Sleep Dank, also known as Sleep Da Danker or Sleepdank, is an American rapper signed to the late
Mac Dre
Andre Louis Hicks (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004), known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper from Vallejo, California. He was an instrumental figure in the emergence of hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip hop scene ...
's label
Thizz Entertainment
Thizz Entertainment is a San Francisco Bay Area-based, independent record label, started in 1999 by rapper and music producer Andre Hicks, who was professionally known as rapper Mac Dre. Best known as a poster child of the hyphy movement that swe ...
.
Early life
Sleep Dank and fellow
Thizz rapper
Dubee were best friends from their childhood when they played baseball while growing up in
Vallejo, California
Vallejo ( ; ) is a city in Solano County, California and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 census. Vallejo is home to th ...
. He started a group called 535 with Dank, Dubee and
Mac Mall
Jamal Rocker (born June 14, 1975), professionally known by his stage name Mac Mall, is an American rapper who became known in the mid/late 1990s as one of the local artists putting the Bay Area on the hip hop map. Mac Mall signed with the record ...
as the members. He would later go on to be featured on albums such as
Mac Dre
Andre Louis Hicks (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004), known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper from Vallejo, California. He was an instrumental figure in the emergence of hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip hop scene ...
's ''
Stupid Doo Doo Dumb'' and release a group album with Montana Montana Montana named Maclafornia 2016.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Murder Book Author'' (2001)
* ''Bookilation: Murder Book Author Part II'' (2002)
* ''15bluntz2light' (2003)
* ''Hot SHHT'' (2006)
* ''Vallejo's Top Exec'' (2006)
* ''Danker Nation'' (2006)
* ''Crest - Home Of The Thizz Dance'' (2007)
* ''I Love Rap Money'' (2010)
* ''Still King of My City'' (2012)
* "Maclafornia" (2016)
Compilations
* ''Greatest Hits: Murderbook Author, Pt. 2'' (2009)
References
External links
Sleep Dank TwitterSleep Dank MySpace
American rappers
West Coast hip hop musicians
Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area
Musicians from Vallejo, California
Living people
Gangsta rappers
21st-century American rappers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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