Top Dog

Rapper, Musical Artist

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Who is Top Dog?

Top Dog is an American rapper, member of the Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, and the trio O.G.C.. Top Dog debuted on Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin' in 1995, appearing on the single "Sound Bwoy Bureill" and the track "Cession at da Doghillee". Top Dog became a member of The Fab 5 in 1995, releasing the hit single "Blah" b/w "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka". He and O.G.C. dropped their debut album Da Storm in October 1996, featuring the rap hit "No Fear". He recorded an album with the Boot Camp Clik in 1997, For the People, and followed up with another O.G.C. album, The M-Pire Shrikez Back, in 1999. He returned with the Camp in 2002, releasing the album The Chosen Few, and released another album with the Boot Camp, The Last Stand, on July 18, 2006. Top Dog is the younger brother of Smif-n-Wessun rapper and fellow Boot Camp member, Steele.

His collaboration with Junior cat in Top Dog, a hit single, saw his career boom. The song "Top dog" also won an MTV Music award in 2006, and was presented by Lloyd Prout his close colleague.

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Also known as
  • Dashawn Jamal Yates
  • Lloyd Prout
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Lived in
  • Brooklyn

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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