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My Take
Boosie Badazz carries Baton Rouge in his voice, and that authenticity is exactly why he matters to me. Starting in the 1990s with the Southern collective Concentration Camp before going solo in 2000 with Youngest of da Camp, he built his name the hard way, from the ground up in Louisiana's rap scene. He has lived a turbulent, fully public life, and that lived-in weight gives his records a rawness you cannot fake. He is more than a rapper too, moving into singing and acting. What I respect is the consistency of voice; whatever the medium, the man never softens his point of view.
Overview
Torence Ivy Hatch Jr. (born November 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Boosie BadAzz or simply Boosie (formerly Lil' Boosie), is an American rapper. Hatch began rapping in the 1990s as a member of the Southern hip hop collective Concentration Camp, eventually pursuing a solo career in 2000 with the release of his debut album Youngest of da Camp.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Boosie Badazz
- Name (Japanese)
- ブージー・バッダス
- Reading
- ぶーじー・ばっだす
- Born
- November 14, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dog
- Origin
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 168 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / songwriter / actor / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- McKinley Senior High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.