Mac Mall, (born Jamal Rocker in Vallejo, California) is a Bay Area rapper who became known in the mid/late 1990s as one of the local artists putting the Bay Area on the hip hop map. He was signed to Young Black Brotha Records. Mac Mall was also longtime friends with Mac Dre, who was his mentor early on in his career. The two repaired their friendship a couple of years before Dre’s death. He is also cousins to Vallejo rap stars E-40 and B-Legit. In 1993, Mac Mall released his debut album Illegal Business? on Young Black Brotha records. Entirely produced by Khayree Shaheed, the album featured Ray Luv, Mac Dre and The Mac. Illegal Business? moved over 200,000 units independently, a major feat for an independent artist and record label. He met Tupac Shakur shortly after the albums release, who after praising Mac’s music offered to direct a video for the single “Ghetto Theme”.