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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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Andre Hicks (Oakland (Califórnia), 5 de julho de 1970 - Kansas City (Missouri), 1 de novembro de 2004), mais conhecido pelo seu nome artístico Mac Dre, foi um rapper e hyphy americano e foi considerado como o criador da música thizz. Trabalhou com artistas famosos como Keak da Sneak, E-40, Baby Bash, B-Legit, San Quinn, Yukmouth, PSD, Andre Nickatina, Nate Dogg, Mac Mall, Ray Luv, Suga Free e Too Short, além de aparecer na faixa "Gotta Survive" de Young Lay. Faleceu em 1 de novembro de 2004 assassinado após os ocupantes de um carro pararem perto de sua van e abrirem fogo. Como vingança a isto, o rapper Fat-Tone foi morto em 2005 por um dos melhores amigos de Dre, Mac Minister.
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