B.G. Authorized Drama Casts Doubt On Money Cash Millionaires Reunion

B.G. pushed again in opposition to efforts to limit his lyrical content material at a court docket listening to in New Orleans on Tuesday (June 18). The 43-year-old rapper pleaded his case to Choose Susie Morgan, explaining why he shouldn’t be subjected to a situation forcing him to “chorus from selling and glamorizing gun violence and homicide” in his music.

“I simply really feel like Christopher Dorsey and ‘BG’ are two totally different folks,” he informed the choose, per The Occasions-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate. “It’s mainly like telling Robert De Niro he can’t make any mob motion pictures.”

He added, “I simply did a tough 12 and a half years … Under no circumstances am I glorifying. I’m simply being inventive from arising in a messed-up setting. I’m simply rapping about what I do know.”

B.G.’s lyrics confronted scrutiny after he was arrested for a probation violation in March. He remained on supervised launch for gun and witness tampering costs following his 2023 launch from jail.

Prosecutors wished to change the phrases of his supervised launch to control his lyrical content material. B.G. objected to proposed constraints on his music.

“It’s respectfully submitted that this request is overly broad and violates the First Modification and due course of,” his attorneys argued.

B.G. averted revocation of his probation by agreeing to modified circumstances. The brand new phrases included turning over his lyrics to the federal government. However prosecutors and protection attorneys couldn’t settle the matter of B.G.’s lyrical content material, leaving it in Choose Morgan’s fingers.

“I don’t assume it’s an excessive amount of to ask for a restricted interval for him to cease saying sure issues,” Assistant U.S. Legal professional Maurice Landrieu contended at Tuesday’s listening to. “I don’t assume Mr. Dorsey needs to be revoked. I like Mr. Dorsey, personally. I simply need him to make use of that expertise to elevate us.”

Choose Morgan has but to make her ruling on potential lyrical restrictions. Any limitations on B.G.’s lyrics may disrupt plans for the Money Cash Millionaires reunion on the 2024 Essence Pageant in July. He was anticipated to carry out on the occasion celebrating 30 years of Money Cash Information.