Dresta

Andre Wicker was born and raised in Nutty Blocc in Compton, California. He and his brother Arlandis Hinton, also known as B.G. Knocc Out, became Nutty Blocc Compton Crips, a Crip set from the West Coast neighborhood of the same name. He was convicted of assaulting another gang member in Compton in 1988, and was incarcerated at the California Youth Authority in Camarillo until 1993. ==Music career==

While Dresta was serving his five-year sentence, he started writing lyrics and rapping, gaining some notoriety. The song itself was a response to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's various 'diss' records towards Eazy-E on Dr. Dre's debut album, The Chronic. In 1995, Dresta and B.G. Knocc Out released their debut studio album Real Brothas, which remains their only album to date. At the end of the same year, they made three guest appearances in Eazy-E's posthumous album Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton. After B.G. Knocc Out's incarceration in 1998, Dresta worked with Death Row Records and appeared on two tracks from Death Row's Too Gangsta for Radio compilation, but never actually signed to the record label. Dresta stated in an interview that he is currently working on Dirty West mixtape series and on upcoming solo album, hinting possibility of Real Brothas to get re-released. Dresta also wrote a song for Dr. Dre's album Detox, but Dre didn't want to collaborate with him. He criticized Dr. Dre for surrounding himself with mediocre artists and the numerous delays of his Detox album. In 2015, two singles were released under Dresta by Madness 4 Real, Titled "I Represent the CPT" and "No Respect". The tracks were originally recorded for Real Brothas. ==Personal life==

1994 shooting On January 14, 1994, Tyrone Thomas (also known as Tony Bogard), Andre Wicker and Rodney Compton were involved in a gang confrontation in Imperial Courts housing projects. Thomas and Compton were former PeeJay Watts Crips and Thomas had helped to organize a truce between Crips and Bloods in Watts, Los Angeles in 1992. At around 6:30 p.m., a shooting began in a parking lot in the 2200 block of East 114th Street. who was said to be the prime target of the shooting. Compton was wounded in the arm but was released from jail after pleading no contest to one count of voluntary manslaughter on May 31, 1994. Wicker was sentenced to one year probation under terms of a plea bargain. ==Discography==

Collaboration albums • Real Brothas with B.G. Knocc Out (1995) Singles "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" 1993 "50/50 Luv" 1995 "Jealousy" 1995 "I Represent the CPT" 2015 "No Respect" 2015 Guest appearances ==References==