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 |image = MaddDogg-GTASA.jpg
 |size = 185px
-|games = [[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]
+|game_1 = [[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]
 |gender = M
 |pob = [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]]
-|home = [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]
+|home = [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]], [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]]
 |nationality = American
 |affiliations = [[Carl Johnson]]<br> [[Ken Rosenberg]]<br> [[Maccer]]<br> [[Kent Paul]]<br> [[Rochell'le]] <small> (Ex-Girlfriend)</small>
 |businesses = Rap Artist <small>(1980s - 1994) </small> <br> Doggy Boyz <small> (Rap Group) (1988 - 1992)</small>
-|voice = [[wp:Ice-T|Ice-T]]
+|voice = [[Ice-T]]
 }}
+'''Madd Dogg''' is a character in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and is a rich and famous gangsta rapper from [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]]. He is based on [[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 III Era|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)====
 [http://www.westcoastraplegends.com/ Forgotten Legends] explains that Madd Dogg first gained extreme popularity as a rapper, without any full albums, in the late 1980s. He quickly earned enough money to buy his [[Madd Dogg's Crib|trademark mansion]], pictured on his first two albums. The home resembles the "Hammertime" mansion in Fremont, California once owned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Hammer MC Hammer], as well as styling cues from homes owned by Ice-T.
-In 1990 he released ''[[Hustlin' Like Gangstaz]]'' (parody of Above The Law's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livin_Like_Hustlers Livin Like Hustlers]'', produced by Dr. Dre and featured on [[Radio Los Santos]]) and ''[[Still Madd]]'' (parody of Ice-T's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.G._Original_Gangster OG: Original Gangster]'', complete with a song "2:30 in the Afternoon" to parody "6 in the Morning").
+In 1990 he released ''[[Hustlin' Like Gangstaz]]'' (parody of Above The Law's ''[[:wp:Livin Like Hustlers|Livin Like Hustlers]]'', produced by Dr. Dre and featured on [[Radio Los Santos]]) and ''[[Still Madd]]'' (parody of Ice-T's ''[[:wp:O.G. Original Gangster|OG: Original Gangster]]'', complete with a song "2:30 in the Afternoon" to parody "6 in the Morning").
-Before or during 1990, he also began a relationship with [[Rochell'le]], a bubbly, innocent female 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.
+Before or during 1990, he also began a relationship with [[Rochell'le]], a bubbly, innocent female singer and labelmate on [[Jimmy Silverman|Jimmy Silverman's]] [[Blastin' Fools Records]]. A rumor exists that he was her ghostwriter for some of the more rap-oriented songs she released.
 ====Mainstream status and downfall (1991-1992)====
-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.
+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.
-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 San Andreas]], 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, [[:wp:Russell Simmons|Russell Simmons]] was the first person in hip-hop to have his own clothing line in 1992, called [[:wp: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]] - 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".