[2] Dorsey and label-mates Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk collectively formed the group Hot Boys in 1997, with whom he has released three commercially successful albums.

The Dorsey family lived in a shotgun house on the corner of Valence and Magnolia Street.

He then began selling crack cocaine and hanging out on street corners with drug dealers.

While attending middle school, he started rapping and eventually met with Bryan "Birdman" Williams (a.k.a.

He was also part of the group Hot Boys with other local rappers Lil Wayne, Juvenile, Turk, and Baby's nephew Derrick a.k.a.

[9] The Hot Boys' second album, Guerrilla Warfare, was released in July 1999 and reached No.5 on the Billboard 200 chart.

[10] He released his sixth studio album Livin' Legend on his own label, Chopper City Records.

[14] It included the hit single "My Hood" which featured longtime friend Mannie Fresh.

released a collaborative mixtape with Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie titled "22504 (225504)", which is the combined area codes of their respective hometowns.

[citation needed] On November 3, 2009, Dorsey was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana after police pulled over his Chevrolet Tahoe during a routine traffic stop.

Dorsey was booked into the Orleans Parish Jail on an illegal carrying of weapons charge.

When Dorsey appeared in court on November 5, his incarceration and bond information were unknown to the press at that time.

It also states that Dorsey and two passengers in the vehicle conspired to obstruct justice when one signed what prosecutors later categorized as a "false affidavit" when he took sole responsibility for the firearms.