Biography
Andre Louis Hicks was born in Oakland, California on July 5, 1970 and moved to Vallejo at a young age. At the age of 17, Hicks began his rap career under the stage name "Mac Dre", and by 1989 his music had gained widespread popularity throughout the Bay Area thanks in part to the independent music distributor.
Mac Dre recorded his first three albums between 1989 and 1991. In 1992 Mac Dre was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and was sentenced 5 years in federal prison after he refused the deal the Feds offered him, which was snitching out his partners and wasn't released from prison till 1997. 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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