Becoming established as a well-respected West Coast rapper is not a simple task nowadays. With the game locked by rap veterans such as Snoop Dogg and the Game, there seems to be little room for new talent. However, with raw lyricists, like Dre Dane, making a mark on the scene the game is about to change. Dre "the Gr8" Dane, born in Pasadena, CA., brings to the game a sense of reality, that people can relate, combined with a lifestyle not common among most west coast hip-hop artists. "I never gang banged, because I had all the family I needed in my life," he said. "I'm just a poet analyzing nature. Nothing more nothing less." Growing up the youngest of four children, Dre was introduced to hip-hop around the age of four when he and his older brother free-styled about video games and cartoons. "I was rhyming before I was writing," he said. As a child, his musical inspirations were influential rap artists such as Big Daddy Kane, DJ Quik and Scar...