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 Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Boosie Badazz" hosted by DJButterrock  Torence Ivy Hatch Jr. (born November 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Boosie BadAzz or simply Boosie (formerly Lil' Boosie), is an American rapper. Hatch began rapping in the 1990s as a member of the Southern hip hop collective Concentration Camp, eventually pursuing a solo career in 2000 with the release of his debut album Youngest of da Camp. After leaving the label the following year, he signed with Pimp C's Trill Entertainment to release his second studio album, For My Thugz (2002). One of the most prominent figures of Southern hip hop, Hatch has gone on to release thirteen solo studio albums, as well as seven collaborative albums and 44 mixtapes.[2]

In 2009, Hatch was sentenced to four years in prison on drug and gun charges. In 2010, he was indicted on first-degree murder, and was also sentenced to 10 years on multiple charges of drug possession with intent of distribution.[3] In 2012, he was found not guilty of murder. After serving 5 years in prison for drug charges, Hatch was released early on March 5, 2014.

Early life
Boosie was born Torrence Hatch on November 14, 1982, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and grew up on West Garfield Street. His mother, Connie Hatch (née Givens), was a school principal whose father was a pastor. His father, Torence Hatch Sr., died in 1997.[4][5][6] He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child.[7]

Career
Early career
Lil Boosie's cousin Young Dee introduced Boosie to Baton Rouge rapper C-Loc in the late 1990s.[8] He was mentored by Young Bleed and C-Loc as well as MD. and joined Concentration Camp, a rap group from Baton Rouge formed by C-Loc in the mid nineties, as the youngest member in 1998.[9] The group consisted of Young Bleed, C-Loc, Happy Perez, Boo, Max Minelli, J-Von, Lee Tyme and Lucky Knuckles. He eventually debuted on C-Loc's fifth album, 'It's A Gamble' in 2000 under his old alias Boosie and Concentration Camp third studio album Camp III : Thug Brothas in 2000.

The departure of Young Bleed from the Camp helped put Lil Boosie in a prime position amongst the group. Alongside C-Loc and Max Minelli, he served as one of the "faces" of the Camp. At 17 years of age, he recorded his debut album, the aptly-titled Youngest of da Camp, (Camp Life Entertainment, 2000). The album production was mostly handled by Happy Perez, and featured C-Loc, Max Minelli and Donkey.[10]

In 2001 he joined Trill Entertainment backed by its CEO the late Pimp C of UGK. Soon after, Trill independently released the album For My Thugz under his new alias Lil Boosie in 2002. The album featured Pimp C, Young Bleed, Webbie while he also put out his first mixtape title Boosie 2002 (Advance) featuring contributions by Max Minelli and Pimp C.

2003–2005: Ghetto Stories, Gangsta Muzik and Warner Bros.
Later in the summer of 2003, Boosie collaborated with Webbie on the album Ghetto Stories, presented by Pimp C.[11] In 2004, the duo worked together again on Trill Azz Mixtape Vol. 1, which also featured an appearance of Torrence "Bad Azz". In the same year, he released Trill Azz Mixes II which introduced Phat, later known as Lil Phat. He paired up again with Webbie, to release their second compilation album, Gangsta Musik. He caught the eye of some Universal Music Group representatives.[12]

In 2004 Lil Boosie and South Coast Coalition released Both Sides of the Track. Boosie also released a compilation mixtape title Bad Ass with a few new tracks like Trill Shit. It also featured the track I Smoke, I Drank by Body Head Bangerz featuring Boosie and Young Bleed off their debut album Body Head Bangerz: Volume One. January 1, 2005, Boosie teamed up with Lava House Records to release United We Stand, Divided We Fall. He also released Street Code with Pat Lowrenzo. In 2005, Lil Boosie released Bad Ass (Advance) to promote Bad Azz.[12]

In late January 2005, Boosie signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records.[12] 

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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Lil Uzi Vert" hosted by DJButterrock Symere Bysil Woods (/saɪˈmɪər ˈbaɪsəl/ sy-MEER BY-səl; born July 31, 1994 or 1995), known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Known for their[a] eclectic fashion style and genre-blending music, they are considered an influential figure in contemporary hip-hop.[10][11] Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they gained initial recognition following the release of the commercial mixtape Luv Is Rage (2015), which led to a recording contract with Atlantic Records, to whom they signed under DJ Drama's Generation Now imprint.

Lil Uzi Vert attracted mainstream attention following the release of their 2016 debut single "Money Longer". The song served as lead single for their third mixtape Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World (2016), which spawned the rapper's first Billboard Hot 100-top 40 single, "You Was Right". After releasing an additional mixtape and EP, Lil Uzi Vert guest appeared on Migos' 2016 single "Bad and Boujee", which peaked atop the chart. They later secured their first top ten single as a lead artist with their 2017 single "XO Tour Llif3", which won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer.

"XO Tour Llif3" also served as lead single for Lil Uzi Vert's debut studio album Luv Is Rage 2 (2017), which debuted atop the Billboard 200 and received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[12] At the 2018 Grammy Awards, they were nominated for Best New Artist. Following several delays, their second studio album, Eternal Atake (2020), became their second project to debut atop the Billboard 200.[13] That same year, they released Pluto × Baby Pluto (2020), a collaborative album with Future, and spent the next three years teasing their third solo album, Pink Tape (2023). Upon release, it became their third consecutive solo project to debut atop the Billboard 200, and included the Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single "Just Wanna Rock".

Early life
Symere Bysil Woods was born on July 31, 1994, or 1995,[14][15] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[16] and raised in the Francisville neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[17] They grew up listening to Mike Jones and Ying Yang Twins; Jones' 2005 debut album was the first album they purchased. Woods later began listening to Wiz Khalifa and Meek Mill, who influenced their future style.[18] They also began listening to Marilyn Manson, Paramore, Smash Mouth, the Rocket Summer, Simian, My Chemical Romance, and the All-American Rejects when they were 13 years old and K-Pop group GFriend since 2015.[18][19]

Woods dropped out of school and soon started working at a Bottom Dollar store, but quit after four days and was kicked out of their home by their mother.[20][21] The situation led to Woods getting their first face tattoo, the word "Faith" under their hairline, which provoked them to take their rap career seriously.[22]

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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Kelly Rowland" hosted by DJButterrock   Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland[1] (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups. During the group's three-year hiatus, Rowland released her debut solo album, Simply Deep (2002), which appeared at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and sold over five million copies worldwide.[2] It included the Billboard Hot 100 number 1 single "Dilemma" (with Nelly), as well as the UK hits "Stole" and "Can't Nobody". Rowland also ventured into acting with starring roles in Freddy vs. Jason (2003) and The Seat Filler (2005).

Following the disbanding of Destiny's Child in 2006, Rowland released her second solo album, Ms. Kelly (2007), which produced the international hits "Like This" (featuring Eve) and "Work". In 2009, she hosted the first season of The Fashion Show, and was featured on David Guetta's "When Love Takes Over", which topped the charts in several countries. Its success influenced Rowland to explore electronic dance music on her third solo album, Here I Am (2011), which spawned the UK hit singles "Commander" (featuring David Guetta), "Down for Whatever" and "What a Feeling", as a well as the electro-R&B single "Motivation" (featuring Lil Wayne).

Her fourth solo album, Talk a Good Game (2013), became her third Top 10 album on the US Billboard 200 chart. Rowland was a television judge on the eighth season of The X Factor UK (2011), as well as the third season of The X Factor USA (2013). She has continued her television career by hosting Chasing Destiny (2016) and starring as a coach on The Voice Australia (2017–2020) and The Voice UK (2026). Rowland is credited with forming the girl groups Little Mix and June's Diary from her stints on The X Factor UK and Chasing Destiny.

Rowland's work has earned her several awards and nominations, including four Grammy Awards, one Billboard Music Award, and two Soul Train Music Awards.[3] Rowland has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of Destiny's Child, and as a solo artist, she has been honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and Essence for her contributions to music. In 2014, Fuse ranked Rowland in their "100 Most Award-Winning Artists"

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 Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Usher" hosted by DJButterrock

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor.

Usher released his self-titled debut album in 1994, at 15. He rose to fame with the release of his second album, My Way (1997), which spawned his first US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Nice & Slow". His third album, 8701 (2001), yielded the US number-one singles, "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad". Usher's fourth album, Confessions (2004), remains the best-selling album by a Black artist of the 21st century. It was supported by four consecutive US number-one singles: "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo". In 2007, Usher released the album Here I Stand (2008), which spawned the US number-one single "Love in This Club". Billboard named him the second-most successful artist of the 2000s and the number-one Hot 100 artist of the decade.

Usher's sixth album, Raymond v. Raymond (2010), contained his ninth number-one single, "OMG", making him one of the few artists to top the Billboard Hot 100 in three consecutive decades. His debut extended play, Versus (2010), produced the top-five single "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love". Usher's seventh album, Looking 4 Myself (2012) saw further electronic production and spawned the top-ten single "Scream". He followed it with the albums Hard II Love (2016) and Coming Home (2024). His Super Bowl LVIII halftime show in 2024 drew 123 million viewers within the US.

Usher has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[4][5] His accolades include 8 Grammy Awards, 12 Soul Train Music Awards, 8 American Music Awards, 18 Billboard Music Awards, 7 BET Awards (including the BET Lifetime Achievement Award) and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in 2021. In 2008, Usher co-founded the record label Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG) with Scooter Braun to manage the career of singer Justin Bieber. Outside of music, he founded the charitable non-profit Usher's New Look in 1999, served as a coach on The Voice (2013–2014), and starred in films such as The Faculty (1998), She's All That (1999), Light It Up (1999), In the Mix (2005) and Hands of Stone (2016).

Early life
Usher Raymond IV[6][7] was born on October 14, 1978,[8] in Dallas, Texas.[9] His parents are Jonnetta Patton (née O'Neal) and Usher Raymond III.[10][11] He spent the majority of his childhood in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Usher III left the family when his son was a year old,[12] and reconciled with him shortly before dying in January 2008.[13]

Usher IV has a younger half-brother, James Lackey, from Jonnetta's marriage to Terry Patton, and grew up with the three of them.[13] Directed by his mother, he joined the local church youth choir in Chattanooga when he was nine years old. There, his grandmother discovered his ability to sing, although it was not until Usher joined a singing group that she considered he could sing professionally.[12] Believing that a bigger city would provide greater opportunities for showcasing him, Usher's family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where there was a more conducive environment for beginning singers.[14] While in Atlanta, he attended North Springs High School.[15]

Career
1991–1996: NuBeginning and Usher
At age 12, Usher became one of five members of a local R&B group called NuBeginning, and recorded ten songs with them in 1991. The quintet was organized by local music promoter Darryl Wheeler, and his groupmates were Anthony Byrd, Adrian Johnson, Reginald McKibbon, and Charles Yarbrough. These were included on their self-titled album, which was released during 1993. It spawned a single titled "A Mother's Luv". NuBeginning at first was only made available regionally and by mail order before being re-released nationally in April 2002 as NuBeginning Featuring Usher Raymond IV by Hip-O Records.[16][17][18] This ended up being the group's only album.[19] Patton felt her son was better off as a solo artist and pulled him out at age 13, later calling his time with the group "a bad experience".[12] He initially worried this would end his musical dreams and did not yet understand the choice before she stated "your world is only beginning" and planned out future success without the group.[13] 

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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Webbie" hosted by DJButterrock
Webster Gradney Jr. (born September 6, 1985),[1] known professionally as Webbie, is an American rapper. Gradney began his rap career in the early 2000s, first appearing on Lil Boosie's albums before releasing his debut album with him, Ghetto Stories.

He has been signed to the independent Trill Entertainment label since 2003.[2] In 2005 he came into the hip hop scene with "Gimme That" featuring Bun B. His songs "Bad Bitch" and "Swerve" were featured on Gangsta Musik, his 2003 group album with Lil Boosie, and in the 2005 movie Hustle & Flow. Webbie's second album, Savage Life 2, was released in early 2008 with the hit single "Independent" featuring Lil Boosie and Lil Phat.

Early life
Webbie was born on September 6, 1985, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His mother, Joycelyn Beauchamp, died when he was nine years old, and his parental care was split between his father, Webster Gradney Sr and his grandmother. He spent his childhood living in Glen Oaks, Baton Rouge. [3]

Music career
Webbie first appeared on Lil Boosie's album For My Thugz on the track "Gotta Get It" in 2001. He and Lil Boosie released Ghetto Stories in 2003 and Gangsta Musik in 2004. As Webbie's solo track "Give Me That" featuring Bun B was frequently featured in mixtapes, as a label Trill Entertainment was growing in popularity & was signed for a distribution deal at Asylum Records along with (Webbie). After he was signed there, his major-label debut Savage Life was released in 2005,[2] debuting at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart.[4]

Trill began a deal to sign Webbie to the subsidiary label Atlantic Records & was successful. Singles from his next album, Savage Life 2, include "Independent" featuring Boosie and Lil Phat. As of 2020, it is Webbie's most successful song to date, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching the top of the Rap Songs chart.[5] Webbie released his third studio album Savage Life 3 on November 15, 2011, under Trill Ent. The first single from the album was "What's Happenin'". The album has currently sold over 50,000 copies.

Webbie's fourth album Savage Life 4 is the fourth in the Savage Life album series. The first single from the album "What I Do" was released on April 16, 2013.[6] The album was released on November 19, 2013.[7]

Acting career
He has made an independent biographical movie, Ghetto Stories in October 2010, with Lil Boosie, based on their lives and lyrical themes.[8] He also appeared in the 2011 film Video Girl, which featured actress Meagan Good.

Controversies
On the October 14, 2011, episode of BET's 106 & Park, Webbie was banned from further appearances on the countdown show. Webbie appeared that day on the show as a guest judge for Freestyle Friday. The reason behind his ban was tied to allegations that he made sexually inappropriate comments to the show's hostess, Rocsi.[9]

On September 13, 2012, Webbie was arrested in Baton Rouge on suspicion of robbery and battery. He was accused of kicking and pushing a woman down the stairs before stealing $340 from her purse.[10]

Discography
Main article: Webbie discography
Studio albums
Savage Life (2005)
Savage Life 2 (2008)
Savage Life 3 (2011)
Savage Life 4 (2013)
Savage Life 5 (2016)
Savage Life 6 (2020)
Collaboration albums
2003: Ghetto Stories (with Lil Boosie)
2004: Gangsta Musik (with Lil Boosie)
2007: Trill Entertainment Presents: Survival of the Fittest (with Foxx, Lil Boosie and Trill Fam)
2010: Trill Entertainment Presents: All or Nothing (with Foxx, Lil Boosie and Trill Fam)
2016: Trill Entertainment Presents: Trill Fam – Respect Is a Must (with Trill Fam) [11]
2025: Like Father Like Son (with Tre Savage)
Filmography
Films
Gangsta Musik (2005)
On The Grind (2006)
Ghetto Stories: The Movie (2010)
Video Girl (2011)
I Got the Hook up 2 (2019)
References

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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of BG" hosted by DJButterrock

Christopher Noel Dorsey (born September 3, 1980),[3] better known by his stage name B.G. (short for Baby Gangsta; formerly Lil Doogie), is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his musical career in 1993 upon signing with Birdman's Cash Money Records at the age of 12.[2] Dorsey and label-mates Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk collectively formed the group Hot Boys in 1997, with whom he released three albums until disbanding in 2001.

As a solo act, Dorsey has released five solo albums for Cash Money: Chopper City (1996), It's All on U, Vol. 1 (1997), It's All on U, Vol. 2 (1997), the platinum-certified Chopper City in the Ghetto (1999) and Checkmate (2000)—to moderate success. He parted ways with the label in 2002 and founded Chopper City Records later that year. Dorsey was incarcerated from 2012 to 2023, and promptly continued recording following his release.

Early life
Dorsey was born on September 3, 1980, at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up in the Freret neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, which is located in the 13th Ward. The Dorsey family lived in a shotgun house on the corner of Valence and Magnolia Street. When he was 12, his father was killed during an attempted robbery. He then began selling crack cocaine and hanging out on street corners with drug dealers. While attending middle school, he started rapping and eventually met with Bryan "Birdman" Williams (a.k.a. Baby) in a barbershop in 1993.[4] Birdman and his brother "Slim" took Dorsey in, allowing him to stay with them. They later signed him to Cash Money Records. At 15, he dropped out of high school and began using heroin, but remained focused on his recording career.[5][6]

Career
At age fourteen, B.G. (then known as Lil Doogie) began working with another New Orleans pre-teenager named Baby D (later known as Lil Wayne). The two were both signed to Cash Money Records, and they came together as a duo named The B.G.'z. In 1995, they released their only studio album, True Story. The album was ultimately re-released in 1999 as a B.G. solo album.[7]

He released the album Chopper City in 1996[8] and the albums It's All on U, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 in 1997. He was also part of the group Hot Boys with other local rappers Lil Wayne, Juvenile, Turk, and Baby's nephew Derrick a.k.a. Bulletproof (who eventually left the group).[9] The group's debut album, Get It How U Live!, was released in October 1997.[3]

In 1998, Cash Money Records signed a deal with Universal Records, which released Chopper City in the Ghetto in April 1999. The album included the hit song "Bling Bling", which further popularized the hip-hop slang term "bling bling" describing shiny, expensive jewelry, automobiles, or other forms of opulence. The Oxford English Dictionary added "bling bling" in 2003.[10] The Hot Boys' second album, Guerrilla Warfare, was released in July 1999 and reached No.5 on the Billboard 200 chart.[11]

Checkmate (2000) was B.G.'s last album with Cash Money Records.[3] In 2002, when B.G. left Cash Money Records, he claimed to have left the label over a financial dispute with owners Birdman and Ronald "Slim" Williams, which caused controversy at the time.[12] The following year, he released his sixth studio album Livin' Legend on his own label, Chopper City Records.[13]

He released Life After Cash Money in 2004, The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 1 in 2005, and The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 2 (I Am What I Am), which reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200, in 2006. With the Chopper City Boyz, he recorded We Got This in 2007 and Life in the Concrete Jungle in 2008. In 2009, the Hot Boys agreed to a reunion.[14] This plan was later scrapped, though B.G. and Juvenile did appear briefly on stage at a Lil Wayne concert that June.[15] B.G. released his tenth studio album, Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood, in December 2009 after many delays.[16] It included the hit single "My Hood" which featured longtime friend Mannie Fresh.

In June 2010, B.G. released a collaborative mixtape with Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie titled "22504 (225504)", which is the combined area codes of their respective hometowns. A month later, B.G. released a solo mixtape titled Money Side, Murda Side where he introduces his newfound group, Chopper City Gorilla Gang (or simply CCGG). He released his street album titled HollyHood on October 5, 2010.[citation needed]

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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Wendy Williams" hosted by DJButterrock  Wendy Williams Hunter[a] (née Wendy Joan Williams; born July 18, 1964) is an American former broadcaster, media personality and author. Williams began her career as a radio DJ and quickly became known as a shock jock in New York City. She gained notoriety for her confrontational interviews of celebrities. The VH1 reality series The Wendy Williams Experience broadcast events surrounding her radio show in 2006. From 2008 to 2021, she hosted the nationally syndicated television talk show The Wendy Williams Show.

Williams was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2009. On her 50th birthday, the council of Asbury Park, New Jersey, renamed the street on which she grew up to Wendy Williams Way. Her other endeavors include authoring several books, appearances in various films and television shows and touring her stand-up comedy show.[5][6] She has also created a fashion line, a wig line and a jewelry collection.

Due to health complications, Williams retired from hosting The Wendy Williams Show in 2021. She was placed under a guardianship one year later and was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023.[7] Williams' legal counsel began litigation against the guardianship in December 2025 after the findings of a court-ordered medical evaluation were released. In it, a neurologist diagnosed Williams with alcohol-related dementia, recommending that her guardianship be terminated as the findings did not indicate she was affected by a progressive form of aphasia or dementia.[8][9]

Early life
Wendy Joan Williams was born on July 18, 1964, in Asbury Park, New Jersey.[10] She is the second of three children born to Shirley (née Skinner) (1937–2020) and Thomas Dwayne Williams (1931–2026).[11] The couple had a combined three master's degrees;[12] Shirley was a special education teacher while Thomas was a teacher and school principal who in 1969 became the first black school administrator in Red Bank, New Jersey.[11][13] Following race riots in Asbury Park in 1970, the family moved to the predominantly white, middle income suburb of Wayside in Ocean Township, New Jersey.[12][14] They attended a Baptist church[15] and visited the town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, each summer.[16] As a child, doctors recommended Williams be medicated to control her hyperactivity.[17] She suffered from poor body image due to the diet her parents put her on after gaining weight in elementary school.[14] Williams was a Brownie in the Girl Scouts and volunteered as a candy striper.[16] Her parents believed she would become a nurse.[14]


Williams as a sophomore in Ocean Township High School's 1980 yearbook
Williams acted as an announcer at her younger brother's Little League Baseball games.[12] She graduated from Ocean Township High School in 1982 among four black students, ranking 360th in the class of 363.[10][14] Her academic performance contrasted with that of her older sister, who received a university scholarship at the age of 16.[18] As she was able to use "white" diction instead of African-American Vernacular English, Williams's white classmates considered her one of their own and freely used the word nigger around her.[14][19] She did not get along with the other black students and said their only commonality was smoking cannabis.[12][14] According to Williams, she did not listen to hip hop music and instead listened to rock bands like AC/DC because they were popular with her classmates.[17] Due to her suburban upbringing, Williams considers herself "a multicultural woman who happens to be Black".[18]

Williams attended Northeastern University in Boston with the intent of becoming a television anchor.[20][21] Less than a month after starting, she switched from television communications to radio because she could advance her career faster[21]—a move which her parents disapproved.[18] Williams graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication and, to appease her parents, a minor in journalism.[20][22] She was a disc jockey for the college radio station, WRBB, where rapper LL Cool J was her first celebrity interviewee. As an intern for Matt Siegel at contemporary hit radio station WXKS-FM, Williams recapped the soap operas Dallas and Dynasty on air.[10][14] In 2021, Williams revealed that she was date raped while in college by R&B singer Sherrick.[23]

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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Jim Bloodhound Lil Jeff" hosted by DJButterrock  Bloodhound Lil Jeff, real name Jefferey Lamar Harris Jr., was a rising rapper born on July 14, 2002, in Chicago. He emerged from the city’s South Side and quickly became known for his aggressive delivery and raw lyrics that reflected real street conflicts and gang affiliations. He was part of the Bloodhound/DrillCity crew, associated with some of the city's most active street factions. Lil Jeff began gaining attention in the underground scene around 2022, with tracks like BH4L, 9 With a 9 and Striker. He frequently collaborated with Bloodhound Q50 on gritty tracks like Triple 3, Don´t Blink or Stare and Ova Kill.

Jeff’s music stood out for its unapologetic realness—he referenced real-world violence, personal loss, retaliation, and his own alleged involvement in shootings. This raw storytelling earned him a loyal, if controversial, following. Lil Jeff wasn’t just rapping about street life—he was living it.

Lil Jeff holding a gun
Lil Jeff holding a gun

He allegedly claimed responsibility for multiple killings, including two high-profile shootings in early 2024. Online forums and local reports speculated that he was involved in the deaths of rivals Monti and Lil Rob, both affiliated with opposing sets. He was also believed to be part of escalating conflicts with the rival TrapCity crew, which involved chain snatchings, retaliatory violence, and disrespectful callouts in music and on social media. Despite his short life, Lil Jeff left behind a legacy of hard-hitting tracks that resonated with fans of Chicago drill. His death sparked reactions from the local music scene and even drew attention from mainstream figures, including pro athletes and larger rap platforms.

Lil Jeff died here
Lil Jeff died here

To many, he became the embodiment of a brutal truth: in the drill world, authenticity comes at a steep cost. His music lives on in playlists and fan tributes, but so does the grim reality of the life he portrayed—a world where fame and fatality often go hand in hand.

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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Bloodhound Q50  hosted by DJButterrock  Mikquale T. Cooper (August 6, 2004 – September 13, 2026), known professionally as BloodHound Q50, was an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois.[1][2][3] He was associated with the city's drill scene.[4]

Cooper began releasing music in 2023 and drew wider attention in 2024 with the singles "Splash Bros" and "Don't Blink or Stare", after which he signed to Signal Records.[2] He released two albums, Long Live My Brudda He Prolly Kilt Yo Brudda (2025) and Get Back or Die Trying (2026), and performed at the Rolling Loud festival in 2026.[2][5] He was shot and killed at a gas station in his Tesla in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood in September 2026, at the age of 22.[1][4]

Early life
Cooper was born on August 6, 2004, to Machetta Dudley and was raised in Chicago.[2] Cooper also spent part of his childhood living in Northwest Indiana.[1]

Career
2023–2024: Early releases and Signal Records
Cooper began rapping in 2023 and initially did so without professional ambitions, but pursued music more seriously after the tracks "Big 3" and "Coffin" attracted attention online.[2] In July 2024, a month after the killing of his cousin, fellow Chicago rapper Bloodhound Lil Jeff, Cooper released his first commercial single, "Splash Bros".[2] He followed it with "Triple 3", "Go", and "BH4L", which featured collaborators including Lil Scoom89 and Rell Vert as well as posthumous verses from Lil Jeff.[2] Cooper subsequently signed to Signal Records, an imprint of Columbia Records, and issued the singles "Long Live My Bruddas" and "Don't Blink or Stare" before the end of the year.[2]

2025: Long Live My Brudda He Prolly Kilt Yo Brudda
In April 2025, Cooper released Long Live My Brudda He Prolly Kilt Yo Brudda, which collected several of his 2024 singles alongside new material.[2] The album was issued through Signal Records under exclusive license from Grade A Productions.[2] In June 2025, Cooper performed at Summerfest in Milwaukee.[6] In an interview with VladTV that year, Cooper said that "BloodHound" was a rap name rather than the name of a crew, and that "Q50" referred to the Infiniti Q50 automobile.[7] In August 2025, reports circulated on social media claiming that Cooper had been shot and killed in St. Louis. He publicly denied the reports and later referenced the episode in his lyrics.[8][9]

2026: Get Back or Die Trying
Cooper released his second album, Get Back or Die Trying, on August 6, 2026, his 22nd birthday.[5] The nine-track project runs approximately eighteen minutes and includes "Hall of Fame", "Bloody Storm", and "Lemon Lime", the last of which features a posthumous appearance by Bloodhound Lil Jeff.[2] Like its predecessor, it was released through Signal Records under exclusive license from Grade A Productions.[2] The single "Head Taps" followed on August 20, 2026.[2] Earlier in 2026, Cooper performed at Rolling Loud in Orlando, Florida.[5] He also appeared as a guest on Not a Chance in Hell, a collaborative album by Mozzy and EST Gee.[2]

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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Jim Jones" hosted by DJButterrock   Joseph Guillermo Jones II (born July 15, 1976),[1] better known by his stage name Jim Jones (or Jimmy Jones), is an American rapper and record executive. He was a member of the now-defunct hip-hop group the Diplomats (also known as Dipset), which he formed alongside fellow Harlem native Cam'ron in 1997.[2][3]

Following the commercial success of the group's debut album, Diplomatic Immunity (2003), Jones self-released his debut solo album, On My Way to Church (2004), to moderate success. His second and third albums, Harlem: Diary of a Summer (2005) and Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) (2006), both peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200. The release of the former coincided with Jones's appointment as an A&R executive for Entertainment One Music (then known as Koch Records), while the latter was preceded by the single "We Fly High", which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, received platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and led to Jones briefly signing with Columbia Records.

Jones' fourth album and only release by a major label, Pray IV Reign (2009), was met with continued success and spawned the single "Pop Champagne" (with Ron Browz featuring Juelz Santana), which peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. His fifth album, Capo (2011), was led by the pop rap single, "Perfect Day" (featuring Chink Santana). After a hiatus, he self-released his sixth and seventh studio albums, Wasted Talent (2018) and El Capo (2019).[4]

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