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Thizz Entertainment is a Sacramento-based, originally independent record label, started in 1999 by rapper and music producer Andre Hicks, who was professionally known as Mac Dre, a poster child of the hyphy movement that swept through the Bay Area in the early 2000s. The label was relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area shortly after his ...
Their first single "Hyphy", featuring E-40, debuted in 2003, the title was based on a slang term established by Keak the Sneak in the 90s Bay Area hip hop music. Hyphy became an instant hit in the Bay Area. The song even induced a riot when The Federation performed "Hyphy" during halftime of the AND1 Live Tour at Oracle Arena in June 2004.
The Hyphy Movement's resurgence in early 2006 was cited by prominent Bay Area rapper E-40 as a new opportunity for the Bay Area's unique sound to reach a nationwide audience. [5] Hyphy music was not only popular in The Bay Area, but in Portland, Oregon and Seattle as well.
The Team is a hip hop group from Bay Area and Oakland, California. The group consists of four emcees: Clyde Carson, Mayne Mannish, and Kaz Kyzah and also one affiliated member named Jungle. They are associated with West Coast hip hop music, and have a unique sound that showcases the diversity of hyphy music. The group is best known for their ...
Under Thizz ENT, F.A.B. blossomed as a front runner in the Bay Area's hyphy movement. With songs like "Super Sic Wit It," "N.E.W. Oakland," and "Kicked Out The Club," F.A.B.'s Son of a Pimp album was an instant success around the Bay Area, with featured collaborations Dre, E-40, Turf Talk, and G-Stack of Oakland heroes the Delinquents—as well ...
Traxamillion's productions, including "Super Hyphy" by Keak da Sneak and "Grown Man" by The Federation, were often played on KMEL and other local radio stations around 2005. [ 3 ] Traxamillion also released a mixtape called The Slapp Addict Mixtape , which features mainstream artists as well as local Bay Area artists, and was responsible for ...
In 2005, the four formed the group the Pack. They continued to experiment with music, and would record together at Young L's house. [1] [2] As the Bay Area hyphy movement began to emerge, the Pack released their mixtape Wolfpack Muzik, Vol. 1 in 2005. It saw moderate success locally. [2] In March 2006, The Pack released Wolfpack Muzik, Vol. 2. [3]
Turf Talk (born Demar Bernstine in Vallejo, California), is a Bay Area rapper involved with the hyphy movement. He is a cousin of Bay Area rapper E-40 , [ 1 ] and is signed to his record label Sick Wid It Records.