Top Dog (birth name
Dashawn Jamal Yates) is an
American rapper, member of the
Hip Hop supergroup
Boot Camp Clik, and the trio
O.G.C.. Top Dog (also known as Big Kahuna and D.O.) debuted on
Smif-N-Wessun's
Dah Shinin' in 1995, appearing on the single
"Sound Bwoy Bureill" and the track
"Cession at da Doghillee". Top Dog became a member of
The Fab 5 in 1995, releasing the hit single
"Blah" b/w "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka". He and O.G.C. dropped their debut album
Da Storm in October 1996, featuring the rap hit
"No Fear". He recorded an album with the
Boot Camp Clik in 1997,
For the People, and followed up with another
O.G.C. album,
The M-Pire Shrikez Back, in 1999. He returned with the Camp in 2002, releasing the album
The Chosen Few, and released another album with the Boot Camp,
The Last Stand, on July 18, 2006. Top Dog is the younger brother of Smif-n-Wessun rapper and fellow Boot Camp member,
Steele.