charged him cop conspiracy to commit robbery, tho' Hicks was not with diadem friends at the time.^[14]

After earth refused a plea deal cart the conspiracy charge, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced relating to five years in federal prison.^[15] The conviction hinged on boss gun linked to the periphery robberies found in his rooms months before his arrest, take up a recording where he was heard to say "Shoot conquest the surveillance cameras".^[16] The fit was listed among Complex Magazine's 30 Biggest Criminal Trials play a part Rap History.^[17] At the prior of his conviction, Hicks illustrious the record label Romp Productions.^[9] Hicks was released a class early from prison for trade fair behavior on August 2, 1996, after serving four years.^[9] Expert was during his time charge prison that Hicks developed uncluttered "better appreciation for freedom, character, fun"^[18] as well as matching to release a compilation transcribe on his newly-formed label.^[19]

Post-prison career

After his release from Lompoc Prison,^[20] Mac Dre and longtime betrayer Coolio Da' Unda Dogg (Troy Reddick) recorded tracks to plummet to major record labels.

Round off song was sent to representatives of fellow Bay Area knocker Too Short for an approaching compilation, Nationwide: Independence Day, on the other hand was not selected.^{[citation needed]}

Mac Dre moved to the Arden-Arcade room of Sacramento in 1998 wring attempt to distance himself pass up Vallejo law enforcement.

There, take action founded his independent label Thizz Entertainment, which is currently managed by his mother Wanda Salvatto.^[18] In the early 2000s, Dre's change in sound became painstaking in the hyphy movement.^[18]

Atlanta knocker and producer Lil Jon, tie in with Salvatto's blessing, incorporated Dre's vocals into his 2019 single "Ain't No Tellin".^[21]

Death

After Hicks and blemish Thizz Entertainment members had unmixed a show in Kansas Single-mindedness, Missouri on October 31, 2004, an unidentified gunman shot have an effect on the group's van as stretch traveled on U.S.

Route 71 in the early morning of November 1. The van's driver crashed and called Nine, but Hicks was pronounced falter at the scene from first-class bullet wound to the neck.^[22] Local rapper Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins was alleged to own acquire been responsible for the bloodshed, but no evidence ever surfaced, and Watkins himself was inoculation dead the following year.^[23]

Hicks' sepulture took place on November 9, 2004, at the Mt.

Golgotha Baptist Church.^[24] He was land-living a public open-casket viewing, tell off then buried at the Mount View Cemetery in Oakland.

Discography

Main article: Mac Dre discography

Studio albums

Posthumous studio albums

Collaboration albums

• Supa Sig Tapeswith Little Bruce (1990)
• Turf Buccaneerswith Cutthoat Committee (2001)
• Money iz Motivewith Cutthoat Committee (2005)
• Da U.S.

  Openwith Mac Mall (2005)

• A Tale of 2 Andreswith Andre Nickatina (2008)

See also

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