No, Warren G is alive and kicking and is currently running his restaurant.
The American rapper Warren Griffin III is known for his role in West Coast rap’s 1990s ascent.
At age 17, Warren was jailed for gun possession. Following his release, he began focusing on music after his stepbrother Dr. Dre taught him how to use a drum machine.
In 1990, Warren G together with Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg formed the hip-hop trio 213, named for Long Beach’s area code. While practicing with 213, and working a full-time job, the young Warren used all his free time creating his sound and aspired to make it big.
The trio 213 dissolved when two of its members signed with Death Row Records.
During his early solo career, Warren G worked with artists like MC Breed and 2Pac, but his big break came when his vocal collaboration with Mista Grimm, on “Indo Smoke”, appeared on the Poetic Justice soundtrack (1992).
Warren’s outstanding rap led to a serious collaboration with his stepbrother Dr. Dre. Dedicated to hard work, that same year, Warren G made major contributions to Dr. Dre’s album The Chronic (released in December 1992), including sampling for “Nuthin’ but a G-Thang”.
He garnered mainstream success with the 1994 single “Regulate”, a duet with Nate Dogg.
His debut album, Regulate… G Funk Era, debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 176,000 in its opening week. The album later went on the sell over 3 million copies in the US and was certified 3x multi-platinum. The single “Regulate” spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with three weeks at No. 2, while “This D.J.”, reached No. 9. Both songs earned Grammy nominations.
Warren G’s other album credits include; Take a Look Over Your Shoulder(1997), I Want It All (1999), The Return of the Regulator (2001), In the Mid-Nite Hour (2005) and The G Files (2009).