But, before all that, I was a regional star, I was a neighborhood superstar. Then Wayne came, Juve came, Turk came and we took it to another level. Before Juve, before Wayne it was me, Fresh, Baby, and Slim. I carried Cash Money on my back, by myself before Universal was even much involved. Im one of the originators of the Hot Boys s**t. At the end of the day Im a Hot Boy for life. Everything I went through make me the man I am today. ![]() ![]() We were so family orientated so I never wouldve thought in a million years that the situation would end up the way it ended up but it did. I named my son after him and he named his son after me. I got Babys name tattooed here, Slims name tattooed there. And people had been saying those things for a while but couldnt nobody tell me anything about Baby or Slim. Things werent going the way they were supposed to be going and it just became obvious. It was always problems that we had personally with the business side of things. : Our relationship, and I mean from day one when I left until now, we never had problems with each other amongst the group. We were so family oriented that I never wouldve thought in a million years that the situation would end up the way they ended up. ≻.G.Ī: What is your current relationship with your former label mates/group members? B.G. I got Babys name tattooed here, Slims name tattooed there. Im here and it is what it is I aint going nowhere. I kept giving it to them man and the streets just embraced me. I followed what was in my heart and I didnt let anybody tell me what I could and couldnt do. I do it for the streets and I stay true to myself. I left Cash Money on my sixth album and Im about to drop my 11th solo album and that aint even including the Hot Boys albums or the previous Chopper City Boyz albums. A lot of people thought I couldnt do it without Cash Money and its now, what? Six or seven years later and Im still here. : What has it been like for you leaving Cash Money and building your own label from the bottom up? B.G.: A lot of people, when I left Cash Money they counted me out. As far as my style, Ill let the fans pick the style for me. And like he said, you got to keep it 100 with yourself. Snipe: I bring my originality to the group. I let the fans decide what my style is but I give my 200 to the group. The beat pretty much tells me what to do. Everything I spit I done did it, been seeing it, or I saw it. : What are your styles of rhyming and what is it you two bring to the Chopper City Boyz?Gar: My style, what I do, I bring my music from the heart man. I had just left Cash Money and started the Chopper City label and they wanted to jump on board and ride with me. I saw something different about both of them and they wanted it. What is it about these two men that made you want to form the group with them? B.G.: I chose them because I saw hunger in them. ![]() Oh yeah, did we mention a Hoy Boys reunion?: Given your history you probably had access to hundreds of aspiring rappers and even artists that are already in the game. & Chopper City Boyz’ independent debut album, We Got This, B.G., along with fellow Chopper City Boyz Snipe and Gar, are preparing to take the Chopper City movement to the next level with the September 16th release of their new Chopper City/Asylum album Life in the Concrete Jungle. After signing a multi-album deal with Warner Brothers to distribute his Chopper City record label, B.G. Many people thought that without his fellow Hot Boys and Cash Moneys clout, the New Orleans native would never be able to repeat or surpass any of his past success. After leaving the label that gave popular culture such phrases as drop it like its hot and bling, bling New Orleans rapper B.G.
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