Boosie Badazz

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.

Boosie was born Torence Hatch on November 14, 1982, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and grew up on West Garfield Street.

His mother, Connie Hatch (née Givens), was a school principal whose father was a pastor.

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.

Lil' Boosie's cousin Young Dee introduced Boosie to Baton Rouge rapper C-Loc in the late 1990s.

His father, Torence Hatch Sr., died in 1997.

He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child.

He was mentored by Young Bleed and C-Loc as well as MD. and joined Concentration Camp, a rap group from Baton Rouge formed by C-Loc in the mid nineties, as the youngest member in 1998.

The group consisted of Young Bleed, C-Loc, Happy Perez, Boo, Max Minelli, J-Von, Lee Tyme and Lucky Knuckles.

He eventually debuted on C-Loc's fifth album, 'It's A Gamble' in 2000 under his old alias Boosie and Concentration Camp third studio album Camp III : Thug Brothas in 2000.

The departure of Young Bleed from the Camp helped put Lil Boosie in a prime position amongst the group.

Alongside C-Loc and Max Minelli, he served as one of the "faces" of the Camp.

At 17 years of age, he recorded his debut album, the aptly-titled Youngest of da Camp, (Camp Life Entertainment, 2000).

The album production was mostly handled by Happy Perez, and featured C-Loc, Max Minelli and Donkey.

In 2001 he joined Trill Entertainment backed by its CEO the late Pimp C of UGK.

After leaving the label the following year, he signed with Pimp C's Trill Entertainment to release his second studio album, For My Thugz (2002).

One of the most prominent figures of Southern

hip hop, Hatch has gone on to release thirteen solo studio albums, as well as seven collaborative albums and 44 mixtapes.

Soon after, Trill independently released the album For My Thugz under his new alias Lil Boosie in 2002.

The album featured Pimp C, Young Bleed, Webbie while he also put out his first mixtape title Boosie 2002 (Advance) featuring contributions by Max Minelli and Pimp C.

Later in the summer of 2003, Boosie collaborated with Webbie on the album Ghetto Stories, presented by Pimp C.

In 2004, the duo worked together again on Trill Azz Mixtape Vol. 1, which also featured an appearance of Torrence "Bad Azz".

In the same year, he released Trill Azz Mixes II which introduced Phat, later known as Lil Phat.

He paired up again with Webbie, to release their second compilation album, Gangsta Musik.

He caught the eye of some Universal Music Group representatives.

In 2004 Lil Boosie and South Coast Coalition released Both Sides of the Track.

Boosie also released a compilation mixtape title Bad Ass with a few new tracks like Trill Shit.

It also featured the track I Smoke, I Drank by Body Head Bangerz featuring Boosie and Young Bleed off their debut album Body Head Bangerz: Volume One.

January 1, 2005, Boosie teamed up with Lava House Records to release United We Stand, Divided We Fall.

He also released Street Code with Pat Lowrenzo.

In 2005, Lil Boosie released Bad Ass (Advance) to promote Bad Azz.

In late January 2005, Boosie signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records.

In early 2006, Trill released Bad Ass Mixtape Vol.1 as a follow-up to (Bad Ass Advance).

In 2006, Boosie's major label debut album Bad Azz was released.

It contained the single "Zoom" featuring Yung Joc.

In 2009, Hatch was sentenced to four years in prison on drug and gun charges.

In 2010, he was indicted on first-degree murder, and was also sentenced to 10 years on multiple charges of drug possession with intent of distribution.

In 2012, he was found not guilty of murder.

After serving 5 years in prison for drug charges, Hatch was released early on March 5, 2014.

He is known for making homophobic and transphobic comments throughout his career, and garnered notoriety after saying he paid prostitutes to engage in sex-acts with his children.