Mac Dre

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-07-05 (34 years old)

Deathday

2004-11-01

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, U.S.

Mac Dre

Biography

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 bass lines 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 ...

Acting

2006

2003

2008

2015

Mac Dre: Legend of the Bay

as Self (archive footage)

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