My Take
Warren G is one of those artists who could have easily been overshadowed by the louder names coming out of Long Beach in the early '90s, but "Regulate" made sure that never happened. That song — built around a Michael McDonald sample, of all things — is genuinely perfect: smooth, cinematic, and so distinctly G-funk that it sounds like a whole season of summer condensed into four minutes. He grew up as Dr. Dre's stepbrother, which tells you something about the musical DNA he was surrounded by, and he absorbed every bit of it without just copying the formula. His debut album Regulate...G Funk Era holds up better than most people give it credit for, and the fact that he kept making music well into the 2000s shows real dedication to the craft. He's not the flashiest name in West Coast hip hop history, but he's one of the most essential.
Overview
Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970) is an American rapper, record producer and DJ. He is known for his role in popularizing West Coast hip hop during the 1990s, and is credited as a pioneer of its subgenre G-funk. Griffin attained mainstream success with his 1994 single "Regulate" (featuring Nate Dogg), which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album, Regulate...
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Warren G
- Name (Japanese)
- ウォーレン・G
- Reading
- うぉーれん・G
- Born
- November 10, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dog
- Origin
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / songwriter / record producer / disc jockey / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Jordan High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://warreng.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/Regulator
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBG
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.