The B.G.

The B.G. (short for "The Baby Gangsta" or "B. Gizzle", born Christopher Dorsey in 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an African-American rapper. He is often referred to as simply B.G..

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Early life

Christopher Dorsey was a normal kid growing up in the Magnolia section of uptown New Orleans. In elementary school, young Dorsey rapped as a hobby. When Dorsey was 12, his father was murdered in a robbery, and young Dorsey drifted into street life. Dorsey began selling marijuana, and eventually heroin ? to which he later became addicted.

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During this time, local independent rap label Cash Money Records was looking for new talent, and Dorsey was recommended to the label by his barber, who also happened to cut the hair of the Cash Money CEOs Brian and Ronald. After an impromptu audition, Dorsey was signed to the bubbling label.

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Music career

The youngest artist signed to Cash Money Records, Dorsey, given the stage name "The B.G." (The "Baby Gangsta"), released his debut LP, TRU Story, in 1992. As the only Cash Money artist to survive several roster purges, B.G. single handily carried Cash Money to regional fame. Label head Brian Williams, who also became an artist for the label under the name "Baby", took in B.G. and became his surrogate father.

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His 1996 release Chopper City is considered a southern classic and sold 100,000 copies independently. The next year, he released the albums It's All on You, Vol. 1 and It's All on You, Vol. 2. when Cash Money signed a 30 million dollar deal with Universal in 1997, B.G. went to work on his seminal Chopper City in the Ghetto LP. The album spawned the massive hit "Bling Bling", which, along with Juvenile's "Back That Azz Up", made Cash Money a nation wide success. "Bling Bling" also became a popular hip-hop slang term for any sort of expensive jewelry, automobiles, or other forms of opulence, which were featured heavily in Cash Money videos and on Cash Money album covers.

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B.G. remained with Cash Money for the rest of the 1990s, and was a member of the Hot Boys with Juvenile, Lil' Wayne, and Turk. He left the label in early 2001 after disputes with Brian Williams over royalties and personal issues, and later signed an independent deal for his Chopper City label with Koch Records. In 2001 he attended a drug treatment program in Minnesota for a Heroin addiction that he struggled with for much of his life.

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1980: 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday....

African-American: African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or simply blacks are an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and Central Africa. Many African Americans have European and/or Native American ancestry as well....

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