Andre Louis Hicks , better known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper, and the initial founder of Thizz Entertainment, and the now defunct Romp Productions. Mac dre was a real as nigga Andre Hicks was born in Oakland, California and moved to Vallejo at a young age. In the early 1980s, Hicks began his rap career under the stage name "Mac Dre", and by the middle of the 1990s his music had gained wide-spread popularity throughout the Bay Area thanks in part to the independent music distributor: . Mac Dre recorded his first three albums between 1989 mac dre and 1991. In 1992 Mac Dre... was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. At the time Hicks owned the record label, Romp Productions. His many references to "Romper Room" in his songs, bore a similarity the "Romper Room Gang", a group of robbers who had been victimizing banks and pizza parlors in Vallejo. Following allegations by authorities about his membership in the gang, Hicks was sentenced to five years in prison. He refused a deal offered by law enforcement authorities that would have required him to inform on other gang members.
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| Birthdate: | July 5, 1970 |
| Birthplace: | Oakland, California |
| Date of death: | November 1, 2004 |
| Also known as: | Mac Dre, Mac Drizzle, Mac Dreezy, Mac Drevious, Thizzelle Washington, Mr. Furly, Thizz King, Pill Clinton, Ronald Dregan, The Make it Happen Cap'n, Andre McEnroe, Andre Maccassi, The Thizzard of Oz, The Mac Named Dre, and Thizzy Marley |