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|gender = M | |gender = M | ||
|dob = Unknown | |dob = Unknown | ||
|pob = [[Los Santos]] | |pob = [[Los Santos in GTA San Andreas|Los Santos]] | ||
|home = [[Los Santos]], [[San Andreas]] | |home = [[Los Santos in GTA San Andreas|Los Santos]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]] | ||
|nationality = [[United States|American]] | |nationality = [[United States|American]] | ||
|affiliations = [[Carl Johnson]]<br> [[Ken Rosenberg]]<br> [[Maccer]]<br> [[Kent Paul]]<br> [[Rochell'le]] <small> (Ex-Girlfriend)</small> | |affiliations = [[Carl Johnson]]<br> [[Ken Rosenberg]]<br> [[Maccer]]<br> [[Kent Paul]]<br> [[Rochell'le]] <small> (Ex-Girlfriend)</small> | ||
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'''Madd Dogg''' is a character in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and is a rich and famous gangsta rapper from [[Los Santos]]. He is based on [[wp:Ice-T|Ice-T]] (who voiced the character) as well as [[wp:Dr. Dre|Dr. Dre]] and [[wp:Ice Cube|Ice Cube]] of [[wp:N.W.A.|N.W.A.]] (whose music make up over half the [[Radio Los Santos]] soundtrack). The name "Dogg" is derived from [[wp:Snoop Dogg|Snoop Dogg]] and/or [[wp:Nate Dogg|Nate Dogg]]. He was romantically involved with female rapper and R&B musician, [[Rochell'le]]. | '''Madd Dogg''' is a character in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and is a rich and famous gangsta rapper from [[Los Santos in GTA San Andreas|Los Santos]]. He is based on [[wp:Ice-T|Ice-T]] (who voiced the character) as well as [[wp:Dr. Dre|Dr. Dre]] and [[wp:Ice Cube|Ice Cube]] of [[wp:N.W.A.|N.W.A.]] (whose music make up over half the [[Radio Los Santos]] soundtrack). The name "Dogg" is derived from [[wp:Snoop Dogg|Snoop Dogg]] and/or [[wp:Nate Dogg|Nate Dogg]]. He was romantically involved with female rapper and R&B musician, [[Rochell'le]]. | ||
====Breakthrough (1988-1991)==== | ====Breakthrough (1988-1991)==== | ||
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At the beginning of [[Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas|GTA: SA]], Madd Dogg was very popular and exploring merchandise such as a clothing label "Madd Tagg" - later in the game, the player can buy one of the shirts for $36 at [[Victim]]. In real life, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Simmons Russell Simmons] was the first person in hip-hop to have his own clothing line in 1992, called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat_Farm Phat Farm]. | At the beginning of [[Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas|GTA: SA]], Madd Dogg was very popular and exploring merchandise such as a clothing label "Madd Tagg" - later in the game, the player can buy one of the shirts for $36 at [[Victim]]. In real life, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Simmons Russell Simmons] was the first person in hip-hop to have his own clothing line in 1992, called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat_Farm Phat Farm]. | ||
Madd Dogg began to sink into a depression after [[Madd Dogg's Rhymes|his rhyme book went missing]] and [[Management Issues|his manager was killed]] (all secret efforts by [[Carl Johnson | Madd Dogg began to sink into a depression after [[Madd Dogg's Rhymes|his rhyme book went missing]] and [[Management Issues|his manager was killed]] (all secret efforts by [[Carl Johnson]] - ironically, his future manager - to jumpstart rival [[OG Loc|OG Loc's]] music career). Outside of these attacks, he also struggled with "alcoholism and egomania" (as told by [[Lianne Forget]]), drug abuse, massive financial debt, as well as breakups with [[Rochell'le]] and his rap group "Doggy Boyz". | ||
====Comeback and retirement (1992-1994)==== | ====Comeback and retirement (1992-1994)==== | ||
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. | 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 in early 1993, ''[[Forty Dogg]]'' is released and quickly goes gold (it is a parody of ''[ | 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 in early 1993, ''[[Forty Dogg]]'' is released and quickly goes gold (it is a parody of ''[[:wp:Dogg Food|Dogg Food]]'' by Tha Dogg Pound, a group made famous by [[:wp:Snoop Dogg|Snoop Dogg]]). It is described as his well-received return to hardcore gangsta rap. It includes the following songs: | ||
*"Madd Funk" | *"Madd Funk" | ||