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, hip hop pioneer, and record producer based in Vallejo, California.
He was instrumental in the emergence of hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip hop scene that emerged in the early 2000s.
Hicks is considered one of the movement's key pioneers that fueled its popularity into mainstream, releasing songs with fast-paced rhymes and basslines that inspired a new style of dance.
As the founder of the independent record label Thizz Entertainment, Hicks recorded dozens of albums and gave aspiring rappers an outlet to release albums locally.In 2004, Hicks was killed by an unknown assailant after a performance in Kansas City, Missouri, a case that remains unsolved.
Early life and career
Andre Louis Hicks was born in Oakland, California, on July 5, 1970, to Allen Hicks and Wanda Salvatto. They then migrated to the Vallejo area. He would often visit The Crest, the Country Club Crest neighborhood in the United States. Although still a student at Vallejo's Hogan High School in 1989, the outgoing Hicks made waves with a cassette tape containing the single "Too Hard for the F---in' Radio." "He built upon the bouncing bass that had its roots in the funk period," NPR's name expanded. "Situations came out for the good part of them," Hicks said about his childhood. "I went through the little trials and the shit that I went through." In 1984, Hicks first used the stage name MC Dre, but later changed it to Mac Dre the following year because he felt that the word sounded "too East Coast-ish." Between 1988 and 1992, Hicks appeared on his first three EPs as Mac Dre.
Post-prison career
After being released from Lompoc Prison, Mac Dre, and longtime collaborator Coolio Da' Unda Dogg (Troy Reddick) in 2013, he began to pitch to major record labels. One song was sent to representatives of fellow Bay Area rapper Too Short for a forthcoming compilation, but it was not chosen.
In an effort to separate himself from Vallejo law enforcement, Mac Dre relocated to Arden-Arcade, California, in 1998. He founded Thizz Entertainment, which is now owned by his mother Wanda Salvatto. Dre's change in sound in the early 2000s made a difference in the hyphy movement.
Lil Jon, a Atlanta rapper and producer, incorporated Dre's vocals into his 2019 album "Ain't No Tellin."