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Chris Dooley Jr. (born 1989 in Shreveport, Louisiana)[1], better known by his stage name, Hurricane Chris, is an American rapper. He is best known from his single "A Bay Bay.
Rapping since he was 9 years old, Hurricane Chris gained local attention with his indie singles "Ya Don't Hear Me" and "Nope" along with mixtape appearances. Explaining how he got his name in an interview with the Baton Rouge, Louisiana newspaper The Advocate, "After I sang, the crowd would be silent because they thought it was so bad. It was like a hurricane had just blown through."
With the release of the single "A Bay Bay" during the summer of 2007 Hurricane Chris broke out of the regional scene and onto MTV. Inspired after he caught DJ Hollyhood Bay Bay being welcomed at a club with the audience chanting "Hey Bay Bay!", he then used the sound of ratchet music -- Shreveport's version of crunk or hyphy -- to create a hook of repetitive synthesizer sounds over a crowd chanting "A Bay Bay". Shortly thereafter, Asylum Records released a compilation of unreleased underground recordings by Chris, titled You Hear Me?, including the title song "You Hear Me?" and "Yep".
Hurricane Chris joined the Smart House Records record label, based in the inner-city Cedar Grove neighborhood of Shreveport. As Lava House was releasing the successful singles "Ratchet" in 1999 and then the 2004 "Ratchet" remix with Lil' Boosie, Chris transformed the chant he heard into a catchphrase, "A Bay Bay," which became local slang for "Yo Nigga" (for sure). The single caught the ear of Atlanta music producer Mr. Collipark, who would help the then 18-year-old Hurricane Chris sign a deal with J Records in 2007. His debut album, titled 51/50 Ratchet, has been released on October 23, 2007. The video for "A Bay Bay" was shot in the Cedar Grove neighborhood and features local landmarks and crowds singing along to the song. Hurricane Chris's second single will be "The Hand Clap".
For his next album, Hurricane Chris plans to engage in major collaborations with other artists including Lil' Wayne, Yung Joc, and international Vietnamese rapper Tony Nguyen.
There’s a storm brewing in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is a storm that takes the form of a cultural movement destined to alter America’s cultural landscape the same way the crunk movement led by Lil Jon altered pop culture a few years ago. This new movement is called the Ratchet movement and it is helmed by a dynamic artist aptly named Hurricane Chris. The eighteen year old Shreveport native is currently causing quite a commotion down South with his blazing hot Polo Grounds Music/J Records single, “A Bay Bay.” According to Hurricane Chris, “A Bay Bay” has its genesis in the namesake of the Ratchet movement’s cornerstone DJ, Hollyhood Bay Bay, who spins at a club called KoKo Pellis. Whenever the DJ would come in the club the crowd would start chanting “hey Bay Bay, hey Bay Bay.” After a while the crowd would do the chant whenever the club got ratchet regardless of who was on the wheels of steel. “That became so catchy that I changed it from somebody’s name to a slang ‘A Bay Bay’,” says Hurricane Chris. “Now it’s a word, it means fa sho.” If you haven’t heard Hurricane Chris’ “A Bay Bay” then you’re missing out on the hottest club single since Lil Jon’s “Bia Bia” or E-40’s “Tell Me When To Go”. The song is literally sweeping the nation like an uncontrollable firestorm, reeking havoc on dance floors from the H Town (Houston, Texas) to the ATL (Atlanta, Georgia) and everywhere in between. “Everybody likes ‘A Bay Bay’ because it’s different,” says Hurricane Chris. “It’s real catchy. And it’s something you can say. I bet that its gonna be a baby’s first word because it’s so catchy. It gets stuck in your head the first time you hear it. Everybody [can] relate to it, white folks, black folks, hustlers and thugs.” Produced by veteran North Louisiana producer Phunk Dawg, “A Bay Bay” contains an exotic drum track that is absolutely irresistible. Its swinging bass line explodes like a thunderclap, combining rhythmic strings and a slinky worm sound, which harks back to the golden days of old school Louisiana 70s funk. Mix this with Hurricane Chris’s silky flow, filled with his charming Louisiana drawl and the song’s catchy hook, and you now have the key elements for a smash hit. Look for “A Bay Bay” to be the number one song in ring tones, radio and video before the end of this summer. The untitled album, which will be executive produced by Michael “Mr. Collipark” Crooms will be released by Polo Grounds Music/J Records. About POLO GROUNDS MUSIC Polo Grounds Music is a full service entertainment company with a focus in publishing, management, marketing and promotions. Founded in 2006 by Bryan Leach, the New York based company is home to record label Polo Grounds Music, which is distributed
