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In the recent years Ive been more accepting of monetizing the legend, the name and Ive formed Andre Lewis Enterprise Company. Antwine is no stranger to the legal system himself. I put that on everything. Andre Louis Hicks (July 5, 1970 November 1, 2004), known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper from Vallejo, California. When they arrived, they found Laursen dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Not feelin the heavy-handed tactics, Dre recorded Punk Police, proclaiming his innocence, in which he raps, They said some banks were robbed, and I fit the description / But thats drama, so save if for your mama / Im not criminal-minded, punk police / Ima dope rhyme dealer, not a money stealer, and You labeled us a ruthless G-A-N-G / But the biggest Gangstas are the VPD / They hate to see me drivin a car I bought / They hate how I talk, I cant spit on the sidewalk. He even went as far as to call out VPD detective David McGraw, the cop he felt was most responsible for the harassment. Get Right 9. In an interview with Kansas Citys The Pitch from 2005, Detective Babcock said that hes convinced that Fat Tone did not kill Mac Dre. But a local news crew had caught wind of the robbery over the police scanner and had prematurely gone to the bank. But when it came to Hicks' death, he said, the rumor had legs. The 21-year-old prostitute - a possible witness to the killings of Watkins and Akins was shot and killed Nov. 4 in Fairfield. According to authorities, just minutes later, at around 3:30 am (which would now be November 1), while Dres van was heading northbound on U.S. 71 Highway (now known as I-49), a stolen Infinity G36 pulled along the drivers side of the van and unloaded shots into it from an assault rifle. Dre got jumped into The Crest. He symbolized hope for a lot of people who came from the same poverty stricken areas as he did. If I thought Tone was responsible for the murder of my folks, I would have cleared him publicly in order to make him comfortable enough to come to Vegas in the first place so I could avenge my folks death. Just hours before the killings, Hendrix said, MGM Grand cameras recorded Dow leaving the hotel with Watkins and Akins. In 2016, Drake even brought out Mac Dres mother, Mac Wanda, at a sold-out show he did at the Oakland Arena in 2016 for his Summer Sixteen Tour. Bay Area rapper Mac Dre began his career at 18 and quickly became an influential force in early west coast hip-hop. There, he founded his independent label Thizz Entertainment, which is currently managed by his mother Wanda Salvatto. All rights reserved. Could this be a cryptic way of saying it was Tone and Cowboy, or have others passed on, too? The father told police that he rescued his daughter once, in the month before the killing, but that she voluntarily returned to Las Vegas. Macnificent 15. Davila seems to feel guilty for the role he played in his friends death and has tried to find ways to tell detectives since getting arrested in 2006. Dre was just straight music. Dre, born Andre Louis Hicks, would drop the word in his breezy, synth-filled songs, helping foment the hyphy movement of the early 2000s, and even renamed his Vallejo-based record label Thizz . Cancers. In 2004, Mac Dre was murdered in Kansas City. Born Andre Hicks on July 5, 1970, in Oakland, California, he was raised in Vallejo, California in the Country Club Crest neighborhood, often called "The Crest," or "Crest Side" by its residents. [8][bettersourceneeded] Hicks recorded his first three EPs as Mac Dre between 1988 and 1992. In a police report that Babcock wrote in November 2004, Whitmill allegedly told the detective that Mac Dre agreed to come to Kansas City and perform two live shows for a total of $12,500, with the first $6,000 to be paid immediately as a deposit. Mouton testified under an alias, according to Gray. We started hanging out, selling dope, hustling, drinking, partying every Friday and Saturday night. However, just as Dres music career began to take off, Romper Rooms criminal activity began to increase, too: they went from selling drugs and other relatively low-level crimes to robbing pizza parlors and eventually banks. Detectives spoke with dozens of witnesses and suspects over the years; they spent an untold amount of money and manpower to solve this case and yet theyve never even released a suspect name. Whitmill told Detective Babcock that Mac Dre didnt show up at the Armory until 30 minutes after he was supposed to finish performing, causing Whitmill to have to rent the venue for another hour. Unless Davila wanted the truth to be out without implicating himself. ZaRio Releases New Video She Dont Know Love. Hicks' funeral took place on November 9, 2004, at the Mt. She knew Antwine and said hed given her rides in the black Infiniti in the month before Mac Dres murder. Antwine pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to death. Some of these cases can be solved.. In 2015, the KCPD Facebook page interviewed Detective Babcock as part of an officer spotlight series. It was him who had arranged to have his cousin and good friend, Harold Piersey, provide the transportation to Mac Dre and his friends over Halloween Weekend, free of charge. Investigators soon discovered he was wanted in Las Vegas, where he later pleaded not guilty. He said no, and then they both left. Davila was convicted in 2008 of being at the head of an organization of more than 30 people who brought in approximately 330 pounds of cocaine between 2000 and 2006. "I told him we expected retribution," Babcock recalled. The KCPD then, for some reason, locked both men in the same holding cell. Detectives then showed Taylor three photo line ups. The show, and other shows like it, have been criticized for showing detectives that are predominantly white and victims that are predominantly Black. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window), gave a tip to KCPD that helped solve the killing of four-year-old Erica Green. Young, 38, said in an interview with the Daily Mail published on August 4 that she's living out of an SUV rental in Tarzana, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. I lived that case for I dont know how many years.. People wanted answers. Spooked by the cameras, Diggs and Curt smashed back to the motel, picked up Dre, and headed back to the Bay. A deadly tale of underground rap / Vallejo's Mac Dre was slain in a dispute over money -- rumors led to reprisal and 3 more killings, police say, SAN FRANCISCO / Long-sought promoter denies killings, A Rapper's Killing Triggers Three Deaths. In December of 2011, nearly seven years after Mac Dres death, a number of music publications ran a story about a person claiming to have information about the still unsolved killing. One of the questions asked what his most memorable moments as a homicide detective were? The tipster declined and later saw both Antwine and the other man burning their clothes in an alleyway visible from their house around the time of the murder. When Mac Dre died everything changed for his family and friends. Since he cleared Tone of Dres murder, shouldnt we? The right side of the victims neck was up against a small tree.. He served nine months in jail before the charges were dismissed, with prosecutors complaining that the witnesses refused to cooperate. He then ran upstairs and told Mac Dres friends what happened. If you trace the trail of police reports, you arrive at this summary of the facts: on the night Mac Dre was murdered, he was supposed to do a club appearance. A judge heard arguments over the issue on Friday and continued the matter to Sept. 23 for further discussion. From here, what exactly happens is unknown, but roughly 80 minutes later, a security guard patrolling a housing development under construction about five blocks from the house Corleone was renting, found Fat Tone and Cowboy, dead. Taylor said he asked the driver for a ride to 56th and Highland and the driver agreed. His Las Vegas attorney, Keith Brower, was not available for comment. The 22-year-old friend of Watkins was shot 13 times. When they learned that Tone had been staying at the MGM and reviewed the tapes, they saw Minister, Tone, and Cowboy leaving the hotel approximately 80 minutes before the bodies were found. Coolio remembers several interactions with the police: They used to come through sweatin us. Mac Dre is a rapper and record producer whose real name is Andre Louis Hicks. They were told that theyd get the rest of the money wired to them later in the week. I would have had a house right now. Vallejo rapper Andre "Mac Dre" Hicks wasn't on MTV, on magazine covers or in movies. But Davila spoke with more people than just jailhouse snitches and in 2008, he shared a version of events with Detective Babcock that could have solved this case more than a decade ago had he decided to follow through with his statement. Warren G, Wiz Khalifa, Tech N9ne, E-40, Berner, Too $hort, DJ Quik and Wanda Mac are among the people interviewed for Legend Of The Bay, whichdocuments the late rappers rise to fame and his influence with his compilations and the Thizzmovement. He left prison with a new lease on life, founded an . In 2001, at the age of 20, Fat Tone was arrested and charged with the double-homicide of a 19-year-old girl and her unborn child. This is where Mac Dres death becomes the catalyst for the shooting deaths of three people, with two others being given life in prison, effectively losing their lives as well. Andre Louis Hicks, better known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper, hip hop pioneer, and record producer based in Vallejo, California. While Corleone was already in custody, however, Ministers whereabouts were still unknown. Show your support to our ongoing efforts to catalogue the best music writing on the internet by subscribing to the Passion of the Weiss Patreon. Associated With. Vlad blatantly said he knows who the prime suspect is based on interviews hes done, but he wont reveal the name as the individual has since died., We may already know, or we may never know who killed Mac Dre, or even Fat Tone and Cowboy, but what we do know is that Mac Dre is sorely missed; gone but certainly not forgotten. Mathis "said he shot Watkins, then chased Akins into the street and shot him while he was on the ground pleading for his life," the warrant alleged. 190 beefs with every Damu & Stevenson Village Crip. And things quickly began to unravel when Mac Dre arrived. Mac Dre Daughter Responds To Jt The Bigga Figga (Old Clip) W.I.G Tv 19.8K subscribers 38K views 11 months ago Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made. Life So Far 17. While still incarcerated, Mac Dre re-released Young Black Brotha as his debut album in 1993, featuring a number of songs with vocals recorded through a jail phone. Savino Davila was at the Atlantic Star earlier in the night, before he left to take his kids trick or treating. The witness didnt see the driver. His accomplices were convicted of attempted bank robbery and given 10 years. Hes the one that kept us all together. He would have easily adapted to the age of social media. Bay Area rapper Mac Dre began his career at 18 and quickly became an influential force in early west coast hip-hop. According to Whitmills interview with Babcock, Mac Dre missed his radio appearance and showed up late to the record store signing at Much Music and More on October 29. 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