Diggy Dre Music

Diggy Dre / Bio 

 

Andre Higgins (born September 11th, 1985), goes by the stage name Diggy Dre. Diggy was a nickname given to him as a child growing up in La Puente, California. When he got older and knew that he wanted to be involved in the hip-hop industry, he started to call himself Diggy Dre, which gave birth to him starting the independent label, Diggy Dre Records. Diggy Dre always dreamed big and always had big goals. Starting as a youngster, he only looked up to legends, determined to become one someday.
If you ask Diggy Dre how he got where he is today, he would say “My love for music, hard work and dedication, and the love of the West Coast”. Diggy Dre’s self-produced debut album is titled “Welcome To Cali”. Diggy Dre started producing Hip-Hop beats at the age of 16. Armed with just a PC and a midi keyboard, Diggy Dre was determined to find himself in the music
industry like his grandfather, saxophone legend, Chuck Higgins.
Growing up in Los Angeles County, California, Diggy Dre had his eyes exposed to a lot of “street life” situations and his ears where exposed to alot of “good” music such as Marvine Gaye, The Boys, George Clinton, Rick James, all the way up to Dr. Dre, and Snoop Doggy Dogg. Influenced by the production style and business ethics of Dr. Dre, Diggy Dre went on to independently boot up the indie label
“Diggy Dre Records” and started writing his debut album. “Welcome To Cali” is my punch at trying to bring interest back to West Coast
Hip-Hop with a blend of G-Funk, today’s music, a talkbox (sold to me by Roger Troutman’s brother, Terry), and a different spin on the way the West Coast sounds while staying true to the [original] West Coast formula”
Diggy Dre is currently promoting his debut album “Welcome To Cali”.
Now at the age of 25, Diggy Dre recalls producing his first beat at the age of 16. “I refused to rap on somebody else’s beat, especially on a mixtape, but I would do it as a feature. I mainly was hungry to learn the ends and out of the industry from songwriting to producing”, he says. It was a journey starting from a few basic programs to saving and sacrificing to get the industry standard equipment including
Digidesign Pro Tools, Reason Software for music production, keyboards, studio mics, etc.
Every rap artist in the industry right now has some kind of artist that they look up to. Diggy Dre can list a few that influenced him to start a career as a rap artist and a producer, like Snoop Dogg, Eazy-E, 2 Pac, Ice Cube, but over and above all, Dr. Dre, for his production style and his business ethics. “A lot of people say my music can be comparable to Dr. Dre. That’s great and I love it, but I’m introducing the world to Diggy Dre”. Diggy Dre hopes to see the rise of west coast music once again the way it was in the 90’s and strongly believes it to be possible since good music eventually becomes classics, and then eventually becomes timeless. “I’m thankful I looked up to the legends I look up to now because that is why I have developed into the artist, producer, and independent C.E.O. that I have become and now I am part of what they call, The New West Coast!”
Diggy Dre has just completed his debut album, Welcome To Cali, and is currently promoting while producing his second album,
The RE-Funk Era (2012). Lyrics and production by Diggy Dre can also be heard on Eazy-ECPT.Com’s ,Ruthless Memories, Eazy-E tribute mixtape that released on March 26th, 2011, with a song titled “Dear Eazy”. After the release of his album debut,
he hopes to pick up a new artist on the roster for Diggy Dre Records.
Stay tuned because Diggy Dre is Keeping it West Coast, one track at a time!
 General Info

Band Members:

Diggy Dre

Artist Name:

Diggy Dre

Home Page:

http://www.reverbnation.com/diggydre

Genres:

Hip Hop / West Coast / G-Funk

Contact Info

Location:

Victorville, CA

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