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Artist: Choppa
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Juvenile, C-Murder, Krazy, Mystikal, Lil' Flip, Baby

Influenced By:

Ice Cube, 2 Live Crew, 69 Boyz

Formal Connection With:

504 Boyz, Master P
  • Formed: October 29, 1980, New Orleans, LA
  • Genres: Rap
  • Representative Albums: "Straight from the N.O.", "Da Real Choppa", "Batukeiro

Biography

The energetic and physically chiseled rapper Choppa was born and raised in New Orleans. As a teenager he worked on his lyrical skills as a hobby but all the while he felt his destiny was in professional sports. Disagreements with his high-school football coach steered him away from sports and Choppa started taking his rap skills seriously. An appearance on New Orleans' popular radio show Nine O'Clock Props made Choppa an instant hit with listeners and he soon became a regular guest. In 2001 the independent label Take Fo' released his debut, Choppa Style, an album filled with a more party-styled version of Southern rap called bounce music. The title cut became an inescapable regional hit and soon BET's late-night show Uncut began airing the video. Master P caught wind of the single and headed to New Orleans. His visit to the city ended with Choppa signed to P's No Limit Records and a promise from P that he was going to take bounce music to the world. A re-recorded version of "Choppa Style," with Master P adding some verse, became an instant hit and No Limit issued Choppa's Straight from the N.O. album in 2003. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
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Choppa

Choppa at Sports Rock in Hattiesburg, MS
Background information
Birth name Darwin Turner
Also known as Da Real Choppa
Origin New Orleans, U.S.
Genres Southern hip hop, Dirty South
Occupations Rapper, Singer
Years active 2000 – present
Labels No Limit/Universal, Body Head
Associated acts 504 Boyz, Body Head Bangerz, Baby Boy Da Prince, Magic, Master P

Darwin Turner, better known by his stage name Choppa, is a New Orleans rapper formerly signed to Master P's No Limit Records. His most successful single was "Choppa Style", which was a typical example of bounce music and was released twice one recorded with Master P himself after inking with his label. He started his own record label Street Balla Records in 2003. In 2004 he was signed to Body Head Entertainment, the label on which he released his 2005 album Da Real Choppa and is also a member of Roy Jones Jr.'s hip hop group Body Head Bangerz. He appeared with Mike Jones and 5th Ward Weebie on the 2004 Dirty South compilation released by Swishahouse The Day Hell Broke Loose 2 AKA Major Without A Major Deal on the song "Throwed". In the song he specifically acknowledges "Body Head" and he also appeared at the end of the music video for "Still Tippin'" where a short segment of "Throwed" is shown. He is also the brother of fellow New Orleans rapper Baby Boy Da Prince.[citation needed]

Contents

Discography

Albums

Single

  • 2003: "Choppa Style"

Sources

v • d • e
Body Head Bangerz
Roy Jones, Jr. · Magic · Choppa
Albums
Singles
"I Smoke, I Drank" · "Can't Be Touched"
Related articles
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No Limit Records
Former artists
Albums
No Limit Films
No Limit Sports

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