Editing Warren G (section)

===Start with 213 (circa 1990)===
By 1990, in his hometown [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], as record producer and rapper, Warren formed a music trio with two of his longtime running mates, Nathaniel "[[Nate Dogg]]" Hale, a rapperlike singer, and Calvin "[[Snoop Dogg]]”  Broadus,<ref name=":24">In his 1994 single "[[Do You See]]", Warren G reminisces on his background, while incidentally noting, twice, that 213 had originally been Warren G, Nate Dogg, and Snoop Rock, amid visuals that briefly show the V.I.P record shop [Warren G, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoezCLhQFaE "Do You See"], ''Warren G'' @ YouTube, October 6, 2009].</ref> a singerlike rapper.<ref name=":4" /> The Long Beach trio, fond of [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] rap group [[415 (group)|415]], named for the [[Bay area]]'s area code, took the name [[213 (group)|213]], the Los Angeles area's.<ref name=":13" /> Practicing and recording in the modest studio in Long Beach record store [[VIP Records (Long Beach)|V.I.P.]],<ref name=":24" /> they cut a demo tape.<ref name=":13" /> [[Dr. Dre]], already a celebrity, rebuffed his younger stepbrother Warren's requests for him to listen.<ref name=":1">P.R., "Warren G", in Nathan Brackett with Christian Hoard, eds., ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide'' (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004), [https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&dq=Snoop,+Nate,+Warren,+213,+1990+Dre&pg=PA859 p 859]. For Warren's own telling, see [[Ebro Darden]] & [[Laura Stylez]], interviewers, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blMD48aR0s&t=1192s "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. On the V.I.P. record store, see Andrea Domanick, [https://www.laweekly.com/world-famous-v-i-p-records-to-close "World famous V.I.P. Records to close"], ''[[LA Weekly]]'', January 5, 2012.</ref>

Before long, homemade copies of 213's songs spread in [[Los Angeles county]], particularly the cities [[Compton, California|Compton]] and [[Pomona, California|Pomona]], and Los Angeles city's sections [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] and [[South Los Angeles|South Central]], but no label picked them up.<ref name=":13" /> One day, Warren phoned Dre to catch up, and found him at a bachelor party—thrown for Dre's friend Andre "LA Dre" Bolton, another record producer—whereupon Warren found himself invited to join it.<ref name=":13" /> There, once the songs began to repeat, Warren offered LA Dre the 213 tape.<ref name=":13" /> Liking it, he summoned Dr. Dre, who, hearing the Snoop rap "Super Duper Snooper", immediately welcomed the trio.<ref name=":15" /> Days later, 213 moved into Dre's lavish [[Troubadour style#Architecture|troubadour-style]] house in [[Calabasas, California|Calabasas]], home to both his wife and his recording studio.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>In Calabasas, on the hills west of the [[San Fernando Valley]], Dre had bought, in perhaps 1989, "a lavish [[Troubadour style|troubadour-style]] home", and put a recording studio in an upstairs bedroom [Gerrick D. Kennedy, ''Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap'' (New York: [[Atria Books]], 2017), [https://books.google.com/books?id=xKZADwAAQBAJ&q=Calabasas pp 123 & 132].</ref>

In April 1992, Dr. Dre's debut solo single "[[Deep Cover (song)|Deep Cover]]" introduced America to Snoop Doggy Dogg, the track's guest but instantly star rapper.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":17">David Diallo, "Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg", in Mickey Hess, ed., ''Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture'', Volume 1 (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007), [https://books.google.com/books?id=LldOLnIQ66cC&dq=213&pg=PA326 pp 326–327].</ref> Warren helped Dre find sounds for Dre's debut solo album ''[[The Chronic]]'',<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Warren G Says Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Was Co-Produced By Him And He Didn't Receive Any Compensation |url=https://www.bet.com/article/137tbr/warren-g-dr-dre-the-chronic-co-produced#:~:text=Warren%20G%20Says%20Dr.,'&text=Warren%20G%20is%20making%20a,would%20be%20lovely%20right%20now.%E2%80%9D |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=BET |language=en}}</ref> further debuting Snoop, whereby superstardom chased Snoop into 1993 and, via Snoop's own debut solo album, ''[[Doggystyle]]'', captured him by 1994.<ref name=":4" /><ref>Stereo Williams, [https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-snoop-dogg-became-the-most-wanted-man-in-america "When Snoop became the most wanted man in America"], ''[[Daily Beast]]'', November 18, 2018.</ref> By then, also solo, Nate, too, had joined Dre's label, [[Death Row Records]].<ref name=":4" /><ref>By the July 1998 release of Nate Dogg's repeatedly delayed solo album, the curtain was already closing on G-funk's popular run [Thomas Erlewine, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/g-funk-classics-vols-1-2-mw0000182144 "Nate Dogg: ''G Funk Classics, Vols. 1 & 2''"], ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited April 24, 2020].</ref> Warren, returning to Long Beach, aimed to find his own way.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":18">Gill, Karam, director, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B78awTk4MU "''G Funk'' | Official Documentary"], ''SnoopDoggTV'' @ YouTube Premium, 11 Jull 2018, which webpage offers a written synopsis. For instead some news on the 2017 documentary, see Matt Warren, [https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/la-film-festival-update-g-funk-doc-warren-g-live-performance-ace-hotel-june-16 "LA Film Festival update: 'G-Funk' doc and Warren G live performance at Ace Hotel, June 16"], Film Independent website, May 24, 2017.</ref> In 2004, a 213 album finally arrived: [[The Hard Way (213 album)|''The Hard Way'']].<ref name=":17" /><ref>Jon Dolan, Joe Gross, Chuck Klosterman & Chris Ryan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=neDQuF47lxQC&dq=213&pg=PA120 "Oct: Breakdown"], ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', 2004 Oct;'''20'''(10):120; Rondell Conway, [https://books.google.com/books?id=yyYEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Snoop+Dogg&pg=PA236 "213: ''The Hard Way''"], ''Vibe'', 2004 Sep;'''12'''(9):236.</ref>