Dre quickly capitalized on this notoriety, releasing multiple albums a year - in 2001 alone, he released four albums - and starting his own label, Thizz Entertainment. He became somewhat of a martyr to the Bay Area community, and upon his release in 1996 he was one of the area's most celebrated rappers.
He ran into a roadblock, both literally and figuratively, when he was arrested in 1991 for conspiracy to commit bank robbery.ĭre continued to record while in prison and much of his work during that time dealt with various figures in the law enforcement community. His first few albums, beginning with his 1989 debut, the Young Black Brotha EP, were competent, if generic gangsta rap. Born Andre Hicks in 1970, the Vallejo-based emcee began recording in the late 1980s.
By exposing his lighter side, Mac Dre presented a more realistic and three-dimensional persona that endeared him to at least two generations of Bay Area hip-hop fans. Whereas most rappers in the gangsta rap arena bank upon humorless braggadocio and empty threats, Mac Dre took a looser, more humorous approach to the genre. About Mac Dre Before his untimely death in 2004, Mac Dre had been a pillar of Bay Area hip-hop for over a decade.
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