New Orleans Rapper B.G. Denied Compassionate Release For 3rd Time As Judge Declines To Reduce His 14-Year Prison Sentence

New Orleans Rapper B.G. Denied Compassionate Release For 3rd Time As Judge Declines To Reduce His 14-Year Prison Sentence

It doesn’t look like rapper B.G. (real name Christopher Noel Dorsey) will be a free man any time soon.

The New Orleans native rapper’s request for a compassionate release from prison was turned down a third time on Thursday (September 29). A judge decided against reducing the Hot Boys rapper’s 14-year sentence, which is currently slated to end on April 7, 2024.

The request was authored and presented on behalf of B.G. by another federal prisoner. According to the most recent filing, the 2021 letter — which was denied — wasn’t meant to be a formal legal motion but rather an effort to spread notice of B.G.’s discontent with how his lawyer had previously handled a similar request.

District Judge Susie Morgan responded by claiming that B.G. has not presented any new information that would influence the Court’s previous ruling. Earlier this year, Judge Morgan turned down a plea for compassionate release that had letters of support from Gary Payton Sr., Wendy Day, Birdman, and Slim.

As previously reported, B.G. was stopped in 2009 for a minor traffic violation, but the consequences turned out to be more than he could’ve ever anticipated. While searching the vehicle, officers found three handguns, numerous loaded magazines, extended clips, and drugs.

Since B.G was already a felon at the time, he persuaded then 17-year-old Demounde Pollard, as well as another passenger, to claim that everything in the car belonged to them. The rapper ultimately entered a guilty plea to the charges of witness tampering and weapons possession.

The rapper confessed to his misdeeds in court on December 7, 2011, after realizing he was up against a 40-year prison sentence. By that time, the prosecution had already rejected B.G.’s plea deal request because he declined to assist them in resolving other infamous New Orleans cases. It likely came as no surprise — then or now — that he made the decision to not cooperate, given a verse from his track “I Ain’t Tellin’” in which B.G. raps,

“I never snitch, never tell, if the laws come and get me, I’m gonna sit my a*s in jail. I don’t talk on the phone, ‘less i’m talkin’ to b*tches.”

B.G. began his music career at the age of 13 by signing with Birdman‘s Cash Money Records. In 1997, he joined forces with fellow rappers Lil Wayne, Juvenile, and Turk to form the Hot Boys.

Birdman

In an Instagram post earlier this month, Birdman made the seemingly false assertion that B.G. would “be home in a minute.” The rapper has consistently pushed for an early release, citing factors including the risk of contracting COVID-19 because of his medical conditions. He has even accused his old attorney of “incompetence” and claimed that prosecutors are attempting to portray him as violent due to his lyrics.

B.G. (second from left) is pictured with members of Cash Money Records, including Birdman & fellow Hot Boys rappers.

Regardless of his status in the industry, B.G. has never shied away from his roots or upbringing. He told MTV in 2009 that,

“I know what comes behind what I do. I know the consequences and repercussions of what comes behind it. Where I’m from, it’s just like, that first draw is a muthaf*cka, the bullets raining out the sky. It’s like that for real. It’s a murder capital. They dropping like flies. I stay in the suburbs. All my neighbors are white and football players and doctors and dentists. I lay my head there, but when I get up in the morning, I gotta go to the projects and get some grits and cheese and sausage and toast. It’s just something about that ‘hood. I wanna post up and sit on the porch and get my hair braided. I’m just ‘hood.”

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