Rapper BG, who is living under federal supervision after his release from prison, is also having his lyrics supervised. The “Bling Bling” artist must provide the federal government with copies of his upcoming songs before they are produced or promoted, and if the lyrics are considered inconsistent with his rehabilitation, prosecutors may move to tweak the terms of his supervised release, the Guardian reported Tuesday. BG, a.
k.a. Baby Gangsta, whose real name is Christopher Dorsey, narrowly avoided even stricter scrutiny.
U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan, who oversees the Eastern District of Louisiana, refused the prosecution’s request to prohibit BG “from promoting and glorifying future gun violence/murder” in any songs performed during his supervision, citing free speech concerns, the outlet said.
The New Orleans rapper, who was formerly a part of the Hot Boys with Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk, was arrested during a traffic stop in 2009 after an officer found three guns in his car — two of which were stolen. BG pushed others in the car into taking responsibility for the weapons, but the truth was eventually revealed, and he later pleaded guilty. Baby Gangsta was sentenced in 2012 to 14 years in jail for two counts of firearm possession and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
He was released last September after serving 11 years and is now spending three years under federal supervision. That supervision became an issue when he began rapping again, p.
