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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Chris Dooley, Jr. |
| Also known as | Hurricane |
| Born | February 27, 1988 |
| Origin | Shreveport, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Southern hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper |
| Years active | 2006 - Present |
| Labels | Go Live, Polo Grounds, J |
| Website | www.myspace.com/hurricane |
Chris Dooley, Jr. (born February 27, 1988), better known by his stage name Hurricane Chris, is an American rapper. He is best known for his 2007 hit single "A Bay Bay" from his debut album 51/50 Ratchet. In 2009, Chris released his second album Unleashed.
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[edit] Early life
Hurricane Chris was raised in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended Huntington High School in Shreveport. In 2007, Huntington principal Jerry Davis declared September 25 as "Hurricane Chris Day".[1] He dropped out of high school in 2007 to pursue his rap career. In an interview with Samantha Morgan of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana newspaper The Advocate, he stated that he came up with "Hurricane" as part of his stage name from his ability to rap fast and twist the words, "like a hurricane had just blown through".[2]
[edit] Music career
[edit] 2007–09: 51/50 Ratchet and Unleashed
After hearing a chant of "A Bay Bay!" by a local DJ Hollyhood Bay Bay, Hurricane Chris modified the chant to "Bay Bay" to his hit song of the same name. Atlanta-based producer Mr. Collipark was fascinated by the song and later helped Chris be signed to J Records in 2004, when his major-label debut 51/50 Ratchet was released in October 2007.[3] The sound of the album was inspired by ratchet, a type of crunk rap music locally popular in Shreveport.[4] Soon afterwards, Rap-A-Lot Records released You Hear Me?, a compilation of songs Chris recorded before 51/50 Ratchet including "You Hear Me?" and "Yep".[5] In August 2007, a mixtape of his titled Louisi-Animal had also been released. "The Hand Clap" was the next single off 51/50 Ratchet.[6]
In 2009 Hurricane Chris released his second album Unleashed, which had his smash single "Halle Berry (She's Fine)" originally entitled "Mrs. Berry (She's Fine)" which peaked at number fifty-six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Then he released his second single "Headboard" which peaked at number forty-six on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Unleashed fell short success of his debut album 51/50 Ratchet and did not chart on the Billboard 200 chart. The actual sales numbers for Unleashed are currently unknown. But Unleashed did peaked at number forty-six on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart.
[edit] 2010–present: Showtime: Still 51/50
In 2010 Hurricane Chris was released from Polo Grounds and J Records after Unleashed was unsuccessful. He plans to release his third album Showtime: Still 51/50 under his label Go Live Entertainment.[citation needed]It will have guests including Z-Ro, Roscoe Dash, Game, Mystikal, Keyshia Cole, Method Man, Tech N9ne, Lil Twist, Machine Gun Kelly, Jacob Latimore and others. This album will a indication that Hurricane Chris is going back to his Louisiana Hardnest rapping style roots like his 1st. But will be mixed with his 2nd album to balance things out.
[edit] Discography
- 51/50 Ratchet (2007)
- Unleashed (2009)
- Showtime: Still 51/50 (2012)
[edit] References
- ^ Bernard, Adam (December 8, 2009). "Hurricane Chris Interview". RapReviews.com. http://www.rapreviews.com/interview/hchris2009.html. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ Morgan, Samantha (August 10, 2007). "Hurricane Chris sends "A Bay Bay" nationwide". The Advocate (Baton Rouge). Archived from the original on August 17, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070817193513/http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/music/9095896.html.
- ^ Jeffries, David. "Hurricane Chris Biography". allmusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/hurricane-chris-p918209/biography. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- ^ Futterman, Erica (October 17, 2007). "Breaking Artist: Hurricane Chris". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 6, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080406074118/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/10/17/breaking-artist-hurricane-chris/.
- ^ Birchmeier, Jason (2007). ""You Hear Me?" – Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39foxzlhld6e. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ Reid, Shaheem; Rodriguez, Jason (2007-08-20). "Mr. Collipark Raises Up New MCs". Mixtape Monday (MTV News). http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/082007/. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
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