Happy Birthday and Salute to BG!

Born Christopher Dorsey in New Orleans, he began his career at the age of 14 and was among the first rappers on Cash Money Records. He made his recording debut in 1995, on the Cash Money album “True Story” also featuring Lil Wayne who was only 11 years old at the time. He would then drop three more albums in the following years, Chopper City, It’s All on U, Vol. 1 and 2.

In 1997 BG, Lil Wayne, and other Cash Money rappers by the name of Juvenile & Turk would form the HOT BOYZ, with the debut album “Get It How U Live!” Then something happened that would help them come in the the mainstream – Cash Money signed a major-label distribution deal with Universal Records, giving them a bigger audience.

BG Took advantage of the situation and in 1999 he released his next album “Chopper City in the Ghetto“. It was among the first Cash Money albums to benefit from the distribution deal with Universal, spawning the nationwide hit single “Bling Bling” and reaching platinum status. That same year, A second Hot Boys album, Guerrilla Warfare, was released in the wake of this success, and it likewise went platinum, spawning a pair of hits, “We on Fire,” “I Need a Hot Girl”.

In 2000 B.G. would release his another album titled Checkmate, it was his last for Cash Money, as he left following a dispute over money. BG would start his own record label by the name of Chopper City Records, where he would release many successful albums. The BG era at Cash Money was over but there was no doubt on the impact he made there and in Dirty South music.