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This briefly changed when a female rapper, The Real Rochelle, released a song titled ''Rochell'le, Rochell'le''. Rochell'le quickly responded with the highly unexpected diss rap song ''Rochell'le's Revenge'', which was rumored to have been ghost written by her boyfriend, gangsta rap legend [[Madd Dogg]]. In the song, she "lyrically destroyed her similarly-named rival with clear logic: simply, that there could only be one Rochell'le, due to the uniqueness of her name and the unusual apostrophe before the final two letters". This string of back-and-forth songs is based on the 1985-1988 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Wars Roxanne Wars] (Rochell'le being a parody of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shant%C3%A9 Roxanne Shante]). | This briefly changed when a female rapper, The Real Rochelle, released a song titled ''Rochell'le, Rochell'le''. Rochell'le quickly responded with the highly unexpected diss rap song ''Rochell'le's Revenge'', which was rumored to have been ghost written by her boyfriend, gangsta rap legend [[Madd Dogg]]. In the song, she "lyrically destroyed her similarly-named rival with clear logic: simply, that there could only be one Rochell'le, due to the uniqueness of her name and the unusual apostrophe before the final two letters". This string of back-and-forth songs is based on the 1985-1988 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Wars Roxanne Wars] (Rochell'le being a parody of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shant%C3%A9 Roxanne Shante]). | ||
After the Rochell'le Wars, her then manager/producer [[Jimmy Silverman]] influenced her to take on a more sexualized, hip-hop driven image with the albums ''[[Leg$]]'' ''(''1991'')'' and ''Dangerous Curves'' ''(1994)'' | After the Rochell'le Wars, her then manager/producer [[Jimmy Silverman]] influenced her to take on a more sexualized, hip-hop driven image with the albums ''[[Leg$]]'' ''(''1991'')'' and, after breaking up with [[Madd Dogg]], ''Dangerous Curves'' ''(1994)'' which caused the public to lose interest. This again parodies [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey Mariah Carey] and similar events in her career between 1995 and 1999. | ||
Forgotten Legends says that she has disappeared from the scene and people wish to see her return, a reference to Carey's 2001-2004 struggles. ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' was made in 2004, shortly before Carey made a huge comeback with ''Emancipation of Mimi'' in 2005. | Forgotten Legends says that she has disappeared from the scene and people wish to see her return, a reference to Carey's 2001-2004 struggles. ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' was made in 2004, shortly before Carey made a huge comeback with ''Emancipation of Mimi'' in 2005. | ||