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Andre Hicks the Artist Known as Mac Dre has Died.
Publish Date : 11/6/2004 6:14:00 PM   Source : Culture and Community News

This is a quote from the Kansas City Star. A Bay Area underground rap mainstay who was in Kansas City for a weekend concert was gunned down early Monday as he rode in a van on U.S. 71.

Andre Hicks, 34, better known as Mac Dre, was on the card at a Kansas City, Kan., rap concert Friday night and had stayed the weekend at a hotel on the Country Club Plaza. Police said Hicks lived in Sacramento, but he originally was from Vallejo, Calif. He was riding with a friend early Monday when the shooting happened.

The two were in a white van northbound on U.S. 71 from 85th Street about 3:30 a.m. when another vehicle pulled alongside the driver's side of the van. An occupant of the other vehicle began shooting. That car also bumped into the van.

The van then swerved across the grassy highway median, across the southbound lanes and down a steep embankment. Hicks, who was ejected from the van, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said Hicks died from injuries from the shooting.

The driver crawled from the wreckage and walked for help.

Homicide Capt. Vince Cannon said, "Police do not think the shooting stemmed from road rage, but they still were trying to determine a motive."

By CHRISTINE VENDEL and JOHN SHULTZ The Kansas City Star

2Real Records, Thizz Entertainment and Loyalty Inc. sponsored the Mac Dre Showcase at the Roseland Theater.

The sponsors are giving a Tribute to Mac Dre Celebration scheduled at the Vue Nightclub located at 3rd and Washington in downtown Portland, Thursday November 4, 2004. Guest must be 21 and older.

The tribute starts at 9:00pm. DJ Chill will be spinning Mac Dre hit songs all night.

For more information call Mike Te at 503 233 0503 or email e-mail protected from spam bots