Madd Dogg

Madd Dogg.

Madd Dogg is a character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and is a rich and famous gangsta rapper from Los Santos. He is voiced by Ice-T, and was created somewhat in his vein as well as other big names like Dr. Dre and Ice Cube of N.W.A. (who are both very prominently featured on the Radio Los Santos sountrack).

Glory Days (Late 1980s - 1991)

Rockstar's promotional website Forgotten Legends of West Coast Rap reveals that Madd Dogg first gained extreme popularity as a rapper (without any full albums) in the late 1980s, quickly building enough money to buy his trademark mansion in Mulholland. The mansion is pictured on his first two albums.

In 1990 he released Hustlin' Like Gangstaz. Later that same year, he released Still Madd (a parody of Ice-T's OG: Original Gangster , complete with a song by Madd Dogg "2:30 in the Afternoon" to parody the real song "6 in the Morning"). Before or during 1990, he also began a relationship with Rochell'le, a bubbly, innocent white female R&B singer and labelmate on Jimmy Silverman's Blastin' Fools Records. A rumor exists that he was her ghostwriter for some of the more rap-oriented songs she released.

In 1991, he released 24 Carat Dogg. The name might suggest that he had moved on from violent music to more radio-friendly songs in which he bragged about his lifestyle, like many rappers, but in 1992 it seems that he still has plenty of street credibility.

Depression and comeback (1992-1994)

At the beginning of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Madd Dogg was still extremely popular and exploring merchandise such as a clothing label. Madd Dogg's career suffers a decline after his rhyme book went missing and his manager was killed (Alan "Scipio" Crawford), all secret efforts by CJ (ironically, his future manager) to jumpstart rival OG Loc's music career. Outside of these attacks, he also struggled with alcoholism, drug abuse, egomania, massive financial debt, as well as breakups with Rochell'le and his rap group "Doggy Boyz".

Later that year, he was forced to give his mansion to a Vagos drug lord, and was supposed to give a concert in Las Venturas before he went missing. When Carl Johnson finds him, he had a room at the Royale Casino, and after he had gotten drunk and gambled away his fortune, threatens suicide before CJ saved him and sent him to rehab. Madd Dogg then hires CJ as his new manager, unaware that CJ ruined his career in the first place and rescued him out of guilt.

As manager, CJ begins by taking back his mansion and directs Madd Dogg to record a new album, also taking back the original rhyme book from OG Loc. At the end of the game, possibly in early 1993, Forty Dogg is released and quickly goes gold. It is described as his well-received return to hardcore gangsta rap. It includes the following songs:

• "Madd Funk"
• "Me and My Blunt"
• "4 My Doggz"
• "Alone with My Dogz"
• "Doggz Need Luv"

• "Madd N A Haze"
• "Funkin' Forties"

In 1994, he released the "the less-than-stellar" N.L.A.D.B. (Never Leave A Dog Behind), which would become his last album and direct him to retire. As of 1998 and 2003, his albums Still Madd and Forty Dogg were digitally remastered.

Mission appearences

GTA San Andreas

• Madd Dogg (Boss)
• A Home In The Hills (Boss)
• Vertical Bird
• Cut Throat Business (Boss)
• Riot
• End of the Line

Trivia

• Despite him saying he gets his first gold record at the end of the game you can see gold records all over his mansion. He may be referencing the first gold record that the 'team' got together, though this is unknown. It also seems highly unlikely that he'd never had a gold record if he lives in such a large, expensive mansion.
• Madd Dogg's clothing line is called "Madd Tagg", and the shirt can be purchased at Victim. (Price=$36)
• Sometimes pedestrians in GTA San Andreas can possibly be heard saying 'You Madd Dogging me man'

Album Gallery

• Hustlin' Like Gangstaz

  Hustlin' Like Gangstaz

• Still Madd

  Still Madd

• 24 Carat Dogg

  24 Carat Dogg

• Forty Dogg

  Forty Dogg