no. for me personally, it just seems like Mac Dre was popular before UGA. maybe Yuk is right, I don't really know exactly at what point he was popular in other regions, but for and most people I know who listen to Mac Dre, we were bumpin his shit waaaay before that. most people here have been Bay Area rap fans forever, so when we hear that statement it sounds far fetched.
I'm not gonna front and say I was bumpin YBB when it first dropped, because I'm only 25. the first MD album I heard was Stupid Doo Doo Dumb. My homie's brother who was a few years older used to have a gang of Bay Area rap albums, and that's when I started listening to him, around 1998 or so.
people don't think they're "cool," just pointing out that Mac Dre did have a gang of fans way before that shit. Although I'm sure we're all biased because we came up on this shit