There is vibrant life beyond Red Bull in the energy drink market, and the Bay Area rap music scene in particular has inspired several of these beverages. In fact, two local brands offer cans inspired by the same beloved rapper, the late Mac Dre of Vallejo, whose life was tragically cut short in a drive-by shooting in Kansas City, MO in 2004. Oakland company 100 Racks Inc. (aka Hunid Racks) has "Mac Dre Feel'N Myself," while Fairfield's Hyphydration Beverage Co. offers "Thizz Juice."
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Thizznessman: Eddi Projex
Local indie turf rap outlets SMC Recordings and Thizz Entertainment (a label founded by the late Mac Dre) have teamed up to create a subsidiary label, Town Thizzness, combining SMC's distribution and promotional networks with Thizz' street credibility and word-of-mouth buzz. The label began with two well-received releases in '08: Beeda Weeda's Tha Thizzness and J-Stalin's Gas Nation, which may not have resurrected the hyphy movement so much as hinted that the s
Eating My Way Down Clement Street
Mac Dre's Thizz face: Your new culinary rating system.Our pals at Grub Street have alerted us to a local blog with a charming and ambitious Richmond District mission. Eating My Way Down Clement Street is just that: one woman's quest to take on one of the most deliciously carb-loaded thoroughfares in San Francisco.SFoodie has been known to dip into the Thizz Juice with some regularity. So we were quite tickled to see that, rather than stars or whisks or
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