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Christopher Noel Dorsey (born September 3, 1980), better known by his stage name B.G. (short for Baby Gangsta; formerly Lil Doogie), is an American rapper from
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,
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. He began his musical career in 1993 upon signing with Birdman's
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at the age of 12. Dorsey and label-mates
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, Juvenile and Turk collectively formed the group
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in 1997, with whom he has released three commercially successful albums. As a solo act, Dorsey has released five solo albums for Cash Money—''Chopper City'' (1996), '' It's All on U, Vol. 1'' (1997), '' It's All on U, Vol. 2'' (1997), the platinum-certified '' Chopper City in the Ghetto'' (1999) and ''
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'' (2000)—to moderate success. He parted ways with the label in 2001 and founded
Chopper City Records Chopper City Records is a record label founded by CEO and rapper Christopher " B.G." Dorsey and Co-CEO Carol Dorsey in Metairie, Louisiana. Dorsey signed an independent deal for his Chopper City Records with Koch Records in August 2002.Soren Ba ...
later that year. Dorsey was incarcerated from 2012 to 2023, and promptly continued recording following his release.


Early life

Dorsey was born on September 3, 1980, at Charity Hospital in
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. He grew up in the Freret neighborhood of
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, which is located in the 13th Ward. The Dorsey family lived in a
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on the corner of Valence and Magnolia Street. When he was 12, his father was killed during an attempted robbery. He then began selling
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and hanging out on street corners with drug dealers. While attending middle school, he started rapping and eventually met with Bryan "Birdman" Williams (a.k.a. Baby) in a barbershop in 1993. Birdman and his brother "Slim" took Dorsey in, allowing him to stay with them. They later signed him to
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. At 15, he dropped out of high school and began using
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, but remained focused on his recording career.


Career

At age fourteen, B.G. (then known as Lil Doogie) began working with another New Orleans pre-teenager named Baby D (later known as
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). The two were both signed to Cash Money Records, and they came together as a duo named ''The B.G.'z''. He released the album ''Chopper City'' in 1996 and the albums '' It's All on U, Vol. 1'' and '' Vol. 2'' in 1997. He was also part of the group
Hot Boys The Hot Boys (often styled as Hot Boy$) are an American hip hop group from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 1997 and composed of rappers B.G., Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk. The group signed with then-independent record label Cash Money R ...
with other local rappers
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, Juvenile, Turk, and Baby's nephew Derrick a.k.a. Bulletproof (who eventually left the group). The group's debut album, ''
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'', was released in October 1997. In 1998, Cash Money Records signed a deal with
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, which released '' Chopper City in the Ghetto'' in April 1999. The album included the hit song "Bling Bling", which further popularized the hip-hop slang term " bling bling" describing shiny, expensive jewelry, automobiles, or other forms of opulence. The ''
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'' added "bling bling" in 2003. The Hot Boys' second album, ''
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'', was released in July 1999 and reached No.5 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. ''
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'' (2000) was B.G.'s last album with
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. In 2001, when B.G. left Cash Money Records, he claimed to have left the label over a financial dispute with owners Birdman and
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, which caused controversy at the time. He released his sixth studio album Livin' Legend on his own label, Chopper City Records. He released '' Life After Cash Money'' in 2004, '' The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 1'' in 2005, and '' The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 2 (I Am What I Am)'', which reached #6 on the ''Billboard'' 200, in 2006. With the Chopper City Boyz, he recorded '' We Got This'' in 2007 and '' Life in the Concrete Jungle'' in 2008. In 2009, the Hot Boys agreed to a reunion. This plan was later scrapped, though B.G. and Juvenile did appear briefly on stage at a Lil Wayne concert that June. B.G. released his tenth
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, '' Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood'', in December 2009 after many delays. It included the hit single "My Hood" which featured longtime friend
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. In June 2010, B.G. released a collaborative mixtape with
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rapper
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titled "22504 (225504)", which is the combined area codes of their respective hometowns. A month later, B.G. released a solo mixtape titled ''Money Side, Murda Side'' where he introduces his newfound group, Chopper City Gorilla Gang (or simply CCGG). He released his street album titled ''HollyHood'' on October 5, 2010.


Legal issues

On November 3, 2009, Dorsey was arrested in
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after police pulled over his
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during a routine traffic stop. It is rumored that he was leaving the home of his girlfriend in Uptown New Orleans when he was stopped by the police in Eastern New Orleans. During a search of the vehicle, police found three guns, two of which were reported stolen. Dorsey was booked into the Orleans Parish Jail on an illegal carrying of weapons charge. When Dorsey appeared in court on November 5, his incarceration and bond information were unknown to the press at that time. On February 11, 2010, Dorsey appeared in court and entered a not guilty plea. According to the indictment, Dorsey was in possession of a firearm between August 2009 (count 1) and again on November 3, 2009 (count 2). It also states that Dorsey and two passengers in the vehicle conspired to obstruct justice when one signed what prosecutors later categorized as a "false
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" when he took sole responsibility for the firearms. Prior to Dorsey's trial, one passenger pleaded guilty for "his role in the offenses" and was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison, while the other pleaded guilty to
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and received 30 months in prison. On December 7, 2011, Dorsey pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. On July 18, 2012, Dorsey was sentenced to 14 years in a federal prison and three years federal supervision upon his release. On September 5, 2023, Dorsey was released from prison after serving 11 of his 14 year sentence. As a condition of his release, on June 28, 2024, he was ordered to have all his future songs approved by the US government.


Discography

Studio albums * ''Chopper City'' (1996) * '' It's All on U, Vol. 1'' (1997) * '' It's All on U, Vol. 2'' (1997) * '' Chopper City in the Ghetto'' (1999) * ''
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'' (2000) * '' Livin' Legend'' (2003) * '' Life After Cash Money'' (2004) * '' The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 1'' (2005) * '' The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 2 (I Am What I Am)'' (2006) * '' Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood'' (2009) * ''Freedom of Speech'' (2025) Collaborative albums * ''True Story'' (with
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) (1995) * ''
Get It How U Live! ''Get It How U Live!!'' is the debut album by New Orleans hip-hop group the Hot Boys, released on October 28, 1997, on Cash Money Records. The album sold over 300,000 copies, primarily in New Orleans following B.G.'s success. It peaked at No ...
'' (with
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) (1997) * ''
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'' (with Hot Boys) (1999) * ''
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'' (with
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) (2000) * '' Let 'Em Burn'' (with Hot Boys) (2003) * '' We Got This'' (with Chopper City Boyz) (2007) * '' Life in the Concrete Jungle'' (with Chopper City Boyz) (2008) * ''225504'' (with
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) (2010) * ''Choppers & Bricks'' (with
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) (2023)


See also

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Hot Boys The Hot Boys (often styled as Hot Boy$) are an American hip hop group from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 1997 and composed of rappers B.G., Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk. The group signed with then-independent record label Cash Money R ...
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Chopper City Records Chopper City Records is a record label founded by CEO and rapper Christopher " B.G." Dorsey and Co-CEO Carol Dorsey in Metairie, Louisiana. Dorsey signed an independent deal for his Chopper City Records with Koch Records in August 2002.Soren Ba ...
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Cash Money Records Cash Money Records is an American record label founded in 1991 by brothers Ronald "Slim" Williams and Birdman (rapper), Bryan "Baby" Williams. The label gained prominence in the late 1990s for having signed and released albums for New Orleans– ...


References


External links


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