Hurricane Chris (rapper)

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Hurricane Chris


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Chris Dooley, Jr.
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Born = 1989
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Origin = Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
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Genre = Hip hop
Occupation = Rapper
Years_active = 2006 - present
Label = Polo Grounds Music, J Records
URL = [http://www.hurricanechrisonline.com/ hurricanechrisonline.com]

Chris Dooley, Jr.cite news|last=Morgan|first=Samantha|title=Hurricane Chris sends "A Bay Bay" nationwide|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070817193513/http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/music/9095896.html|work=The Advocate (Baton Rouge)|publisher=Internet Archive Wayback Machine|date=2007-08-10|accessdate=2008-04-20] (born 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".cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|title=Hurricane Chris - Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:w9fpxqurldje~T1|publisher=All Music Guide|date=2007|accessdate=2007-09-05]

Biography

Hurricane Chris first began rapping in elementary school, where he placed in talent shows. After hearing a chant of "Hey Bay Bay!" by local DJ Hollywood Bay Bay, Hurricane Chris modified the chant to "A 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 2007, when his major-label debut "51/50 Ratchet" was released in October. The sound of the album was inspired by ratchet, a type of crunk rap music locally popular in Shreveport.cite web|last=Futterman|first=Erica|title=Breaking Artist: Hurricane Chris|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/10/17/breaking-artist-hurricane-chris/|work=Rolling Stone|date=2007-10-17|accessdate=2008-06-27] 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". [cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title="You Hear Me?" - Overview|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39foxzlhld6e|publisher=All Music Guide|date=2007|accessdate=2007-11-05] In August 2007, a mixtape of his titled "Louisi-Animal" had also been released. "The Hand Clap" would be the next single off "51/50 Ratchet".cite news| last1 = Reid | first1 = Shaheem | last2= Rodriguez|first2=Jason| title = Mr. Collipark Raises Up New MCs | work=Mixtape Monday |publisher=MTV News | date = 2007-08-20 | url = http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/082007/ | accessdate = 2007-09-05 ]

He attended Huntington High School in Shreveport; its principal Jerry Davis declared September 25 "Hurricane Chris Day". [cite news|title=Rapper Hurricane Chris makes surprise visit to Huntington|url=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|publisher=KTBS|date=2007-09-25|accessdate=2008-08-30] 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 silence crowds in his performances, "like a hurricane had just blown through".

Discography

Albums

*2007: "51/50 Ratchet"

ingles

Featured singles

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/hurricane Official MySpace page]
* [http://www.lavahouserecords.com/ Lava House Records]