Warren G, born in Long Beach, CA in 1970 was the little brother of R&B/Hip Hop artist/producer Dr. Dre. He began singing with Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg with Regulate in 1994. His lyrics to his songs all have meaning behind them, telling a story of his life. What he saw growing up and how he overcame them. He has been in some trouble for drugs but all charges dropped due to not enough evidence. He has the creditability of his experience, the been there, done that, seen it, heard it, scenarios. He explains in his interview with Chuey Martinez on you tube, how hip hop and rap music is different.
link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o0dIH6L8DQ
He has had a musical background his whole life because of his brother being in the industry and was brought up around numerous other artist.