And according to Missouri state court records, Smith and Antwine were arrested together less than six months after Mac Dres murder, on March 7, 2005. The tragedy of this thing is that assuming [Laursen] was killed as retribution for being a witness, thats three people dead over a financial matter over an amount of money that wouldnt pay for a weekend in Vegas, says Babcock, the Kansas City detective who cleared Fat Tone of Mac Dres murder. Several months later, Watkins denied in a rap song that he had killed Hicks, but "the rumor was that he admitted it," Babcock said. His accomplices were convicted of attempted bank robbery and given 10 years. Suspecting the crew, police kept them under surveillance. According to Tones mother and girlfriend back home, he hit for several thousand dollars at the table, but he was irritated with Minister who he says kept asking him for cash and jewelry in exchange for the Snoop Dogg introduction. Gray said he was inclined to look into the case because Mouton claimed to know Dow from growing up in San Franciscos Western Addition. Young, 38, said in an interview with the Daily Mail published on August 4 that she's living out of an SUV rental in Tarzana, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He next called 41 Action News, the local television station, and told them he saw two black males between the ages of 20 and 30 ditch a black Infiniti behind his house, get out and then get into a faded blue van with tinted windows, before leaving. According to the police reports, Whitmill, who sometimes went by Big D, or Honeybear, spoke to Detective Babcock on numerous occasions, including the day after the murder. Mac Dre Fans Also Viewed . He also noticed that the Infiniti now had tinted windows. Motherfuckers would try to beat him up because they were jealous of him. The car even bore a "Bush Lost" bumper sticker. He was released from Californias FCI Lompoc in August, 1996, and in the early 2000s he moved north to Sacramento to focus on music. In the years after the murder, Detective Babcock spoke several times with Savino Davila, reputed to be one of Kansas Citys largest cocaine dealers at the time, and the owner of the white van that Mac Dre had been riding in at the time of the shooting. Taylor said he asked the driver for a ride to 56th and Highland and the driver agreed. The timing of it is uncanny.. Nobody touched the Bay Area like Mac Dre touched the Bay Area, and I dont think nobody will. They were living in and out of hotels, offering Laurens services as Alana on Craigslist. I dont want to implicate myself in something thats not true, Davila says. Detective Babcock said the investigation was hampered early by the reluctance of Hicks' travel companions to cooperate. Or did he clear him publicly, but perhaps not privately, amongst his comrades? Detective Babcock spoke with the promoter, Damon Whitmill, two times in the weeks after Mac Dres murder. The witness didnt see the driver. Vlad blatantly said he knows who the prime suspect is based on interviews hes done, but he wont reveal the name as the individual has since died., We may already know, or we may never know who killed Mac Dre, or even Fat Tone and Cowboy, but what we do know is that Mac Dre is sorely missed; gone but certainly not forgotten. He claimed to have sold the car to Fat Tone on the day before Halloween. He asked him if hed submit a DNA sample to help with the investigation. Another informant from Leavenworth shared a similar story with Detective Babcock. "The timing of it is uncanny.". Soon after Hicks' slaying, Watkins was summoned to Kansas City's police headquarters for an interview. Some of these cases can be solved.. The Clark County District Attorneys Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. According to reports, Corleone had rented a house there, and hed been pimping 21-year-old Lee Danae Laursen, from Payson, Utah. "This is the greatest thing that has happened to him," Safire said, referring to the marketing and appeal of violence in gangsta rap. And now, as I travel throughout the world, I see people recognize him for the flavor that he brought to hip-hop. He took the tip to KCPD and the case was solved not long after. Prosecutors charged Diggs and Curt with attempted bank robbery and Dre with conspiracy. The van swerved across a grass median and four freeway lanes, then crashed into a ditch. He said that the promoter, Damon Whitmill, who Patterson referred to as Damon or Big D, became mad at Mac Dre after he refused to perform, instead showing up late only to do a 30 minute walk through before leaving. Diggs, who was not present on account of federal parole, doesnt put much significance on this disagreement. He said, Im watching myself. Several months later, Tone released a song denying anything to do with Dres murder, but according to Babcock, The rumor was that he had admitted it. In the end, Babcock, who claims Dre was shot over a financial dispute, cleared Fat Tone for the murder. The tone felt Minister was pressing him. It was also Whitmill who scheduled the club appearances and shows for the weekend. Davila and Whitmill had never met each other, with the latter telling Detective Babcock (in the police report) that Mac Dres transportation was provided by some guys in Kansas.. They then moved to the Vallejo area. But on July 12, Corleone was arrested in San Francisco for allegedly beating Laursen. Damon Whitmill could not be reached for comment. Born In 1970. Mouton testified that he had the conversation with Dow on a footbridge in Las Vegas on Dec. 5, 2005. He had recently moved to Sacramento and owned a record label. She thought he'd take care of her. Antwine pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to death. In January 2021, Davila told me that he wouldnt directly comment on his statement to Detective Babcock. Rappers. Detective Babcock also spoke with several jailhouse informants that Davila had allegedly been communicating with while awaiting trial at the Leavenworth Detention Center. Mathis was arrested July 12 in San Francisco, where police said he had beaten his girlfriend. "[11] As gangster rap music consistently grew in popularity, law enforcement officials began examining the lyrics of local rappers to utilize as evidence in criminal matters. DJ Fresh told detectives in the weeks after the murder that Whitmill had called him at the last minute to set up sound and DJ at the Atlantic Star on Halloween night. In his final interview with Detective Babcock in 2008, Davila implicated Damon Whitmill as having ordered the hit on Mac Dre, with Antwine Papoose Calvert II and Taron T-Baby Smith as the actual shooters. Detectives were later told that just before the murder, Mac Dre had been waiting to meet up with Whitmill to receive his final payment but Whitmill never showed. I lived that case for I dont know how many years.. Dre kept a smile on his face, but the minute that smile was gone, you know he would be in your ear. In a police report that Babcock wrote in November 2004, Whitmill allegedly told the detective that Mac Dre agreed to come to Kansas City and perform two live shows for a total of $12,500, with the first $6,000 to be paid immediately as a deposit. Already an emerging drug on the streets, Dre popularized the word and experience, transforming the flavor of Bay Area hip hop from hard and gangsta, to more fun, wild and carefree. Associated With. He then ran upstairs and told Mac Dres friends what happened. We pleaded with her to get out of there so she wouldn't be harmed.". The vehicle? Show your support to our ongoing efforts to catalogue the best music writing on the internet by subscribing to the Passion of the Weiss Patreon. 1,282 Followers, 1,212 Following, 371 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Annie Steinberg (@macdreismydad) Donald Morrison read through thousands of pages of documents provided by the Kansas City Police Department to shed light on one of hip-hops biggest mysteries. This monumental EP is the quintessential Bay Area deep cut; a springboard that launched the pimp archetype that artists like Mac Dre, Too $hort, Suga Free and E-40 would later expand on, and in some cases, perfect. So, when Ministercontacted Tone and offered to introduce him to Snoop Dogg, who he (Minister) was promoting a May 22 show for, Tone was excited to jump at the opportunity, as it could finally bethe big break he needed. Bell told detectives hes not sure what to believe, considering that everyone said that they had something to do with the murder at some point. The flip side of that was how bad you would feel when you couldnt get a case solved and you would have to tell the victims family that there was nothing new. Mac Dre was big enough for that. The year Mac Dre was killed here was one of our bloodiest. During the police interview, Thibeaux also says that Whitmill made a concerted effort to spread rumors that Kansas City rapper Fat Tone had been responsible for the killing, even though Whitmill knew he was innocent. Two days later, a 21-year-old call girl who was in Las Vegas with them turned up dead in Fairfield, shot in the head. From here, what exactly happens is unknown, but roughly 80 minutes later, a security guard patrolling a housing development under construction about five blocks from the house Corleone was renting, found Fat Tone and Cowboy, dead. "She had information that could be very damaging," Hendrix said. But his clever, hardcore rhymes had an underground following, and when he was killed on a Kansas City freeway last November, hip-hop radio stations mourned him at length. When San Francisco police learned he was a suspect in the Vegas murders, they notified Las Vegas police that they had him in custody. I put that on everything. In January 2021, DJ Fresh said he doesnt remember Whitmill at all and that he normally doesnt remember people if he only worked with them one time. Laursen's father has told police that his daughter was forced into prostitution by Mathis, who "would escort her into various Las Vegas hotels hiding an AK-47 under his clothing," according to Mathis' arrest warrant. Gary Edwin, who performs under the name DJ Fresh, was working as the sound man and DJ for the show that night. Cowboy had been shot about 13 times by the same gun and laid a few feet from the car. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. To learn more about Mike and his books, visit thecellblock.net, where you can also follow his blog. Las Vegas investigators tracked her down in July, and during an interview in San Francisco, Hendrix said he and another detective begged her to cooperate, even offering assistance to help her regain her life. In the world of hip-hop, police say, bad blood often means good business. He didnt hear about the murder until the next morning. Authorities linked the killings to the fatal shooting of Andre Mac Dre Hicks after a show in Kansas City a year earlier. But on March 13, 2006, Antwine finally admitted to detectives that he had been in possession of the black Infiniti used in Mac Dres murder. The area was poorly lit thanks to a series of street lights along the west edge of the highway. Mac Dre Is A Member Of . In 1992, after a surge of local business and bank robberies began taking place by a crew referring to themselves as The Romper Room Gang, knowing Dres affiliation with the crew, police began dissecting his lyrics, hoping to find clues to the robberies. On the night of Nov. 4, Fairfield police officers went to a quiet neighborhood after residents reported hearing gunfire. Meanwhile, another car -- a white Pontiac Sunfire -- was spotted speeding away from the scene. When Mac Dres friends saw the news crew, they called it off, according to documents provided by the FBI. Hes worked in the East Patrol Division, the Domestic Violence Unit, the Homicide Unit, the Mounted Patrol, the Generalist Squad and the Assault Squad, where hes currently a supervisor. Detectives spoke with dozens of witnesses and suspects over the years; they spent an untold amount of money and manpower to solve this case and yet theyve never even released a suspect name. Davila seems to feel guilty for the role he played in his friends death and has tried to find ways to tell detectives since getting arrested in 2006. Dows attorney said his client adamantly maintains his innocence., Were going to keep fighting it, DeMarco said, but I am hopeful that he will ultimately be vindicated., Michael Barba can be reached at [emailprotected]. But it wasn't long before rumors started to fly about a rap war -- and "Fat Tone" Watkins. Dow was with his 28-year-old girlfriend. ZaRio Releases New Video She Dont Know Love. Mac Dre Daughter Responds To Jt The Bigga Figga (Old Clip) W.I.G Tv 19.8K subscribers 38K views 11 months ago Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made. Davila is hispanic, with brown eyes and black hair. Lee Laursen. He believes the victims were driven to the neighborhood where they were killed roughly 80 minutes later. When he died, a certain momentum was killed with him and he left a void thats still yet to be filled. The hard part for us was we didnt really get a chance to grieve or mourn privately, because once he got killed he became an even bigger public figure., Freeway Tearfully Reflects On The Jacka's Passing: 'His Death Affected Me', Travis Scott Accused Of Punching Sound Engineer During $12K NYC Nightclub Rampage, T-Pain Reveals He Got Paid When Other Artists Used Auto-Tune: 'It Was Nuts', Rich The Kid Says He Was Once Signed To TDE, Dr. Dre & Big Sean Shower Michael B. Jordan In 'Creed III' Praise, OTF Rapper Doodie Lo Wins $11M Lawsuit Against Ex-GF Over Child Sex Abuse Claims, 50 Cent Accused Of Confronting Ex-Drug Lord At His Home Over $1B Power Lawsuit. he specializes in writing about prison, street crime, and how-o books for prisoners and hustlers. Because a city this offbeat deserves a newsletter with some Although Mac Minister maintains his innocence, the judge decided to uphold his life sentence in 2010 after Dows lawyers argued that mistakes were made during trial. Mr. Stinky said this incident helped lend credence to the numerous rumors that Fat Tone had gotten into a confrontation with Mac Dre that weekend, even though he says it never happened. Police found drugs and multiple firearms, including an AR-15 assault rifle the same type of weapon used in Mac Dres shooting. Patterson told Detective Babcock that Davila was trying to leverage information he knew about the Mac Dre murder to make a deal for leniency in his upcoming drug conspiracy case. Mac Dre then said that he didnt feel safe and was about to leave. [16] At the time of his conviction, Hicks owned the record label Romp Productions. Warren G, Wiz Khalifa, Tech N9ne, E-40, Berner, Too $hort, DJ Quik and Wanda Mac are among the people interviewed for Legend Of The Bay, whichdocuments the late rappers rise to fame and his influence with his compilations and the Thizzmovement. Witnesses say they saw Fat Tone arguing with Mac Dre over stage time at the National Guard Armory show on October 29. Dozens of tips recorded by KCPD feature some variation of Fat Tone and Mac Dre getting into an altercation. He would have easily adapted to the age of social media. Mac Dre left only 30 minutes after hed arrived and by the end, Robinson had regretted hosting the event. The 21-year-old prostitute - a possible witness to the killings of Watkins and Akins was shot and killed Nov. 4 in Fairfield. In an interview with Kansas Citys The Pitch from 2005, Detective Babcock said that hes convinced that Fat Tone did not kill Mac Dre. The first time Antwine was mentioned in the documents was on December 10, 2004, when an unnamed person told police that their cousin stole the black Infiniti and then later sold it to Antwine in June or July, of 2004. He left prison with a new lease on life, founded an . Its not a mystery if you look at the case file.. Some people wanted to sell drugs, and do all that, Sleep Dank says. To my knowledge MD was never married, but he definitely has a daughter; that implies that he was likely close to the daughter's mom at one point in his life, however, I can't find anything about her mom with a quick Google search, and we can't really be sure how close they really were - really not unheard of for famous or rising (in MD's case) The next day, though unbeknownst to Las Vegas police at the time, police in Vallejo, California responded to a report of a burning car. On Friday, October 29, 2004, Dre and several other Bay Area rappers performed a show in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1999, in an effort to give himself some distance from the Romper Room Gangs controversy, Dre moved to Sacramento, California, and started Thizz Entertainment in partnership with Walter Zelnick, vice president of City Hall Records. It wasnt like he was the greatest rapper in town, but he would be getting into a lot of trouble with the law and so he had this sort of edgy thing with his music. Piersey was also a fan of the Bay Area hip-hop scene and was willing to accompany Mac Dre whenever he needed a ride. He started a video blog series in the early 2000s called Treal TV, that features some of the best footage of Mac Dre available. So everybodys names are intertwining.. She also said hed paid to get the windows tinted and assumed some girl had rented it for him. They left immediately to go find his body. The dead body belonged to Andre Hicks, known to the world as Mac Dre, one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history. Mac Dre & Ray Luv) 7. According to the police records, Detective Babcock ran into Bussey 10 days later, on Nov. 22, outside of the KCPD headquarters. Dre made numerous references to The Romper Room, and in one song he rapped about a harrowing credit union robbery. He knew what happened to Mac Dre and felt partly responsible, but couldnt bring himself to testify in court. According to agents, the gang was responsible for 13 robberies, netting around 1.5 million that they claimed was used to invest into Dres rap career. The case centered on an alleged 2005 murder plot that involved Dow luring the victims to Las Vegas under the promise of meeting Snoop Dogg, court records show. Taron T-Baby Smith was shot and killed on the morning of June 12, 2010. However, police pulled them over two hours later on a deserted stretch of road near Los Baos. That you dont have to get your hands dirty.. Bussey said that his client did not wish to provide the sample, saying that Whitmill was afraid that his DNA would be put in a database for comparisons to other crimes. Sleep Dank, a Vallejo rapper and friend of Mac Dres, was born and raised in the Country Club Crest. Aside from a black Cadillac Escalade, Davila also owned a white van that he used for odd jobs around Kansas City. While Corleone was already in custody, however, Ministers whereabouts were still unknown. Detective Babcock noted that he didnt believe Antwine was being truthful. He had been performing in the city, and he and other Bay Area rappers enjoyed second-home popularity there. When Mac Dre died everything changed for his family and friends. 190 beefs with every Damu & Stevenson Village Crip. Soon, Mathis' Saturn sedan, which Laursen had been driving, turned up burning in Richmond, said Fairfield police Lt. Tony Shipp. Mac Dre was dead when they got there from a bullet wound in the back of his neck. From an early age, Mac Dre gravitated towards a section of Vallejo called the Country Club Crest, an out-of-the-way neighborhood long known to outsiders as a hotbed of drug crime and violence. That was always the big payoff moment for me as a detective, he says. A white 2000 Pontiac. He would often frequent the Country Club Crest neighborhood, known locally as The Crest. Photos courtesy of Kansas City Police Department / Patrick Johnson. He wears a pair of glasses in most photos and his muscular physique reflects the time spent weight lifting during his period of incarceration. Police said the car crash happened as a result of the victim attempting to flee a shooting. Detectives then showed Taylor three photo line ups. Will we ever find out the truth about the murder of Mac Dre? She'd been shot in the head two days after Dow and Mathis were indicted, authorities said. Fat Tone did little to quell the rumors of his menace. Ive really owned Thizz Entertainment and that business. In fact, serial killer Terry Blair had just been captured a few months prior after terrorizing the Prospect corridor and murdering at least 6 women. When Mac Dre reached out in early October, Davila offered to have his cousin, and good friend, Harold Piersey drive Mac Dres crew around on Halloween weekend. Mac Dre is one of the Bay Areas most beloved hip-hop figures of all time. "We relive the death all over again." . Mathis "said he shot Watkins, then chased Akins into the street and shot him while he was on the ground pleading for his life," the warrant alleged. [8][bettersourceneeded] Hicks recorded his first three EPs as Mac Dre between 1988 and 1992. Please take a second to donate on Patreon! She thought hed take care of her. He collaborated with E-40 on the song "Dredio." Mac Dre Popularity . 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Based on all my investigations, it seemed to suggest that the statement that Davila gave Detective Babcock was only partially true. His image as a violent gangster helped him sell records, which is ironic, considering that music was probably one of the few hustles helping Fat Tone escape a life of crime. Dre became famous for his Thizz Face his version of the Stank Face. It has a double meaning that the music is so nasty, you gotta squint your face, says Davey D. According to Mac Mall, though Dre transformed his music from gangsta to fun, he could turn his gangsta on in a second if needed. Mac Dre once again showed up late. One of the questions asked what his most memorable moments as a homicide detective were? He told detectives that he had to shut off the music multiple times because of people crowding the stage. People were interviewed at the scene, including a pair of women who came upon the accident, before heading to a nearby gas station to call it in. 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