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Mac Dre: Kansas City
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Shortly over a year ago, on November 1, 2004, Bay Area underground rap legend Mac Dre (Andre Hicks) was killed while traveling on Kansas City's Highway 71. Like nearly all hip-hop-related murders, the case remains unsolved. Though he never reached the mainstream/crossover status of fallen emcees like Biggie and Tupac, in California, and especially his home turf of Vallejo, (home of E-40, Mac Mall, and B-Legit), Dre was a giant among men.
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Mac Dre was killed in a drive-by shooting in Kansas City in November of 2004. He was riding in a van traveling north on Highway 71 when another vehicle pulled up on the driver's side and began firing into the vehicle. The van swerved across the highway median and down an embankment. Hicks was thrown from the vehicle, but police believe he died from the gunshot wounds. The van's driver survived the incident and was able to walk for help.
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Mac Dre's death marks the second rapper to be fatally killed in Kansas City this year. Ramone C. Davis, 31, of San Diego, died March 22 when a man tried to rob him of 10 pounds of marijuana. A 27-year-old Kansas City man was charged in the case.
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Mac Dre, the Vallejo rapper shot in Kansas City last week, was laid to rest yesterday at the Mountain View cemetary in Oakland. Unfortunately, the funeral home, which only seats 100, was not able to accommodate all the members of Mac Dre's family and fans who wanted to pay their final respects, and only people whose names appeared on an official list were allowed in. It was unclear who exactly had made the final cut -- some family members were not invited while their children or spouses were, at points names were called out like a lottery for admission, some people got in even though they weren't on the list, and Mac Dre's father said he had to argue to get his way in. The family has apparently been fragmented for awhile, and now a fight appears to brewing over Mac Dre's estate too. The picture above is from yesterday's service.
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