Warren says record with Weezy is on the way Warren G reveals his involvement in Lil Wayne’s upcoming album, the 6th installment of the Tha Carter series, calling the song ‘vicious.’ Stopping by DJ Hed and Gina Views’ Sirius XM show Effective Immediately on Thursday (October 31), the West Coast rapper let it slip that

Dr. Dre and Warren G are steps brothers by marriage. Dr. Dre’s mother and Warren G’s father married each other and brought both families together. Warren G was longtime friends with Nate Dogg, who is Snoop Dogg’s cousin and he eventually met Snoop and they all started a group called 213, which was named after

Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, and Warren G were once in a local rap group named 213, which was L.A.’s original telephone area code. The rap trio started in 1992 and they first appeared together on “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None)” from Snoop Dogg’s solo debut album Doggystyle, which also featured Kurupt of Tha Dogg Pound.

Warren G sampled a VCR for the beginning of the 1994 hit “Regulate” using an Akai MPC60 and his cousin Nate Dogg recorded his vocals in a closet due to lack of furniture in Warren’s two bedroom Long Beach apartment. The vocals you hear on the album version of “Regulate” were the original closet recording.