Hip Hop Tuesdays: Mac Dre

Andre Louis Hicks (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004)

Rapper, Record label founder and Record Producer, Mac Dre, was active from 1984, but a 5 year robbery conviction in 1992 derailed his career until his release in 1996. He subsequently founded a second record label but was shot to death in 2004. Please take a listen here and Happy Hip Hop Tuesday: Back in Da Hood, What's really going on? and Young black brotha

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Dre

Background information
Birth name	Andre Louis Hicks
Also known as	Mac Dre, Furly, Silky Slim, Mac Dreezy, Pill Clinton, Al Boo-Boo,Ronald Dregan, Thizzy Marley
Born	July 5, 1970 Oakland, California, U.S.
Origin	Vallejo, California, U.S.
Died	November 1, 2004 (aged 34) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop, Hyphy, West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper, Record Producer,Screenwriter, Movie Director
Years active	1984–2004
Labels	Thizz Entertainment