Bay Area Rap Mogul Stretch on the DEA Tying Mac Dre's Label to an Ecstasy Bust SF Weekly (blog) By Phillip Mlynar Wed., May 9 2012 at 3:30 AM [Editor's note: This week's music feature looks at a recent DEA drug bust that claimed a substantial connection between late Vallejo rap legend Mac Dre's record label and a large-scale Ecstasy trafficking ...
S.A. rap label associate arrested in drug ring San Antonio Express Mikel Brown, who was arrested here on Tuesday, is among 25 people, including the CEO and numerous rappers associated with Thizz Entertainment, founded by slain Vallejo, Calif., rapper Mac Dre, charged with distributing Ecstasy, cocaine, heroin, ...
Video: PSD - Luv My N****s The Source (blog) The late Mac Dre's ace PSD just wrapped a four year bid and is ready to get back to business with his upcoming album Bullets & Bouquets. The Vallejo, CA emcee shows some true crew love in his new video "Luv My N****s," the first leak off the project ...
Drake Kicks Off 'Club Paradise' Tour in Bay Area Billboard The crowd collectively chimed in when Drake shouts out Mac Dre, the inflential local legend who was gunned down in 2004, "I'm in the building and I'm feeling myself / Rest in peace Mac Dre, I'ma do it for The Bay."
Q&A: Stalley On Getting To New York And Hooking Up With Rick Ross, And Village Voice (blog) My sister put me onto J. Dilla and Tribe because where I'm from we would only listen to a lot of E-40, C-Bo, Mac Dre... Yeah where I grew up the car culture is similar. Everyone is into muscle cars and old schools and I know that's a big thing out ...
[VIDEO] Drake Begins Club Paradise Tour In Bay Area 411mania.com Drake performed the song twice, and paid tribute to local Bay Area legend Mac Dre, who was gunned down in 2004. The song is an ode to the area and has the lyric: "I'm in the building and I'm feeling myself / Rest in peace Mac Dre, I'ma do it for The ...
Recording artist Vital eludes Vallejo stereotyping with alt rock sound Vallejo Times-Herald Mac Dre was an early influence. But so were the Beatles and Sting, James Brown, and Radiohead and Coldplay. "Growing up, I had a lot of musical influences. My mother was like a jukebox. She played everything," Vital said. Still, with peer pressure the ...
Exclusive: Kid Frost's Kid, Scoop Deville, Cooks Up “The Recipe” for Dr. Dre ... AllHipHop I did a song with Mac Dre when he came by the studio one time. Then me and my dad made an entire album together called Welcome to Frost Angeles. I was no older than 17, but I knew that I could do it because of the amount of time that I had already ...
Q&A with Electric Guest We Love DC There was a big rap scene in the Bay Area when I was growing up, so I listened to a lot of E-40, Mac Dre, etc. I don't know why I just said “etc” like most people would know who those artists are. Matthew: I started playing drums because my best friend ...
