Editing Warren G (section)

==Early life==
Warren Griffin III was born on November 10, 1970, and grew up in [[Long Beach, California]].<ref name=":15" /> He had three sisters and was the only son of Warren Griffin Jr., an airplane mechanic, and Ola, a [[dietician]].<ref name=":15">Brenna Sanchez, [https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/warren-g "Contemporary Musicians: Warren G"], ''[[Encyclopedia.com]]'', [[Cengage]], updated April 12, 2020.</ref> They divorced when Warren was 4 and he lived with his mother and three sisters in [[East Long Beach]] until he was just about to start middle school.<ref name=":15" />

In 1982, Warren went to live with his father in [[North Long Beach, Long Beach, California|North Long Beach]].<ref name=":15" /> His new wife, Verna, had three children from a prior marriage,<ref name=":15" /> one of whom was Andre Young, the soon-to-become [[Dr. Dre]] who in 1984 joined a leading DJ crew, the [[World Class Wreckin' Cru]], which by 1985 doubled as an electro rap group, which in 1987 put out the Los Angeles area's first rap recording under a major label.<ref>David Diallo, ch 10 [https://books.google.com/books?id=XkCncJ7j744C&q=Cru "From electro-rap to G-funk: A social history of rap music in Los Angeles and Compton, California"], in Mickey Hess, ed., ''Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide'', Volume 1: ''East Coast and West Coast'' (Westport, CT: [[Greenwood Press]], 2010).</ref><ref name=":29">David Diallo, "Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg", in Mickey Hess, ed., ''Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture'' (Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2007), pp 319–[https://books.google.com/books?id=LldOLnIQ66cC&dq=Eazy&pg=PA321 322].</ref> By then, a [[Jordan High School (Long Beach, California)|Jordan High School]] student, Warren was playing football and running with friends.<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jordan High School Class of 1997 |url=https://jordanhighschool.org/los_angeles-ca/class-of-1997.html |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=jordanhighschool.org}}</ref>

In 1988, age 17, Warren was jailed for gun possession.<ref name=":15" /> While incarcerated, he took the nickname Warren G.<ref name=":15" /> By this time, Dr. Dre was already beginning to experience success as the writer and [[record producer]] for [[Ruthless Records]], as well as being a member of [[N.W.A]] with Ruthless Records founder [[Eazy-E]] and [[Ice Cube]]. N.W.A's landmark album, ''[[Straight Outta Compton]]'' (1989), was driving the Los Angeles area's rap scene to swiftly drop electro for gangsta.<ref name=":29" /> Once out of jail, Warren worked at the Long Beach shipyards<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Warren G |url=https://www.hiphopscriptures.com/warren-g |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Hip Hop Scriptures |language=en-US}}</ref> and began focusing on music after Dr. Dre taught him how to use a drum machine.<ref name=":15" /> 

By 1990, Warren G had formed the trio [[213 (group)|213]]<ref name=":13">Mosi Reeves, [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/warren-g-and-nate-doggs-regulate-the-oral-history-of-a-hip-hop-classic-170034 "Warren G and Nate Dogg's 'Regulate': The oral history of a hip-hop classic"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' website, Penske Media LLC, December 19, 2014.</ref> with two longtime running mates, Nathaniel "[[Nate Dogg]]" Hale and Calvin "[[Snoop Dogg]]" Broadus. 213 was a contributor to the [[G-funk]] sound soon to emerge in rap.<ref name=":6">Jeff Weiss explains, "As much as '[[The Chronic]]' is a psychedelic and sinister warp of the [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] and [[Funkadelic]] records that constantly rotated on [[Dr. Dre|Dre]]'s childhood turntable, it is the sound of Long Beach, too: the [[Ecumenism|ecumenical]] hymns of the Baptist church turned into filthy harmonic gospel by Snoop, Nate Dogg, Warren G and Daz" [J Weiss, [https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-dr-dre-the-chronic-20171215-story.html "25 years later, Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' remains rap's world-building masterpiece"], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/entertainment/music/25-years-later-dr-dres-the-chronic-remains-raps-world-building-masterpiece/2017/12/14/8632acda-e00f-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html ''Washington Post''] & ''Chicago Tribune'', December 15, 2017]. For some on this in Warren's own words, see [[Ebro Darden]] & [[Laura Stylez]], interviewers, "Warren G talks growing up as Dr. Dre's brother, Snoop's early rap battles and his new album", ''[[Hot 97]]'' @ YouTube, August 10, 2015, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blMD48aR0s&t=1770s 22:30] mark.</ref> The trio dissolved after Warren G connected them to Dr. Dre.<ref name=":13" /> At that point, two solo careers were launched: Dr. Dre's and Snoop Dogg's, upon G-funk.<ref name=":4">Ben Westhoff, "[https://www.laweekly.com/the-making-of-the-chronic The making of ''The Chronic''"], ''[[LA Weekly]]'', November 19, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-tw8TACddA "Dr. Dre speaks at Snoop Dogg's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony 11.19.18"], ''The Hollywood Fix'' @ YouTube, November 19, 2018.</ref> Nate, too, signed to Dr. Dre's [[Death Row Records]].<ref name=":4" /> Warren G initially helped there;<ref name=":13" /> not desiring a career in his mentor and stepbrother's shadow, however, he signed to [[Def Jam Recordings]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":23" />