Did Mac Dre actually rob a bank??

[Native_Joe99]

I kno he did time for it, but did he actually do the dirt?? i kno in that song Life's A Bitch he said "i did 5 years for a crime that i never committed, i aint no bank robber but that 5 years got me thinking maybe i should of did it"

dam if thats the truth then it can really happen to anyone, any one of yall could jus go to jail for no dam reason.

but i was thinkin too it was like in the early to mid 90's and police were hating then, especially in cali.

[HEC]

he allegedly was part of a gang that robbed banks I think in the early 90's. Whether he was guilty of it or not I don't know but he was charged with conspiracy and did the 5 years.

[Native_Joe99]

he allegedly was part of a gang that robbed banks I think in the early 90's. Whether he was guilty of it or not I don't know but he was charged with conspiracy and did the 5 years.

so guilty by association? or behind the scenes mastermind?

[HEC]

he allegedly was part of a gang that robbed banks I think in the early 90's. Whether he was guilty of it or not I don't know but he was charged with conspiracy and did the 5 years.

so guilty by association? or behind the scenes mastermind?

I don't know,he used to make alot of references to the gang in his songs I think they were called the "Romper Room" gang if you listen to some of his old records he mentioned them alot so it could be that he had some type of association

[NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO]

My tio was locked up with that foo said while he was on the phone some crackhead was waitin to use it n i guess dre was takin too long and ended up gettin knocked out.

[MarshColin]

Weren't they robbing pizza parlors, not banks?

[acgrundy]

yeah robbing pizza parlors.  there was an unsolved mysteries show about it.  the romper room gang.  he never was caught in the act, so who knows if he really was part of it or not.

[D-Stress]

what gang was he in?

[Dimos]

Oh I heard San Quinn mentionned it in his song "Center of Attention"... Great track btw.

[Mixtape Fan]

R I P 2 THA MACC D R E

THERE WILL NEVER B ANOTHER PILL CLINTON HOMZ

SAD THAT HEZ GONE

LUV DAT NIGGA

[HEC]

I think it was pizza parlors and banks

[KURUPTION-81]

Just when it appeared that Dre was about to take it to the next level he found himself deeply embroiled in some major controversy. Around the time Mac Dre was hittin' it big, Vallejo was experiencing a rash a bank robberies. The FBI and police officials had linked the crimes to V-Town's notorious Romper Room Gang. This particular crew seemed to literally toy with police as they robbed bank after bank but left no proof for the police... Adding fuel to this fire was Mac Dre who boldly gave written shout outs to the Romper Room Family on the back of his 'What's Really Going On' ep. He also had Romp Productions etched on the back of his ep. In addition Dre dropped a song called Punk Police which added to the taunting. Here Dre addressed the issue of the Vallejo bank robberies and even called out then Vallejo Police chief by name.. Needless to say some undue attention was directed toward Mac Dre as a result.

This is where the controversy began. According to Mac Dre, the Romp was a not just a loosely knit Vallejo based clique, it was also a slang term used by many in the 'V'. Mac Dre defended his song 'Punk Police' by noting that seemingly all young Black men in Vallejo were suspected criminals according to police. As an artist he felt he had a right to express himself and in this case The Romper Room bank robberies was what everyone was speaking on.. Dre merely offered his perspective.

The Vallejo Police department remained unconvinced as they shifted their attention to Dre and his associates. It was their understanding that the Romper Room Gang resided within Dre's Crest Side neighborhood. Hence even if he wasn't directly involved, they believed that he knew some of the members. His record Punk Police seemed to imply this. The police also weren't buying his story about the usage of the name Romp on the back of his lp. The Vallejo police department and FBI referred to the bank robbers as The Romper Room Gang. On the back of the lp Dre gives shout outs to the Romp Family.

Dre was finally arrested and charged with bank robbery around '91 when the FBI spotted him riding in a vehicle with one of the suspected gang members. From this point the story gets really complicated and I won't go into it too much..but to make a long story short.. Mac Dre was apparently spotted riding in a car with the suspected gang member in the Bay Area. He wasn't arrested until after he was trailed 3 hours and 300 miles later in Fresno.. There was a lot of speculation that Dre was set up and perhaps railroaded in retaliation to him publicly ridiculing the Vallejo PD. Law enforcement officials insist they got their man.

The Mac Dre controversy didn't end there. While Mac Dre sat in a Fresno prison awaiting trial he called into KMEL Radio's very popular anti-gang program...Street Soldiers. Here he ran down his version of the story and also made it known that the police had gotten a 'witness' to lie against him. If memory serves me correctly Dre may have even named this person. The next day KMEL Radio was visited by The FBI who literally put the fear of God in the management and staff. Station officials were accused of trying to mess up the case as well as endangering the life of their key witness due to the fact that Dre named him. In addition the FBI informed the station management that Dre's live interview was completely unauthorized. The result was no more live interviews from prison from Mac Dre..but his name and legacy was not forgotten

http://www.daveyd.com/macdre.html

[Cashflow420]

Check out the Unsolved Mysteries show they did about the Romparoom Gang

[1234]

Its cold what the FBI and Punk Police did to Dre.

[LooN3y]

no disrespect to mac dre, i feel less sympathy about that situation becuase nigga burnd himself on his own tracks.

but RIP