Overview
- The Vallejo City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to rename the stretch of Taper Avenue between Taper Court and Fairgrounds Drive as Mac Dre Way Honorary and the city will install signs reflecting that designation.
- Residents from the Country Club Crest neighborhood led the push, filling City Hall with public comment and describing the effort as a grassroots campaign driven by local pride.
- Andre “Mac Dre” Hicks is honored for founding Thizz Entertainment and for shaping the Hyphy sound that helped Bay Area artists build independent careers and influenced later mainstream acts.
- Coverage reiterated that Mac Dre was shot and killed in Kansas City in 2004 and that his homicide remains officially unsolved, with later related killings and convictions forming part of the historical record surrounding his death.
- The renaming continues a recent pattern of Vallejo honorary streets for local musicians and officials said the marker is meant to uplift the neighborhood and inspire young artists, with an official unveiling and community events to be scheduled.