Mac Dre Tributes

"Mac Dre was a straight character, his whole persona was off the hook. He had the strength to bring the whole Bay back. It was just starting for him. To sum him up, he was a trendsetter, a Bay Area entrepreneur, gangsta pimpin, game spitter, a true leader. Mr. Thizzelle Washington, there's nobody else like him, straight up Too Hard For The Muthafuckin Radio, Oh Boy!! Rest In Peace my nigga." - YUKMOUTH

"Dre was a cool dude. He was hella funny. He always was Rompin.' He was a funny character, even when he rapped. He always had good karma around him. He'd keep a smile on your face." - BLACK PEPPER (DA LOOIE CREW)

"Mac Dre, that was the nigga. He was a trendsetter for the Bay believe that. Dre was like a trendsetter of style and dance and the way niggas was giggin.' That nigga had dances that America will never learn. He didn't have dances, he had gigs. His style of rappin' was just straight Bay Area game. That's what I soak myself up with. Really I'm a product of Mac Dre. Without Mac Dre, there's no Baby Bash. Plus he was a cool ass cat besides the image he had, he just wanted to make people laugh. He was my friend as well as a rap comrade of mine." - BABY BASH

"Mac Dre, he was a very cool guy. I had the chance to grow up with him, in the early days of our careers. Since we was both from Vallejo, just two different sides of the town. It was like a competition. When you have competition, it brings success. He was doing his thing. We did our thing together. We bridged the gap. We had a chance to do a couple of songs together. We also had the chance to do a couple of shows on the road together. We had a chance to grow together, and merge, and everything was all good. He was on the up rise again, it was good to see that." - B-LEGIT

"Mac Dre's was like a Big Brother 2 me. We built a real good friend- ship. He would call me and be like ‘Sky Beezy, nigga get ready I'm comin to Frisco and I'm Kidnappin you for the weekend and bringing u back to Sacramento, nigga you about to put me on with the Pimp Game!' We shared game with each other, he laced me on the independent rap game shit. I gave all the pimp game. I love that dude, he's like family to me. I learned a lot from him, and I'm going to make sure his legacy live on. He meant a lot to me. I grew up on that dude. He is the king of the bay!" - $KY BALLA

"Mac Dre was the muthaf**kin' Crest. He represented where he was from to the fullest, and I respect that nigga for that. Plus that was my nigga, me and that nigga go back to like '90. I love that nigga. Whoever pulled that trigger, I hope they realize what they did to the game. We just lost a boss. We still out here ridin,' and I'mma ride for Dre. Every time I do a new song, a concert, or I do a new album, or represent the Bay, believe me Mac Dre is in my muthaf**kin' mind." - SPICE 1

"Rest in bayzeee to the boss tykoonin Mac Dre from Rick Leezee. SBC DJ's & 106 KMEL. U will be missed but your music will live on in the mix." - DJ RICK LEE (106 KMEL / SBC DJ's)

"He was a Vallejo native from the Country Club Crest, he represented his soil very well. He was a real talented, creative young man. He had a cult following. He was a real one. The man went to jail, got out. He didn't roll over on nobody, he stuck to the script, he recaptured himself. He kicked his feet like they was on fire. I hate to see that he's gone. He was just starting to reinvent what he was doing from the beginning, he was getting more and more known. I take my hat off to everything he was doing. He represented Vallejo right along with E-40 & The Click, he represented our city very well. It makes people proud to be from Vallejo, and from the Bay Area when you see folks like that go out there and represent it!" - E-40

J, but if you were from Vallejo, you grew up on Mac Dre. The dude was a legend." - JAY TEE (N2DEEP / LATINO VELVET)

"I always made albums to show Dre, look what you taught us. He was a big mentor, and a real God to Country Club Crest Rap. He was our backbone, top of the line. We all got game from Dre. We all might sound different, me, PSD, Dubee, Coolio, but we all got spits from Dre. I still feel that he's here." - SLEEPDANK

"He was one of the first people to put Vallejo on the map. He was a pioneer for us. It's devastating, because that could have been any one of us in that position as far as the rap game. We all hit the road, do performances, and deal with different people. It's real deep. I send my condolences to his family." - CELLY CEL

"You can't go through your day without listening to Dre. That was a good dude. Every little venture we was on, it was real fun. It was a blessing to work with Dre, Furly as he was called. Dre left a legacy, he put dudes in the door. We gone take it & run with it." - P-REEK

"MD was a pioneer to the bay music scene but also a Pioneer to myself personally. It was Too Hard For The Radio back in 90 that made me fall in love with Bay music, and got me playin it when I DJd. Legend is a word tossed around lightly, but MD is the truest meaning of the word." - DJ SCOTTY FOX (106 KMEL)

"He was one of the only one's to ever put me on, Mac Dre 'Al Boo Boo.' I love Dre for that. He really put my name out there, big time. Dre took me to a different level. The way he spoke on me on the song, was ridiculous. People called me out of state & said 'did you hear what Dre said about you on the song?' Rest In Peace Mac Dre." - YOUNG DRU 

"For me it was a pleasure to work with Mac Dre. He was one of Kansas City's favorites. Mac Dre was always good for giving me props. I'm grateful for that." - DON JUAN

"Everything he rapped about, he did. Non-Fiction. That's what he meant to me. He was a visionary. He mapped out everything he did, and executed it. Everything he did, meant something, and was part of his plan. He had a plan for everything. Not many knew this, but he was gonna drop 8 albums by this Summer. He wasn't just rappin to rap, he had a vision, and he was almost there." - I-ROCC