Bay Area rapper Mac Dre's influential early west coast hip-hop career was marked by a 1992 bank robbery conviction, where his lyrics were used against him in court. After prison, he started an independent record company and gained popularity before being tragically murdered.
Mac Dre: Legend of the Bay
Mac Dre, an 18-year-old Bay Area rapper, achieved fame and contributed to the development of early West Coast hip-hop. However, his life took a drastic turn in 1992 when he was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, with his own lyrics used as evidence against him in court.