Choppa
{{short description|American rapper}}
{{distinguish|NLE Choppa|text=}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2011}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Choppa
| image = Choppa.jpg
| caption = Choppa at SportsRock in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 2007
| birth_name = Darwin Turner
| alias = Da Real Choppa
| birth_date =
| death_date =
| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
| genre = Hip hop
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|singer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 2000–present
| label = {{hlist|I Represent|No Limit Forever (Current) Take Fo'|The New No Limit|Universal|Body Head (Former)}}
| associated_acts = 504 Boyz, Body Head Bangerz, Master P, Magic, Baby Boy da Prince, Lil' Brittany
}}
Darwin Turner, better known by his stage name Choppa, is an American rapper and singer.
History
His first album Choppa Style was released in 2001 by independent label Take Fo' Records. The eponymous single became a local New Orleans hit.{{cite web|author=David Jeffries |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/choppa-mn0000088795/biography |title=Choppa | Biography & History |website=AllMusic |date=1980-10-29 |accessdate=2020-03-23}}
In 2003 his second album, Straight from the N.O., was released by Master P's No Limit Records. It rose to number 54 on the US Billboard 200.
In 2004 he joined Roy Jones Jr.'s group Body Head Bangerz.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/body-head-bangerz-mn0000983011#biography |title=Body Head Bangerz }} Jones's record label Body Head Entertainment released Choppa's third album Da Real Choppa in 2005 and his fourth Comin' Back Home in 2006.
In 2013 Choppa released his first mixtape, "choppa Style".{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/24018/choppa-choppa-style.html |title=Choppa - Choppa Style Hosted by I Represent Music, Free Mixtape Stream and Download! |website=Livemixtapes.com |date=2013-09-26 |accessdate=2020-03-23}} It was his first solo project in seven years.
Discography
{{see also|504 Boyz discography}}
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US R&B |
|---|
| scope="row"|Choppa Style
| | — || 99 |
| scope="row"|Straight from the N.O.
|
| 54 || 15 |
| scope="row"|Da Real Choppa
|
| — || — |
=Collaboration albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of collaboration albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
| style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US !style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US R&B |
|---|
| scope="row"|Body Head Bangerz: Volume One (with Body Head Bangerz) | | — || 38 |
| scope="row"|It Is What It Is (with Hot Boy Ronald) |
| — || — |
=Mixtapes=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Choppa's mixtapes and details ! scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Title ! scope="col" | Mixtape details |
| scope="row"|Choppa Style
|
|
|---|
=Singles=
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=May 2024}}
==As lead artist==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US
!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US |
|---|
| scope="row"|"Choppa Style"
|2002 | — | — |
| scope="row"|"Choppa Style" (featuring Master P) |2003 | 94 | 49 |
| scope="row"|"Woaa"
|2007 | — | — |{{n/a}} |
| scope="row"|"I Feel Dat Black & Gold"
|2012 | — | — |{{n/a}} |
| scope="row"|"Goin Hard" (featuring Level & Hollywood Bay Bay) |2013 | — | — |{{n/a}} |
| scope="row"|"She Got It" (featuring August Alsina) |rowspan="3"|2014 | — | — |{{n/a}} |
| scope="row"|"She Bad"
| — | — |{{n/a}} |
| scope="row"|"Body" (featuring Detroit) | — | — |{{n/a}} |
| scope="row"|"Drop It Low" (featuring Joint Inc) |2015 | — | — | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-298096 Artist Profile at Yahoo! Music]
- [https://myspace.com/darealchoppa Choppa] on Myspace
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p544061|label=Choppa}}
{{504 Boyz}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:African-American male rappers
Category:20th-century American male rappers
Category:21st-century American male rappers
Category:No Limit Records artists
Category:Rappers from New Orleans
Category:Southern hip-hop musicians
Category:21st-century American rappers
Category:21st-century American male musicians
Category:21st-century African-American musicians