Christopher Dorsey (born September 3, 1980) better known by his stage name
B.G. (short for
"Baby Gangsta" or "B. Gizzle"), is an American
rapper and
hip hop recording artist from
New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his music career signing to
Cash Money Records in 1993, with
Lil Wayne (then known as Baby D.) as half of the duo The B.G.'z . Both, along with rappers
Juvenile and
Turk, collectively formed the group, the
Hot Boys in 1997. In 2001, B.G. resigned from Cash Money Records, and created his own label,
Chopper City Records. On July 18, 2012, B.G. was sentenced to 14 years in a federal prison for gun possession and witness tampering.