Twenty-five years since the release of his critically acclaimed debut, the longevity of Andre Nickatina speaks for itself. He is considered a Bay Area legend where he’s called “King Nicky”. His evolution - as well as cocaine related themes throughout his career - resulted in a large following in the Bay Area and with college students. He continued a rough delivery but moved away from violent lyrics to a more smooth style. ![]() In the mid-1990s he changed his name to Andre Nickatina and states on the album Raven in My Eyes it was to establish an identity so that when he was older people still wouldn’t be calling him “Dre Dog”.Īfter his first two albums, Andre’s style underwent a transformation. Pisces is Nickatina’s first new recording since 2014’s Cupid got bullets 4 me.īorn March 11, 1970, Andre started his career in the early 1990s under the name Dre Dog when he released The New Jim Jones and I Hate You With a Passion under the local label In-A-Minute Records. San Francisco’s Andre Nickatina is touring in support of his new album Pisces, on 75 Girls Records. On Wednesday, January 23, the CCPA and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome Andre Nickatina back to the WOW Hall along with special guests J.
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