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Thizz Entertainment is a Sacramento-based, originally independent record label, started in 1999 by rapper and music producer Andre Hicks, who was professionally known as Mac Dre, a poster child of the hyphy movement that swept through the Bay Area in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Mac Dre. Andre Louis Hicks (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004), known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper from Vallejo, California. [1] He was an instrumental figure in the emergence of hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip hop scene that emerged in the early 2000s. [2] Hicks is considered one of the movement's key ...
Stevie Joe. Steve Joel Moffett Jr., better known by his stage name Stevie Joe[1] or Thuggy Fresh, is an American rapper from Oakland. He is a member of the group Livewire and is signed to Town Thizzness and Thizz Nation, both subdivisions of the late Mac Dre 's Thizz Entertainment. He has been featured on many Bay Area hip hop albums, most ...
Years active. 1992–present. Labels. Thizz. Rydah J. Klyde is an American rapper from Pittsburg, California best known for his affiliation with the rap group Mob Figaz. Around 2002, Rydah signed a solo deal with Mac Dre's Thizz Entertainment label. In 2003, he released his album Tha Fly Gangsta. In addition to releasing many songs on numerous ...
1996: Mac Dre Presents: The Rompalation Vol.1; 1998: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game (Mac Dre in the Mix) 1999: Mac Dre Brings You: The Rompalation II: An Overdose; 2002: Mac Dre Presents: The Rompalation III; 2004: The Appearances (Special Guest Appearances) 2004: Treal T.V. (The Soundtrack) 2005: Welcome to Thizz World (Hosted by DJ Rick ...
The Best of Mac Dre II. (2004) The Best of Mac Dre is the first "best of" album by Mac Dre. It was released in 2002 by Sumo/Thizz Entertainment. It is the first compilation of his hit songs, later followed by The Best of Mac Dre, Vol. 2 & 3. Though Mac Dre was killed by gunshot on November 1, 2004, his Bay Area legacy lives on through his music.
Under Thizz ENT, F.A.B. blossomed as a front runner in the Bay Area's hyphy movement. With songs like "Super Sic Wit It," "N.E.W. Oakland," and "Kicked Out The Club," F.A.B.'s Son of a Pimp album was an instant success around the Bay Area, with featured collaborations Dre, E-40, Turf Talk, and G-Stack of Oakland heroes the Delinquents—as well ...
A federal criminal complaint unsealed in April revealed the drug ring was operated by several Vallejo-based rappers and associates of an entertainment label known as "Thizz Entertainment ...