Andre Louis Hicks, better known by his stage name Mac Dre (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004) Mac Dre and other Thizz Entertainment members had performed a show in Kansas City, Missouri on October 31, 2004, unidentified shooters shot at the group’s van as it traveled on U.S. Route 71 in the early morning hours of November 1. The van’s driver crashed and called 9-1-1, but Hicks was pronounced dead at the scene from a bullet wound to the neck.