Mac Dre
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US-amerikanischer Gangsterrapper
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Andre Hicks (July 5, 1970 - November 1, 2004), better known by his stage name, Mac Dre, was a Bay Area based gangsta rapper from the Crest side of Vallejo, California, active since 1988 and considered one of the predecessors of the hyphy movement. During his career in the rap world, he worked with artists like Andre Nickatina, Yukmouth, Snoop Dogg, Mac Mall, Dubee and Keak da Sneak. Career Mac Dre's music gained popularity in the early to mid 1990s throughout the Bay Area <a href="https://www.
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Mac Dre: Legend of the Bay<a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/movie/mac-dre-legend-of-the-bay/id1093970733?mt=6" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;background:url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.svg) no-repeat;width:165px;height:40px;"></a>
A documentary about hip-hop star and Bay Area legend Mac Dre. This film features interviews with some of the biggest rap stars in history, including Too $hort, E-40, Tech N9ne, and Wiz Khalifa. Narrated by Sway Calloway.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Family name
- Hicks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Kansas City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hyphy
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.legendofthebay.com
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- date of birth
- 1970-07-05
- date of death
- 2004-11-01
- place of burial
- Mountain View Cemetery
- manner of death
- homicide
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- pseudonym
- Thizzelle Washington
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- birth name
- Andre Louis Hicks
- name in native language
- Mac Dre
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Mac Dre (* 5. Juli 1970 in Oakland (Kalifornien), USA; † 1. November 2004 in Kansas City (Missouri); eigentlich Andre Hicks) war ein kalifornischer Gangstarapper. Er feierte in den 1990er Jahren mit seinem Label Thizz Entertainment und zusammen mit Szene-Größen, wie Snoop Dogg und Yukmouth, Erfolge.
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