Hurricane Chris

Hearing the 18-year-old Louisiana native responsible for the quirky club anthem "A Bay Bay" casually threaten to "light your ass up real quick and leave you with a sh*t bag" on "Bang" is a little unnerving, but the fact is, Shreveport isn't all about 26s and freaks. Backed by elements of New Orleans bounce and Lil Jon's clean, distinct synths, Hurricane shows a taste for guns and grenades, and the paranoid predictions of his own demise on "Do Something" makes you think he may actually need them. The violence is nothing new, but Chris' conviction supports that he's more than just a ringtone rapper.

This past summer, the eighteen-year-old Shreveport, Louisiana, rapper Hurricane Chris
became a household name among clubgoers and ringtone buyers thanks to "A Bay Bay," a
slinky little hit that was not much more than a synth line, three pizzicato notes and a
wickedly catchy chorus. Like that song, Hurricane Chris' debut, 51 50 Ratchet, banks on
"ratchet" music, a Shreveport-bred relative of crunk whose trademarks are buzz... More >