After his 2014 release from prison, he changed his name to Boosie Badazz and was featured on several tracks, including ones by Jeezy ("Beez Like") and T.I. His slick album Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz landed in 2009 along with the single "Better Believe It." The next year, Boosie followed up with Incarcerated, which was issued while he served time for drug possession. Late in the year, the Streetz Is Mine mixtape appeared in cooperation with DJ Drama. The Bad Azz DVD soon followed, featuring interview footage in which Boosie explained the drug-related death of his father and revealed his own battle with diabetes. Titled Bad Azz, the release featured Yung Joc, Pimp C, and Webbie as guests. Webbie released his album in 2005 Boosie's landed in 2006. He was paired with fellow Trill artist Webbie for the 2003 release Ghetto Stories and again for 2004's Gangsta Musik, which featured the first appearance of Webbie's future hit "Give Me That." Trill then worked a deal with the Warner Bros.-associated Asylum, and both Webbie and Boosie were now on a major label. His big breakthrough began when he joined Pimp C's Trill Entertainment camp. He soon released the full-length CD Youngest of da Camp on his own. An appearance on C-Loc's 2000 It's a Gamble, became Boosie's debut. He turned to rapping and eventually hooked up with C-Loc. It looked like it could be his ticket into college, but getting involved in drugs got him kicked out of high school.
Not having his father in his life was another challenge, but things began moving in a positive direction when Boosie immersed himself in basketball. Originally known as Lil' Boosie, Boosie Badazz's hard Southern style comes from growing up in one of Baton Rouge, Louisiana's more notorious neighborhoods, known for drugs and gunplay. Throughout the 2000s and beyond, Boosie's acclaim grew as he moved into the big leagues on major-label-funded albums like 2010's Incarcerated.
After starting out rapping in the '90s as part of a collective called Concentration Camp, he was taken under the wing of Pimp C as a solo artist. Louisiana rapper Boosie Badazz took his raw, uncut style from deep underground circles to mainstream success over the course of a long, winding career arc.
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