After P. Diddy Combs dismantled his hip-hop group "Da Band" in early
2004, he gave Chopper a second chance as stardom by setting him up to
become the first solo act on Bad Boy South.
They sent me up to New York. They have you waiting up in the office all
day just to tell you one thing. I was in the office all day and they
said, 'It's confirmed, you're Bad Boy South.' I probably did three
flips when they told me that."