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====Glory Days (Late 1980s - 1991)==== | ====Glory Days (Late 1980s - 1991)==== | ||
Rockstar's promotional website [http://www.westcoastraplegends.com/ 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. | Rockstar's promotional website [http://www.westcoastraplegends.com/ 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 [[Madd Dogg's Crib|trademark mansion]] in [[Mulholland]]. The mansion is pictured on his first two albums. | ||
In 1990 he released | In 1990 he released ''[[Hustlin' Like Gangstaz]]''. Later that same year, he released ''[[Still Madd]]'' (a parody of Ice-T's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.G._Original_Gangster 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|''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)==== | |||
Madd Dogg | At the beginning of [[Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas|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 [[Madd Dogg's Rhymes|his rhyme book went missing]] and [[Management Issues|his manager was killed]] ([[Alan Crawford|Alan "Scipio" Crawford]]), all secret efforts by [[Carl Johnson|CJ]] (ironically, his future manager) to jumpstart rival [[Jeffrey Cross|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 [[Madd Dogg's Crib|mansion]] to a [[Los Santos Vagos|Vagos]] [[Big Poppa|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, [[Madd Dogg (mission)|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 [[A Home In The Hills|taking back his mansion]] and directs Madd Dogg to record a new album, also [[Cut Throat Business|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: | ||
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*"Madd N A Haze" | *"Madd N A Haze" | ||
*"Funkin' Forties" | *"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== | ==Mission appearences== |
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