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Birth name | Christopher Noel Dorsey |
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Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | September 3, 1980
Genres | Hip hop |
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Discography | B.G. discography |
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Christopher Noel Dorsey (born September 3, 1980),[3] better known by his stage name B.G. (short for Baby Gangsta), is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his musical career in 1993 upon signing with Birdman's Cash Money Records at the age of 12.[2] Dorsey and label-mates Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk collectively formed the group Hot Boys 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 Checkmate (2000)—to moderate success. He parted ways with the label in 2001 and founded Chopper City Records later that year.
Dorsey was incarcerated from 2012 to 2023, and promptly continued recording following his release.