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|name = Driyp Drop |
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|background = solo_singer |
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|image = Mac Dre.jpg|300px |
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|birth_name = Andre Louis Hicks |
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|alias = |
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|origin = [[San Francisco Bay Area]], [[California]], U.S. |
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[[Vallejo, California]], U.S. |
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1970|7|5}} |
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|birth_place =[[Oakland, California]], U.S. |
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|death_date = {{death date and age|2004|11|1|1970|7|5}} |
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|death_place =[[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S. |
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|religious_affiliation =Thizzlamic |
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|genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[West Coast hip hop]], [[Hyphy]], [[G-Funk]], [[Gangsta rap]] |
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|occupation = [[Rapping|Rapper]], [[record producer]], [[screenwriter]] |
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|years_active = 1988–1993; 1997–2004 |
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|label = [[Thizz Entertainment]] |
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|associated_acts = [[Andre Nickatina]], [[E-40]], [[Keak da Sneak]], [[Husalah]], [[B-Legit]], [[San Quinn]], [[Yukmouth]], [[PSD (rapper)|PSD]], [[Mac Mall]], [[Richie Rich (rapper)|Richie Rich]], Smoov-E (aka [[Eli Meltzer]]), [[Too Short]]|website = [http://www.rapbay.com/mac_dre/] |
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'''Andre Louis Hicks''' (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Mac Dre''', was an American [[rapper]], and the initial founder of [[Thizz Entertainment]], and the now defunct Romp Productions.<ref name="Mac Dre - Biography (BIO)">http://www.mac-dre.info/biography.php</ref><ref>http://www.sfbg.com/40/07/news_dre2.html</ref> |
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==Early Life & Career== |
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Andre Louis Hicks was born in [[Oakland, California]] on July 5, 1970 and moved to [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]] at a young age. He grew up in Vallejo, in the Country Club Crest, also known as The Crest neighborhood. He attended People's High School in Vallejo.<ref name=530NorCal>{{cite web|last=530NorCal|title=Mac Dre - Ghetto Celebrities Pt. 1|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOIzmrlNIzg|publisher=youtube|accessdate=2013-04-16}}</ref> |
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He reflects back on his childhood and states, "Situations came out for the better most of them, I went through the little trials and the shit that I went through." <ref name=530NorCal>{{cite web|last=530NorCal|title=Mac Dre - Ghetto Celebrities Pt. 2|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oacuOEv9xc|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2013-04-16}}</ref> |
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Mac Dre recorded his first three albums between 1989 and 1991.<ref name="Mac Dre - Biography (BIO)"/> |
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==Prison== |
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In 1992 Mac Dre was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after he refused the deal the police had offered him, which was informing law enforcement about his partners. At the time Hicks owned the record label, Romp Productions.<ref name="Mac Dre - Biography (BIO)"/> Subsequently, Hicks wasn't released from prison until 1997.<ref name="Mac Dre - Biography (BIO)"/> |
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Later J-Diggs, a member of the Romper Room crew and accompanying friend of Dre to Fresno, stated Dre had nothing to do with any robberies and was convicted for a refusal to give information to police: "All they wanted out of Dre was to say, 'Yeah, I knew they was going to rob a bank. I didn't have nothing to do with it.' He could've went home, but he kept his mouth shut. Out of the crew, Dre is the only person I can say went to prison for nothing, for basically not telling on nobody."<ref>http://www.sfbg.com/40/07/news_dre.html</ref> |
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While in Lompoc, Mac Dre would go on to obtain his G.E.D; he stated that, "I had nothing else to do, I had to go back and get mine".<ref>{{cite web|last=530NorCal|title=Mac Dre - Ghetto Celebrities Pt. 1|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOIzmrlNIzg|publisher=530NorCal|accessdate=2013-04-16}}</ref> |
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== Post prison == |
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During his time in prison, "Mac Dre Presents: The Rompalation" was released in 1996. After his release from prison in 1997, he recorded his second album ''Stupid Doo Doo Dumb''. It was released April 28, 1998. Following those albums, Hicks met with Executive Producer Bernard Gourley and recorded the album ''[[Rapper Gone Bad]]'' with production help from Tone Cappone, Lev Berlak, and [[Warren G]]. |
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He worked with well-known artists such as [[J-Diggs]], [[Keak da Sneak]], [[E-40]], [[B-Legit]], [[Brotha Lynch Hung]], [[Dubee]], [[Mistah F.A.B.]],[[Rydah J. Klyde]], [[Richie Rich (rapper)|Richie Rich]], [[Lil Ric]], [[San Quinn]], [[Mars (rapper)|Mars]], [[Yukmouth]], [[PSD (rapper)|PSD]], [[Andre Nickatina]], [[Mac Mall]], Smoov-E (aka [[Eli Meltzer]]), [[Messy Marv]], and [[Too Short]]. He also provided an uncredited hook to the track "Gotta Survive" from [[Young Lay]]'s ''Black 'N Dangerous'' album that featured [[2Pac]].<ref>{{cite news |
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| last = Caples |
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| first = Garrett |
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| title = Nation of Thizzlam: Mac Dre's Thizz label undergoes a rebirth. |
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| work= [[San Francisco Bay Guardian]] |
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| date = 2005-11-16 |
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| url = http://www.sfbg.com/40/07/news_dre2.html |
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| accessdate = 2006-10-14 }}</ref> |
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== Death == |
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On November 1, 2004, on a freeway in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], an unknown assailant began shooting at a vehicle in which Hicks was a passenger. The driver crashed and was able to get to a phone to call [[9-1-1|911]], but Hicks was pronounced dead at the scene from a bullet wound. There have been no leads as to the perpetrator, and the case currently remains unsolved.<ref name="SFGate Death">{{cite news|last=Bulwa|first=Demian|title=VALLEJO / Rapper Mac Dre slain in Kansas City / This time rumors of his death are true -- he was killed in a freeway shooting|url=http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-11-02/bay-area/17451799_1_vallejo-mac-dre-andre-hicks|publisher=SFGate|accessdate=2 December 2011|date=2011-06-24}}</ref> Hicks was buried at [[Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California)|Mountain View Cemetery]] in Oakland.<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14852945]</ref> In 2006, his tombstone was stolen from the cemetery.<ref>[http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20481644/mac-dres-mother-distances-her-sons-label-thizz]</ref> |
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==Discography== |
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''Main article:'' [[Mac Dre discography]] |
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===Solo albums=== |
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*1989: [[Young Black Brotha (EP)|Young Black Brotha]] EP |
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*1991: California Livin EP |
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*1992: What's Really Going On? EP |
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*1992: [[Back N Da Hood]] EP |
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*1993: [[Young Black Brotha (album)|Young Black Brotha: The Album]] |
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*1998: [[Stupid Doo Doo Dumb]] |
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*1999: [[Rapper Gone Bad]] (Re-Issued in 2004) |
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*2000: [[Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp]] (Re-Issued in 2003) |
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*2001: [[Mac Dre's the Name]] |
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*2001: [[It's Not What You Say... It's How You Say It]] |
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*2002: [[Thizzelle Washington]] |
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*2003: Al Boo Boo |
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*2004: [[Ronald Dregan: Dreganomics]] |
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*2004: [[The Genie of the Lamp]] |
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*2004: [[The Game Is Thick, Vol. 2]] |
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*2007: Pill Clinton |
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*2008: [[Dre Day: July 5th 1970]] |
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===Extended Plays=== |
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* 1989: Young Black Brotha |
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* 1991: California Livin' |
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* 1992: What's Really Going On |
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* 1992: [[Back n da Hood]] |
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===Compilations=== |
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*2002: [[The Best of Mac Dre]] |
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*2004: [[The Best of Mac Dre II]] |
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*2006: The Best of Mac Dre Vol. 3 |
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*2008: The Best of Mac Dre Vol. 4 |
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*2010: The Best of Mac Dre Vol. 5 |
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===Collaboration albums=== |
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*2001: [[Turf Buccaneers]] (with Cutthroat Committee) |
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*2005: Money iz Motive (with Cutthroat Committee) |
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*2005: [[Da U.S. Open]] (with [[Mac Mall]]) |
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*2005: [[15 Years Deep]] (with [[Da'unda'dogg]]) |
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*2007: DreDiggs: Me & My Cuddie (with J-Diggs) |
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*2007: Everybody Ain't Able (with [[Jay Tee]]) |
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*2008: [[A Tale of Two Andres]] (with [[Andre Nickatina]]) |
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*2009: Maccin' & Doggin' (with [[Da'unda'dogg]]) |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|California|Biography|Hip hop}} |
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* [[Hyphy]] |
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* [[Thizz Entertainment]] |
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* [[Ghost-riding]] |
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* [[Sideshow (automobile exhibition)|Rapbay]] |
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==External Links== |
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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14852945 Mac Dre] At [[Find A Grave]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Mac Dre}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Andre Louis Hicks |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Mac Dre |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Rapper |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1970-07-05 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Oakland, California]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 2004-11-01 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Kansas City, Kansas]] |
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}} |
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