What Is BG Real Name?

May 2024 · 3 minute read

BG has been released from prison after spending 11 years behind bars. But how well do you know the Rapper? We will discuss BG’s Real name and other important details about him in this write-up.

Who is BG?

BG is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana born on September 3, 1980. He grew up in the Freret neighbourhood of Uptown New Orleans, which is located in the 13th Ward. Sadly for him, he was only 12 when his father was killed during an attempted robbery.

He then began selling crack cocaine and hanging out on street corners with drug dealers. While attending middle school, he started rapping and eventually met with Bryan “Birdman” Williams in a barbershop in 1993.

Birdman and his brother “Slim” took BG and allowed him to stay with them. They later signed him to Cash Money Records. At 15, he dropped out of high school and began using heroin but still focused on making music.

In 1998, Cash Money Records which was the label BG was under, signed a deal with Universal Records, 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 Oxford English Dictionary added “bling bling” in 2003. The Hot Boys’ second album, Guerrilla Warfare, was released in July 1999 and reached No.5 on the Billboard 200 chart while Checkmate, released in 2000 was BG.’s last album with Cash Money Records.

In 2001, when BG. left Cash Money Records, he claimed to have left the label over a financial dispute with owners Birdmanand Ronald “Slim” Williams, which caused controversy at the time. He released his sixth studio album Livin’ Legend on his own label, Chopper City Records.

What is BG Real Name?

He might be known very well as BG, but that isn’t his real name from birth, in fact even the name BG is an acronym he coined from the term “Baby Gangster”. He adopted that name for showbiz purposes.

BG’s Real name is Christopher Noel Dorsey. Yes, you read that right, that was the lovely name his parents gave to him at birth.

Is BG Released from Prison?

Yes BG is no longer in jail. On September 5, 2023, BG was released from prison after serving 11 years of his 14-year sentence. I know you may be asking yourself what led to his arrest and prison sentence.

On November 3, 2009, BG was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana after police pulled over his Chevrolet Tahoe during a routine traffic stop. It is rumoured 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. He was booked into the Orleans Parish Jail on an illegal carrying of weapons charge.

When he appeared in court on November 5, his incarceration and bond information were unknown to the press at that time. He later pleaded guilty and was handed a 14-year prison sentence.

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