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Make no mistake about it, B.G. is a seasoned veteran - a bona fide supernova set to explode on the national scene.

Born in the infamous Uptown section of New Orleans, Baby Gangsta acquired his moniker because of his reputation for doing dirt at a very early age. EU's street teamers Lashell and Latoya aka "Queen Leo", caught up with the older and wiser BG in Chattanooga before his concert began.

Latoya a BG fan and loyal street team coordinator for EU in 2004, conducts the interview.

1. What was your biggest struggle coming up in the rap industry? I mean getting over the last record label. That was a rough ride but nothing can stop me from the grind.

2. What’s your favorite song on your new cd and why? Don’t talk to me. It explains me. 

3. Why did you say on your cd  that you not going back to baby? Fans, reporters, people keep asking me, I guess because Juvi went back. That ain’t me.

4. Do you think you’ll ever do another calab with Lil Wayne or Juvenile again? Yeah, I can see it happening.

 5. How do you feel about the song Lil Wayne dedicated to you and Juvi on the Carter cd? It’s real it came from the heart. Luv him for that.

 6. What type of reaction do you think people get from your music? I rap to street people, I think they love it, I feel they love it. It comes from the heart they relate to me and I relate to them.

 7.  If you and baby ever came face to face again, what do you think the outcome would be? That has already happened. He apologized and we talked. 

 8.Do you see yourself acting in the near future? If it makes dollars it make since and if the opportunity presents itself I’ll be there.

 9.What advice would you give to the young people out there that think they don’t have a future? If  you believe you will achieve, you heard me.

 Lashell :Chattanooga definitely showed love tonight.  Every time I come they show love so I show love back.  BG

Thanks  BG, for Your time! EU

Interview by Latoya aka Queen Leo 

This interview was made possible by Rod Anthony and Twenty-01 promotions.

Long before the Cash Money camp became known as Cash Money Millionaires, the label got its start hustling albums by a young teen known as B.G., who eventually scored a national anthem with his track "Bling Bling." Originally known as the Baby Gangsta, B.G. grew up in the dangerous uptown section of New Orleans, among some of the most poverty-ridden areas of America. There he struggled to stay out of trouble and stay in school, yet thrived as a talented young rapper. Two ambitious entrepreneurs, Ronald "Slim" Williams and his brother Bryan "Baby" Williams, heard about the infamous Baby Gangsta and soon signed him to their infantile Cash Money label.

At the alarming age of only 11, B.G. recorded his first album, True Story (1993, re-released in 1999), and quickly made a name for himself in the South. The Cash Money brothers rushed the prodigy back into the studio to record yet another album, Chopper City (1997), which again captivated the region with its teen gangsta firing off rhymes with the poise of a seasoned veteran. Realizing that this was no mere novelty act, the Williams brothers kept shuttling B.G. back into the studio, resulting in two successive follow-ups: It's All on U, Vol. 1 and It's All on U, Vol. 2 (both 1997). Around this same time, with the money they had made off the B.G. albums, Cash Money signed a few other local rap artists and created the Hot Boys, a group featuring B.G., Juvenile, Lil' Wayne, and Young Turk. The first Hot Boys album, Get It How U Live! (1997), further established B.G. as an up-and-coming rapper.

Following the uncanny success of the Hot Boys' debut in the South and in the Midwest with little to no commercial airplay, the Williams brothers signed a deal with Universal Records in summer 1998 that provided distribution, marketing, and promotion support for future Cash Money releases. Now, with this deal signed, B.G.'s next album, Chopper City in the Ghetto (1999), surprised many by debuting at number nine on the Billboard charts. The album's lead single, "Cash Money Is an Army," supplied some push, but it was the anthemic "Bling Bling" that hit big. Another Hot Boys album, Guerrilla Warfare (1999), followed soon after, driven by the successful single "I Need a Hot Girl," and next, B.G.'s catalog was re-released in the wake of Cash Money's sudden rise to success. In late 2000, long after the Cash Money camp had become a household name, B.G. dropped his sixth solo album, Checkmate, led by the single "I Know," only weeks after the release of Baller Blockin', a soundtrack and straight-to-video film also featuring the ever-busy B.G. The rapper then surprisingly parted ways with Cash Money as rumors circulated. He resurfaced a few years later with Livin' Legend (2003), which Koch released.

  2004 - Life After Cash Money

  2004 - Life After Cash Money [Clean]

  2003 - Livin' Legend

  2003 - Livin' Legend [Clean]

  2001 - Bounce Wit It

  2001 - X and Henne

  2000 - Checkmate

  2000 - Checkmate [Clean]

  2000 - I Know

  1999 - Bling Bling

  1999 - Chopper City in the Ghetto

  1999 - Chopper City in the Ghetto [Clean]

  1999 - True Story

  1997 - Chopper City

  1997 - It's All on U, Vol. 1

  1997 - It's All on U, Vol. 2

  1991 - This Beat Is Hot

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