Long before his Cash Money breathless career the Big Tymers and Juvenile hit the
national spotlight with their stunning LP's, B.G. was blowin up the regional charts with
his heartbreaking lyrics and awesome flow that move all who hear him for the first time.
Although very few people outside of the Deep South and Midwest had heard of
B.G. prior to
his performance on Juvenile's platinum-selling 400 Degreez. B.G. is a seasoned veteran a
bonfire supernova set to explode on the national scene. Born in the infamous Uptown
section of New Orleans, B.G. acquired his moniker because of his reputation for doing dirt
at a very early age. According to the 17-year old rap artist, his trouble are largely due
to the loss of his father and his environment-one of the poorest, most dangerous urban
areas in the nation. "Being from the ghetto, you get caught up sometimes" says
B.G. "I was out there acting up and doing stuff that I had no business doing-like
going to jail for ditching school and breaking curfew." B.G.'s love and appreciation
for rap music eventually led him to writing and reciting rhymes. "In middle school, I
would be in the hallway giving little mini-concerts, or just writing rhymes whenever and
wherever
" offers B.G. "I just knew I had it in me to make it in the rap
game." So did Ronald "Slim" Williams and his brother Bryan "Baby"
Williams, the owners of Cash Money Records who signed B.G. at the tender age of
eleven-years old. In no time, B.G. went from being an un-known local rapper with a
reputation for rowdiness to being one of the region's most prolific rhymes. He dropped his
first LP, the eerie semi-autobiographical True Story created a major stir in his home
town, easily outselling big name acts two to one regionally. The album established the
young lyricist as the heir apparent to hard-core reality-based rappers. He followed that
with his equally stunning sophomore album, Chopper City, which sold over 100,000 units,
but it wasn't until he dropped It's All On You Volumes I & II that the name
B.G. began
to ring around the nation's underground. Both volumes sold over 250,000 apiece. As a
member of the Hot Boys, an all-star hip-hop dream team featuring Juvenile, Lil Wayne and
Young Turk, he furthered his status as a regional superstar with an album titled, Get It
How U Live. So popular is B.G., that his classic hits "Uptown Thang" and the
shinin' baller's anthem "Get Your Shine On" can still move the crowd in any club
down South or in the Midwest. Now, with Cash Money's association with Universal Records
B.G. is set to explode in the national scene with his fourth solo album, Chopper City In
The Ghetto. Produced by the up & coming Mannie Fresh, Chopper City In The Ghetto takes
the listener on a blazin' tour through the rough and tumble terrain New Orleans' Uptown
section (AKA Chopper City). "Chopper City is another word for an AK-47 assault
rifle," explains B.G. The AK-47 can be analogous to B.G.'s lyrical style and flow
which comes off with a force so deadly and so precise that there is no way to ignore it's
impact. On the eerily anthemia lead single, "Cash Money Is An Army"
B.G. spits
venomous lyrics aped by Mannie's mood-induced bass-line and a tight bounce-inspired beat.
B.G.'s Chopper City In The Ghetto packs enough rounds to ensure a rapid-fire secession of
hits throughout the Spring and Summer making B.G. and the Cash Money clique better than
ever.
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