{"artistName":"Andre Nickatina \u0026 Equipto","artistId":101239,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/34e/34eb89e2f2f7a39d02273e14b31e0c1a_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/34e/34eb89e2f2f7a39d02273e14b31e0c1a_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/34e/34eb89e2f2f7a39d02273e14b31e0c1a_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/34e/34eb89e2f2f7a39d02273e14b31e0c1a_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/34e/34eb89e2f2f7a39d02273e14b31e0c1a_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eAndre L. Adams (born March 11, 1970), better known by his stage name Andre Nickatina, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California. He previously performed under the stage name Dre Dog. \n Personal Life\nAndre Nickatina is from the San Francisco Bay Area. \n\nThis section is empty. You can help by adding to it. \n  Musical career\nAndre Adams attended the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology but dropped out; he claims to have had a D average. He released two albums under the stage name Dre Dog: The New Jim Jones in 1993 and I Hate You With a Passion in 1995. I Hate You With a Passion peaked at #79 on the Billboard Top R\u0026amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. In 1997, Adams changed his stage name to Andre Nickatina, and released the albums: Cocaine Raps under his own label, Filmoe Coleman Records and Raven in My Eyes, which was released under the Bay Area Independent Rap Label Dogday Records. Unlike his albums released under the name Dre Dog, Cocaine Raps had deeper production values First Collaborations with Producer Nick Peace. The album Raven in My Eyes was noted for its production quality and songs that combine \"sequencers and keyboards that buzz and whine\" with live instrumentation. That year, he founded his own record label, Filmoe Coleman Records. Nickatina explained in an interview with Strivin magazine that his name change was \"for the better\" and that he raps because he feels that he is talented enough to do so but not for the sake of popularity. \nSoon afterwards, his following three albums, Tears of a Clown (1999), Daiquiri Factory: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 2, The Unreleased Sold Exclusively at shows and appreances and These R the Tales (the latter three in 2000) gained him notoriety in the West Coast underground rap scene. Mosi Reeves of the San Francisco Bay Guardian noted Nickatina's popularity at a CD release party for another underground Bay Area rapper/producer, Smoov-E; Reeves called Nickatina \"a quick-witted rapper who spits as hard as Kurupt does\". A combo CD/movie project, Conversation with a Devil, followed in 2003. Lindsay Welnick, a music critic for SF Weekly, regarded the film as a knockoff of the classic gangster movie Scarface. Nate Denver for the SF Bay Guardian praised the album, though. Another album, The Gift followed in 2005, when the newspaper SF Weekly named Nickatina the \"Best Local Hip Hop Legend\" of that year. In 2005, Nickatina also won the first annual Bay Area Raps Awards for Best Underground Artist. In 2008, he released A Tale of Two Andres with Mac Dre. Although they released only two songs together, they were close friends and the album was a tribute to his memory. \nYear\nTitle\nChart Positions\n U.S. R\u0026amp;B\nU.S. Heat (Pacific)\n 1993 \nThe New Jim Jones (as Dre Dog)\nReleased: June 17, 1993, \nLabel: In-a-Minute, \nFormat: CD, cassette, \n\n-- \n-- \n 1995 \nI Hate You with a Passion (as Dre Dog)\nReleased: April 19, 1995, \nLabel: In-a-Minute, \nFormat: CD, cassette, \n\n79 \n7 \n 1997 \nCocaine Raps\nReleased: April 1997, \nLabel: Filmoe Coleman Records, \nFormat: CD, \n\n-- \n-- \n 1998 \nRaven in My Eyes\nReleased: June 23, 1998, \nLabel: Dogday, \nFormat: CD, \n\n-- \n-- \n 1999 \nTears of a Clown\nReleased: May 18, 1999, \nLabel: Fillmoe Coleman, \nFormat: CD, \n\n-- \n-- \n 2000 \nDaiquiri Factory: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 2\nReleased: June 6, 2000, \nLabel: Million Dollar Dream, \nFormat: CD, cassette, \n\n-- \n-- \n These R the Tales\nReleased: November 14, 2000, \nLabel: Fillmoe Coleman, \nFormat: CD, cassette, \n\n-- \n-- \n 2003 \nConversation with a Devil: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 3\nReleased: April 22, 2003, \nLabel: Fillmoe Coleman, \nFormat: CD/DVD, \n\n-- \n3 \n 2004 \nBullets, Blunts In Ah Big Bankroll\nReleased: May 18, 2004, \nLabel: Nicky Rose, \nFormat: CD, \n\n-- \n-- \n 2005 \nThe Gift\nReleased: January 25, 2005, \nLabel: Fillmoe Coleman, \nFormat: CD, \n\n-- \n-- \n 2007 \nBooty Star: Glock Tawk\nReleased: September 18, 2007, \nLabel: Nicky Pearl, \nFormat: CD, \n\n-- \n-- \n 2009 \nUgly Money, Vol. 2: Love It and Count It\nReleased: May 19, 2009, \nLabel: I-Khan, \nFormat: CD, \n\n-- \n-- \n Cocaine Inc (Cocaine Raps 1, 2, \u0026amp; 3)\nReleased: September 1, 2009, \nLabel: Fillmoe Coleman Records, \nFormat: CD, \n\n-- \n-- \n 2010 \nKhan! The Me Generation\nReleased: April 20, 2010, \nLabel: Fillmoe Coleman Records, \nFormat: CD, \n\nCollaboration albums: \nMidnight Machine Gun Rhymes and Alibis (with Equipto) (2002), \nHorns and Halos (with Equipto) (2005), \nGun-Mouth 4 Hire: Horns and Halos 2 (with Equipto) (2005), \nBullet Symphony: Horns and Halos 3 (with Equipto) (2006), \nA Tale of Two Andres (with Mac Dre) (2008), \nThe King And Mr. Biscuits (with Smoov-E) (2010), \nMy Middle Name Is Crime EP (with The Jacka) (2010), \n Compilations: \nUnreleased (2001), \nHell's Kitchen (2002), \nRules of the Game (circa 1998), \nGreen Eyes (Compilation Album) (2003), \nThe Chicken Hill Project (2012) (Will be the Biggest comp since WEST COAST BADBOYS! , \n Mixtapes: \nWhere's My Money (2012)\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Andre+Nickatina+Equipto","playStationPath":"/stations/280763609/play","stationId":280763609,"bioPath":"/music/Andre+Nickatina+Equipto/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Keak+Da+Sneak","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ffc/ffc175167442a9c40798b0b68e663819_md.jpg","artistName":"Keak Da Sneak","artistId":10386,"station_id":113316106},{"musicPath":"/music/Mitchy+Slick","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/290/29067c131ea1b3771329c03fd389b5a8_md.jpg","artistName":"Mitchy Slick","artistId":116930,"station_id":283168222},{"musicPath":"/music/JT+the+Bigga+Figga","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/307/307cb34f952fa9823f9a6ac912a03e04_md.jpg","artistName":"JT the Bigga Figga","artistId":10019,"station_id":113546238},{"musicPath":"/music/Turf+Talk","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/409/40971b072c72bb9e64de9987f6ff70cc_md.jpg","artistName":"Turf Talk","artistId":107885,"station_id":282140138},{"musicPath":"/music/Ya+Boy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b91/b91688e9e7ab4c7c7b8abb1092a0d482_md.jpg","artistName":"Ya Boy","artistId":55363,"station_id":259461917},{"musicPath":"/music/Kafani","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ae9/ae91665cae5de7ebaadc1b2f3090bb8a_md.jpg","artistName":"Kafani","artistId":112125,"station_id":282284078},{"musicPath":"/music/Roach+Gigz","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/562/562120ff013c0571784ee450d6ee9fa2_md.jpg","artistName":"Roach Gigz","artistId":124649,"station_id":283949919},{"musicPath":"/music/Thug+Lordz","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/811/8112c533f2b5f4b5a381334266821536_md.jpg","artistName":"Thug Lordz","artistId":102039,"station_id":287828384},{"musicPath":"/music/Traxamillion","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9f5/9f56975a9841fc353d4d6bf5d50cb5a3_md.jpg","artistName":"Traxamillion","artistId":10523,"station_id":114239441},{"musicPath":"/music/Taj+He+Spitz","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b3e/b3ebe4c5ff18382121e1708e28b0c393_md.jpg","artistName":"Taj-He-Spitz","artistId":134347,"station_id":285886683},{"musicPath":"/music/Fed+X","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/686/686fd7372562ba1c1b97ba86b1c1cd16_md.jpg","artistName":"Fed-X","artistId":11544,"station_id":115609804},{"musicPath":"/music/Yukmouth","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/28d/28df525414b22c8cb332fc6c9211d85a_md.jpg","artistName":"Yukmouth","artistId":11080,"station_id":113410581},{"musicPath":"/music/Messy+Marv","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ee5/ee5697af110fd033302d55fcd32b1cfb_md.jpg","artistName":"Messy Marv","artistId":12946,"station_id":113278755},{"musicPath":"/music/Messy+Marv+Mitchy+Slick","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b9d/b9d2ffa82b51f91e87c723836261ff29_md.jpg","artistName":"Messy Marv \u0026 Mitchy Slick","artistId":109815,"station_id":282140958},{"musicPath":"/music/Lee+Majors","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9c4/9c436b9b4382e0f8b0086b1ec610caf2_md.jpg","artistName":"Lee Majors","artistId":44887,"station_id":196468905},{"musicPath":"/music/Messy+Marv+San+Quinn","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/35b/35bf11035531236eaf6ff9cd991b8f88_md.jpg","artistName":"Messy Marv \u0026 San Quinn","artistId":107012,"station_id":281862281},{"musicPath":"/music/Jayo+Felony","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e3e/e3ef13f8f7985294e22105f64027b91e_md.jpg","artistName":"Jayo Felony","artistId":10292,"station_id":113372386},{"musicPath":"/music/Andre+Nickatina","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9ab/9abb4197c4867c4a2fc31d295a6fe4e8_md.jpg","artistName":"Andre Nickatina","artistId":54488,"station_id":258859435}]}