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Hurricane Chris

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Soulja Boy Tell Em, Lil' Boosie, Webbie, Lil Scrappy, Lil' Flip, Young Bleed

Influenced By:

Lil Jon, Petey Pablo, Master P, 8Ball & MJG

Formal Connection With:

Hollyhood Bay Bay
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  • Born: 1989, Shreveport, LA
  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Rap
  • Representative Albums: "51/50 Ratchet", "You Hear Me?", "Unleashed

Biography

Rapping since he was just nine years old, Shreveport, LA's Hurricane Chris burst onto the national scene in 2007 with his catchy single "A Bay Bay." After gaining some local attention with his indie singles "Ya Hear Me" and "Yep" along with some mixtape appearances, Hurricane Chris caught local legend DJ Hollyhood Bay Bay being welcomed at a club with the audience chanting "Hey Bay Bay!" Hollyhood was a leader of Shreveport's ratchet movement -- Shreveport's version of crunk or hyphy -- of which Chris was already a member, having joined the Lava House promotion crew and record label, based in the infamous Cedar Grove neighborhood. As Lava House was releasing the successful singles "Ratchet" and then the "Ratchet" remix with Lil' Boosie, Chris was transforming the chant he heard into a saying, "A Bay Bay," which became the Shreveport version of "fo sho." The saying turned into a Lava House single and caught the ear of Atlanta's Mr. Collipark. Thanks to Collipark, the now 18-year-old Hurricane Chris signed a deal with J Records in 2007. His debut album, 51/50 Ratchet, appeared late that year. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
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Hurricane Chris
Birth name Chris Dooley Jr.
Born May 19, 1989 (1989-05-19) (age 20)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
Occupations Rapper
Years active 2006–present
Labels Polo Grounds, J
Website www.hurricanechrisonline.com

Chris Dooley, Jr. (born May 19, 1989) better known by his stage name Hurricane Chris, is a rapper based in Shreveport, Louisiana. After local success as an underground performer, he entered the national scene with his hit song "A Bay Bay".[1]

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Biography

Dooley attended Huntington High School. In 2007,"Big Dookie" Principal Jerry declared September 25 as "Hurricane Chris Day".[2] 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".[3]After hearing a chant of "A Bay Bay!" by local DJ Hollywood Bay Bay, Hurricane Chris modified the chant to "Bay Bay" to his hit song of the same name.

Atlanta, Georgia-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.[1] 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]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Peak chart positions[7]
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap
2007 51/50 Ratchet 24 4 2
2009 Unleashed
  • Released: December 21, 2009
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, digital download
 To be determined

Singles

Year Single Charts[8] RIAA certification[9] Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap
2007 "A Bay Bay" 7 12 3 Platinum 51/50 Ratchet
"The Hand Clap"(featuring Big Poppa) 72 45 18
"Playas Rock"(featuring Boxie) — 47 25 —
2009 "Halle Berry (She's Fine)"(featuring Superstarr) 53 7 7 Unleashed
"Headboard" (featuring Mario & Plies) — 63 14 —

As featured performer

Year Single Charts Album
U.S. R&B U.S. Rap
2007 "Drop & Gimme 50" (Mike Jones featuring Hurricane Chris) 44 18 The Voice

References

  1. ^ a b Jeffries, David (2007). "Hurricane Chris – Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:w9fpxqurldje~T1. Retrieved 2007-09-05. 
  2. ^ "Rapper Hurricane Chris makes surprise visit to Huntington". KTBS. 2007-09-25. http://www.ktbs.com/misc/search/cache.cfm?cacheID=_KkLtbngAXAJ&cacheUrl=www.ktbs.com%2Fnews%2FRapper-Hurricane-Chris-makes-surprise-visit-to-Huntington-5253%2F. Retrieved 2008-08-30. 
  3. ^ Morgan, Samantha (2007-08-10). "Hurricane Chris sends "A Bay Bay" nationwide". The Advocate (Baton Rouge) (Internet Archive Wayback Machine). http://web.archive.org/web/20070817193513/http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/music/9095896.html. Retrieved 2008-04-20. 
  4. ^ Futterman, Erica (2007-10-17). "Breaking Artist: Hurricane Chris". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/10/17/breaking-artist-hurricane-chris/. Retrieved 2008-06-27. 
  5. ^ Birchmeier, Jason (2007). ""You Hear Me?" – Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39foxzlhld6e. Retrieved 2007-11-05. 
  6. ^ 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. 
  7. ^ "Hurricane Chris - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:w9fpxqurldje~T5. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
  8. ^ "Hurricane Chris – Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Billboard. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:w9fpxqurldje~T51. 
  9. ^ "Gold & Platinum – Hurricane Chris". RIAA. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Hurricane%20Chris&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 

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