Andre Nickatina & Equipto

Andre Nickatina is a American hardcore rapper from San Francisco, California who has been an active participant in the underground hip hop scene since the early 1990s. Andre Nickatina first appeared on the Bay Area rap scene in 1993 under the name Dre Dog with The New E-Bone, and "Raven in My Eyes" was the first album that he released under the name Andre Nickatina and has since released nine solo albums, an amateur film, several albums with fellow local rapper, Equipto and contributed significantly to the film and soundtrack for the 2005 documentary, The Gift.

Andre Nickatina first appeared on the Bay Area rap scene in 1993 under the name Dre Dog with The New E-Bone, and "Raven in My Eyes" was the first album that he released under the name Andre Nickatina and has since released nine solo albums, an amateur film, several albums with fellow local rapper, Equipto and contributed significantly to the film and soundtrack for the 2005 documentary, The Gift.

Nickatina also heads his own record label known as Fillmore Coleman Records and is known to be one of the busiest underground rappers in the business, reportedly keeping steady work on various music and film projects. In 2005, he was awarded the Bay Area Hip Hop Award for Underground Artist of the Year as well a nomination for Underground Album of the Year for his 2004 release Bullets, Blunts In Ah Big Bankroll.