Boogie Down Productions was originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. The latter was murdered on August 27, 1987, after the release of BDP's debut album Criminal Minded. The name of the group, "Boogie Down", derives from the alternative name for The Bronx section of New York City.
While Criminal Minded was basically about sex and crime, BDP radically changed after Scott's death, becoming the most popular conscious rap group besides Public Enemy. Boogie Down Productions pioneered the fusion of Raggamuffin and hip hop music.
The membership of BDP changed continuously throughout its existence, the only constant being KRS-One. BDP members and collaborators included Kenny......
Xavier Landum (born May 12, 1998) in Dallas, Texas, better known by his stage name BigXthaPlug, is an American rapper. He is currently signed to UnitedMasters and is best known for his songs "Texas," "Mmhmm," "Climate," "Levels," and "Whip It." His debut album, Amar, was released in February 2023 and includes the single "Texas," which was certified gold by the RIAA. He also launched his own label, 600 Entertainment, in 2023, signing rappers Ro$ama and Yung Hood. In October, he released the single "Mmhmm." The song debuted at 93rd and reached 65th position on the Billboard Hot 100 two months after its release, after a remix with Finesse2tymes was featured on his EP The Biggest.
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There are multiple artists that perform under the name Bia:
1. Bia (real name: Bianca Landrau) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and model who debuted on the Oxygen reality television show Sisterhood of Hip Hop. She signed to Pharrell's I Am Other record label, in partnership with RCA Records in 2014. Her debut mixtape "#CHOLASEASON" was released in 2015. She featured on the single "Safari" by J Balvin in 2016. After touring with Ariana Grande and releasing a handful of singles for her scrapped mixtape "Trap Vogue" , BIA released her first EP, "Nice Girls Finish Last: Cuidado", in 2018. After parting ways from RCA Records in 2019, she was featured on the Top 40 hit, "Best on......
Bryan Williams (born February 15, 1969), better known by his stage name Birdman or Baby, is an American rapper and record executive from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the co-founder of Cash Money Records and one half of the duo Big Tymers. Along with his releases with Big Tymers and for his solo career, Birdman recorded a collaboration album and numerous tracks with Lil Wayne.
Birdman was born and raised in Uptown New Orleans. With his brother Ronald "Slim" Williams, Birdman founded Cash Money Records in 1991. He used his first moniker B-32 (Baby with the 32 Golds) and released his only independent album I Need a Bag of Dope in 1993.
In 1997, he joined rapper Mannie Fresh to form the duo......
Bobby Ray Simmons (born November 15, 1988 in Decatur, Georgia, USA), better known by his stage name B.o.B, is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper, singer, producer and conspiracy theorist, signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle Label and Atlantic Records. In 2007 he released his debut EP, Eastside, and has since released another EP, 12th Dimension, and five mixtapes. His debut album, B.o.B Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray, was released in April 2010 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. The first single from the album, Nothin' on You featuring Bruno Mars, peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album spawned two further hit singles including international smash airplanes and Billboard......
B.G. (born Christopher Dorsey on September 3rd, 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American rapper. Short for "Baby Gangsta" or "B. Gizzle", The rapper is often referred to as simply B.G..
Early life
Christopher "Doogie" Dorsey was a normal kid growing up in the 13th Ward of New Orleans which is Uptown. In elementary school, young Dorsey rapped as a hobby. When Dorsey was 12, his father was murdered in a robbery, and young Dorsey drifted into street life. Dorsey began selling marijuana, cocaine, and eventually heroin — to which he later became addicted.
This time, local independent rap label Cash Money Records was looking for new talent, and Dorsey was recommended to the label......
Marijuana-obsessed, prolific MC Berner released several mixtapes during the late 2000s and early 2010s, most of which came out through the San Francisco-based rapper's own Bern One label. Several of the discs – Drought Season (2008), Traffic (2009), Weekend at Bernie’s (2009), Drought Season 2 (2009), Blow (2010), Blow: Blocks and Boat Docks (2010), and The White Album (2011) – reached Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, boasting guest appearances from the likes of Keak da Sneak, B-Legit, Big K.R.I.T., and Killa Kyleon.
James Edward Johnson IV (born June 6, 2000), better known as BabyTron, is a rapper based out of Detroit, MI. One of the most popular artists in the Detroit trap scene, he started his career as a member of the rap collective ShittyBoyz. He is known for his trademark delivery and wide variety of punchlines, as well as his prolific output.
Da'Jour Walker, also known as BigWalkDog, is a 24-year-old American rapper from Tutwiler, Mississippi. Walker was signed on May 22, 2021, by Gucci Mane’s label, The New 1017 record label alongside Atlantic Records. Walker instantly became more well-known because of the widespread publicity surrounding the new deal.
BigWalkDog have worked alongside Pooh Shiesty, Big Scarr, Enchanting, BiC Fizzle, Foogiano, and Hotboy Wes to release the mixtape So Icy Boyz, which was released October 14, 2021.
