Demian Bulwa oversees the news operation, including metro, politics, business, sports and investigative reporting, and co-hosts the "Fifth & Mission" podcast. But to some it meant much more. Another informant from Leavenworth shared a similar story with Detective Babcock. Their motives for justice and truth are almost never pure and their voluntary statements should be taken with a grain of salt. Fat Tone was West Coast-friendly, DJ Fresh says. To learn more about Mike and his books, visit thecellblock.net, where you can also follow his blog. Aside from a black Cadillac Escalade, Davila also owned a white van that he used for odd jobs around Kansas City. A cosmic wrong that forever threw the world off balance for those who knew him best. "[6] When asked about his childhood, Hicks stated that "Situations came out for the better most of them, I went through the little trials and the shit that I went through. But a local news crew had caught wind of the robbery over the police scanner and had prematurely gone to the bank. The source of the story was Alonzo Washington, a Kansas City activist who has led numerous anti stop snitching campaigns, including one he did after Mac Dres murder, titled Hip to give Tips., I received a tip about a gun that was connected to the murder of Mac Dre, Washington tells me in August 2020. He was later convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in 2008 (for the murder of Fat Tone and his friend, Jermain Watkins) and is serving a life sentence in a Nevada State prison. When Detectives first spoke with Davila, he maintained that he saw Mac Dre at the Atlantic Star on Halloween night, but left early to take his kids trick or treating. Dow is now trying to have his convictions overturned, citing new evidence that a witness who testified against him fabricated his testimony. Slaying victims Watkins and Akins were in Las Vegas for a Snoop Dogg concert at the Palms and were staying at the MGM Grand. The Clark County District Attorneys Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. He asked him if hed submit a DNA sample to help with the investigation. Despite the title of the song, it was a hit on local radio. In 1992 he was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery when his lyrics were used against him in court. He had long been the subject of rap world rumors. It took several years for Wanda Mac to deal with her son's passing and his status as a rising rapper who became more famous upon his death. Davila recanted his previous story and told Detective Babcock that he returned to the Atlantic Star after taking his kids trick or treating. Most Popular #19016. I lived that case for I dont know how many years.. His father was murdered when he was just a kid. He was the center of his community; a guiding light that acted as a beacon for those closest to him. They also parked an extra car nearby, presumably to use as a get-away vehicle. The year Mac Dre was killed here was one of our bloodiest. When they finally left, Mac Dre got in the back of the van and instructed Piersey to drive them to his hotel. He was on his way. When he finally got a chance, he was able to do his own thing that he really wanted to. Only, Dre quit rapping about robbing, and instead began rapping about partying; he wanted to make music you could dance to. This is not a mere recanting of testimony, Robert DeMarco, an attorney for Dow, wrote in a court filing from late April. Cancers. There was white paint all along the passenger side of the car, suggesting that it had been used to ram a white vehicle. I would have had a house right now. He said he knows how it sounds, but thats what happened. Thats how my activism started. Detective Babcock noted that he didnt believe Antwine was being truthful. On March 26, 1992, with the assistance of a wired informant, VPD and federal authorities followed Dre, along with rappers and Romper Room members Simon Kilo Curt Curtis and Jamal J-Diggs Diggs to Fresno, where Dre had recently performed with rapper Ice Cube. By 2004, Kansas City and The Bay Area shared a mutual affection towards each others burgeoning hip-hop scenes, acting as the conduit to California for fledgling midwest rappers looking to gain access to a portion of the rap community previously unavailable to them. They were greeted at the airport by Davila, who picked the group up in his Escalade. Davila brought Mac Dre to his hotel, where they hung out and listened to music. 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. He would often frequent the Country Club Crest neighborhood, known locally as The Crest. To many, this was a grave injustice. In 2003, when Fat Tone was 22, he was shot while riding in a car through the Westport area of Kansas City with, interestingly, Dre associates Messy Marv and Killa Tay. The witness, Antione Mouton, came forward after Dow reached out to a prosecutor in Boudins office for help. 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. Dre would get caught in this culture of violence in the early morning hours of Nov.1st, 2004. When Mac Dres friends saw the news crew, they called it off, according to documents provided by the FBI. ZaRio Releases New Video She Dont Know Love. He was the one everyone knew about over there.. Bay Area rapper Mac Dre began his career at 18 and quickly became an influential force in early west coast hip-hop. Detective Babcock went to The Sheraton to search the room belonging to Mac Dre. He then ran upstairs and told Mac Dres friends what happened. He was born in Oakland, California, on July 5, 1970. He was a member of the infamous 51st Street Crips, even allegedly earning a leadership position after a turf battle with a gang member and convicted killer Rashawn Long, a former 51st Street boss. In the years after Mac Dres murder, Detective Babcock began to hear rumors that Damon Whitmill, the promoter who paid to fly Mac Dre to Kansas City, might have also paid to have him murdered. I saw a JT the bigga figga interview where he was saying he got mac dre daughter home +2 2 years ago '19 #182: WestPittsburg 15 K 3 K. kobraman said . So everybodys names are intertwining.. Several months later Fat Tone would release a song where he denied having any involvement in Mac Dres murder. Dr. Dre's oldest daughter, LaTanya Young, started a GoFundMe page to raise money for housing for her and her four kids.. Young launched the fundraiser on August 9, according to the GoFundMe page. Could this be a cryptic way of saying it was Tone and Cowboy, or have others passed on, too? One of the largest contributors to this was his use of the word thizz and his embracement of the drug in his music, where he began rapping about it as common as most rappers rap about smoking blunts. They used to call us by our nicknames, calling me Coolio, calling Dre Mac Dre.So, we used to tell them, Fuck yall! He told Detective Babcock in 2004 that he spoke with Mac Dre while in a limousine in front of the club. In Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas, and all throughout California, Mac Dre had garnered a similar following, earning cult-like status in local hip-hop communities across the West Coast and beyond. 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. 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. Mathis' Saturn sedan, which Laursen had been driving, was later found burning in Richmond. I thought about my life and how I ended up talking to them and realized that it wasnt me and that I wasnt raised that way, Davila told me in a January 2021 interview. Mac Dre then said that he didnt feel safe and was about to leave. When he died, a certain momentum was killed with him and he left a void thats still yet to be filled. 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. Las Vegas police began investigating the murders and learned through Tones mother and girlfriend that he was there to meet Snoop Doggy way of a promise from Mac Minister. He wanted more from me. While Corleone was already in custody, however, Ministers whereabouts were still unknown. They had to make a brief stop at The Baymont, a hotel where members of Mac Dres crew were staying, before heading to The Sheraton. Some people wanted to sell drugs, and do all that, Sleep Dank says. Fat Tone was a large figure, literally and figuratively. 2004 JT The Bigga Figga, Mac Mall & Ray Luv - Black Wall Street Compilation (V2) Dude was our Tupac, dude was our Biggie Smalls, says Mac Mall. The 34-year-old Vallejo resident, who made more than 20 underground albums, was killed Nov. 1, 2004, during a trip to Kansas City, where he was performing. Oddly, the promoter had never been named. It was the first and last time Whitmill would ever attempt to throw a concert and he was able to book three of the Bay Areas biggest acts for a show on Halloween weekend: Yukmouth, Keak Da Sneak, and Mac Dre. By 2004, Mac Dre was a god in The Bay and respected nationwide. I just couldnt be responsible for putting another man behind bars. Dre was reportedly offered a deal to snitch, but he refused, telling the prosecutors to go fuck themselves. Police said there had been 29 robberies in under eight months. According to Las Vegas police Detective Todd Hendrix, Watkins told his mother and girlfriend that Dow had promised him a meeting with Snoop Dogg. In his interview with Babcock, Thibeaux said that he grew up with Whitmill in Kansas City and that hed heard him bragging about sending people to kill Mac Dre over a failed concert arrangement. With Rob Aston, Jonathan Sway Calloway, Davey D, DJ Quik. Bay Area rapper Mac Dre began his career at 18 and quickly became an influential force in early west coast hip-hop. Mac Dre and three friends flew from Sacramento to Kansas City, with a quick layover at LAX, on October 27, 2004. He tells Detective Babcock that every time something like this happens, he gets blamed and that he isnt worried because he knows he did nothing wrong. The victim was lying on his back, with his left leg out straight and his right leg bent at the knee, Detective Babcock wrote in his crime scene report. Ghetto Stardom 11. 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.. The witness didnt see the driver. Theres little incentive to leave a tip when the police cant be trusted to look into it, Washington said. And now, as I travel throughout the world, I see people recognize him for the flavor that he brought to hip-hop. Mac Dres final album, released only 13 days before his murder, was meant to be the spiritual successor of The Macs first EP from 1988, The Game is Thick. Piersey claimed that he never heard a sound from Mac Dre. When Mac Dre died everything changed for his family and friends. Knocked him out flat on his back, KOd him. There is a mural of Mac Dre in the Ivy Hill section of Oakland, California, the place where he was born on July 5, 1970. Whitmill called off the limousine service and called Davila to see where Mac Dre was. He was found near Watkins' body. 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. First Name Mac #5. Dozens of tips recorded by KCPD feature some variation of Fat Tone and Mac Dre getting into an altercation. [1] He was an instrumental figure in the emergence of hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip hop scene that emerged in the early 2000s. In any case, Yukmouth and Keak would later admit to Vlad that the atmosphere in Kansas City was tense.. Unless Davila wanted the truth to be out without implicating himself. This was perhaps the first time Detective Babcock realized Andre Hicks was more than your average Kansas City murder victim. The record store owner told detectives that fans were getting antsy and it all felt very unorganized. July 5 Rapper #4. The white van allegedly belonged to Savino Davila, a 27-year-old man who prosecutors say was at the head of a drug trafficking organization that brought more than 330 pounds of cocaine into Kansas between 2000 and 2006. 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. Booking records should have been disclosed in the trial, Dows attorney argues. They claim Dre was the ringleader and used his lyrics in court to help support their case. A dark-colored SUV had been seen speeding away; shortly after, Cowboys Saturn sedan, which Laursen had been driving, turned up burning in Richmond. He hoped to sell enough tickets to double his money in a single night. Taylor wasnt surprised to be speaking with detectives, having seen the black Infiniti on the news during reports of Mac Dres murder. Davila called his driver and found their location. Mac Dre was sentenced to five years for refusing to accept a plea deal. All I know is that I thought they should have been able to go get that gun., Hed found success solving Kansas City cold cases in the past. He also provided names for the supposed shooters. Instead, Mac Dre showed up late again, only stayed for 30 minutes and then left without performing. Davila wanted to leave out that last part for fear of incriminating himself, according to the informant. Mac Minister was a suspect in the murder of a call girl from Utah named Lee Danae Laurson. And things quickly began to unravel when Mac Dre arrived. After witnessing the shooting, Davila said he turned off his phone, took the nearest exit, went home and went to sleep. However, the streets had their own opinion. Smith was also mentioned as having been seen with Antwine in the black Infiniti numerous times in the months leading up to the murder. The police say that while Mac Dre was getting busy in a local motel with his lady friend, his accomplices were out casing a Fresno bank with plans of a robbery. In an interview conducted this past January, Davila denies ever speaking about his case with other inmates. The San Francisco Standard. 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. Mohave 13. "[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. It seems hard to believe that Mac Dre could end up lying dead in a muddy ditch for more than an hour after crashing in such a violent way. She thought hed take care of her. She had information that could be very damaging, says Hendrix. According to KCPD, witnesses said they heard gunshots before seeing a silver Dodge charger leaving the scene. The prosecutor also said that the death would be painless, which defense for Antwine argued was untrue and manipulative to the jury. They told me how they emulate Mac Dre with a Mac Dre skit to start their show., Nas Celebrates Career Longevity In Stylish '30' Video, Joey Bada$$ Gets Cozy With Rumored Girlfriend Serayah In 'Show Me' Video, Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg Drop New Song Following Boosie Badazz Smoking Challenge, Photograph courtesy of Mac Dre's Facebook page, For a while up, for Id say up to about eight years after he passed, his daughter and I kind of like went into seclusion, ,Wanda Mac says. 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. Born in Oakland, CA #34. 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. He'd been shot about 20 times and was slumped over the front seats of a blue 1992 Toyota Tercel, according to grand jury testimony. There, Laursen was seen in a gun shop nine days before the killing, where she bought ammunition similar to that used to kill Watkins and Akins, according to grand jury testimony. Mac Dres fans, friends, and the Bay Area rap world was devastated. Antwines father is infamous in Kansas City as the drug dealer and convicted murderer who narrowly avoided the death sentence in 1995 in a case that went all the way to The Supreme Court. Meanwhile, another car -- a white Pontiac Sunfire -- was spotted speeding away from the scene. After dropping his first three albums, between 1989 and 1991, Dres career began to pick up the pace. It seems as if Dre was a pawn for the feds to try and get a witness against the actual robbers, who Dre was affiliated with, but when he refused to snitch, he went down with them. Whitmill bet his own money on the success of this concert and worked to lower costs by hiring members of his own family to collect tickets and provide security. After being featured on an episode of Americas Most Wanted, Dow was arrested in San Francisco in March 2006. The limo was gone, but the white van driven by Harold Piersey was there, following behind. A San Francisco rapper imprisoned for killing two men in retaliation for the slaying of hip-hop legend Mac Dre is seeking his release based on new evidence uncovered by the office of District Attorney Chesa Boudin.. Andre Dowknown as Mac Ministerwas convicted at trial in 2008 on two counts of first-degree murder in the shootings of Kansas City rapper Anthony "Fat Tone . 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. Will we ever know why he was actually killed, and by who? A few feet away, 22-year-old Jermaine Akins -- a friend who was a fugitive from federal cocaine-selling charges -- also lay dead after being shot 13 times. "She wouldn't stand for it," Hendrix said. He had become Fat Tone the Untouchable. According to Detective Everett Babcock, the lead investigator in the Mac Dre murder, Every shooting that happened [in Kansas City], you would get calls saying, Fat Tone did it, Fat Tone did it. His name always came up. But when it came to Dres murder, the rumor had legs. Both Yukmouth and Keak Da Sneak left Kansas City the next day without being paid the full amount they were promised for performing. In the first one, he picked out a man named Calvert Papoose Antwine II as being the driver of the Infiniti that day. The tipster had tried to reach Kansas City police, but couldnt get through. It was an era marked by Mac Dres prolific post-prison recordings, where he created a dense body of work in such a short period of time that I once referred to him as the West Coast Max B. The show, and other shows like it, have been criticized for showing detectives that are predominantly white and victims that are predominantly Black. That friend was Savino Davila, who says he first met Mac Dre in the late 1990s through palling around with Yukmouth. Dre kept a smile on his face, but the minute that smile was gone, you know he would be in your ear. P.O.P. When I was able to tell the families that their loved ones killer had been brought to justice. In 2008, Detective Babcock spoke with a jailhouse informant, David Thibeaux, while he was in federal custody on unrelated charges at the Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse. He told detectives that he had to shut off the music multiple times because of people crowding the stage. On top of that, Mac Dres crew of over 20 people rushed the stage mid-show, creating a security concern, and causing everything to get shut down. Over 1,200 documents from the Kansas City Police Department help shed light on one of hip-hops biggest mysteries. Little youngsters between the age of fourteen and twenty-one. He would have easily adapted to the age of social media. Piersey was also a fan of the Bay Area hip-hop scene and was willing to accompany Mac Dre whenever he needed a ride. ". 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. Mac Dre was so tired that he lay down in the back of the van, where Piersey believes that he quickly fell asleep. In 2004, Mac Dre was murdered in Kansas City. [5], Andre Louis Hicks was born in Oakland, California on July 5, 1970, to Allen Hicks and Wanda Salvatto. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window), gave a tip to KCPD that helped solve the killing of four-year-old Erica Green. In the recent years Ive been more accepting of monetizing the legend, the name and Ive formed Andre Lewis Enterprise Company. According to the Daily Mail, she has been living out of her car and working as a delivery driver for DoorDash and Uber Eats. She'd been shot in the head two days after Dow and Mathis were indicted, authorities said. Will we ever find out the truth about the murder of Mac Dre? In December of 2011, nearly seven years after Mac Dres death, a number of music publications ran a story about a person claiming to have information about the still unsolved killing. The crime scene spanned several hundred feet and it appeared to Detective Babcock to be a targeted hit. 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Salvatto said she had never even heard of Dow or Mathis. On November 2, Mac Minister and Corleone were indicted on two counts of murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Fat Tone and Cowboy. I told him we expected retribution, Babcock says. [2] 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. This is unlikely and detectives know it. Because a city this offbeat deserves a newsletter with some But Davila spoke with more people than just jailhouse snitches and in 2008, he shared a version of events with Detective Babcock that could have solved this case more than a decade ago had he decided to follow through with his statement. When they arrived, they found Laursen dead of a gunshot wound to the head. The van's driver crashed and called 911, but Hicks was pronounced dead at the scene from a bullet wound to the neck. 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