It’s been 20 years since Gerald Maxwell  Rivera graced us with his critically acclaimed debut album, Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite. Released during neo-soul’s rise (it dropped one year after D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar and a year before Erykah Badu’s Baduizm), Urban Hang Suite poised both itself and Maxwell as pioneers of the genre, influencing soul […]

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New Orleans rapper B.G. was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to gun possession and conspiracy to obstruct justice charges! B.G. was arrested in 2009 for a bust involving illegal firearms and trying to convince someone else to take the charge, reports RWS. MUST READ: Lil Wayne Brings Out B.G. At New […]

Lil Wayne and B.G. was once a rap group called the B.G.’z. BG was once known by the alias “Doggie.” He and Lil Wayne was to record the album True Story but Wayne’s mother did not want Lil Wayne spitting such graphic lyrics. During this time is when the name BG was given to Doggie […]

Lil Wayne added a little bit more validity to reports of a Hot Boyz reunion. The Young Money CEO brought out his childhood bandmate and friend B.G. during a show at the House Of Blues In New Orleans. (spotted @ Missinfo.tv) RELATED POSTS: VIDEO: B.G & Juvenile “Never Thought The Hot Boyz Would Break-Up” VIDEO: […]

Blast from the past! B.G. made an appearance in Vegas with Baby/Birdman.

Before the syrup, dental surgeries, jail time, baby mamas, and platinum records, Lil Wayne was known as Baby D.