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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Darwin Turner |
| Also known as | Da Real Choppa |
| Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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Darwin Turner, better known by his stage name Choppa, is an American rapper and singer.
His first album Choppa Style was released in 2001 by independent label Take Fo' Records. The eponymous single became a local New Orleans hit. [1]
In 2003 his second album, Straight from the N.O. , was released by Master P's No Limit Records. [1] It rose to number 54 on the US Billboard 200.
In 2004 he joined Roy Jones Jr.'s group Body Head Bangerz. [2] 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". [3] It was his first solo project in seven years.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||
| Choppa Style | — | 99 | |
| Straight from the N.O. |
| 54 | 15 |
| Da Real Choppa |
| — | — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||
| Body Head Bangerz: Volume One (with Body Head Bangerz) | — | 38 | |
| It Is What It Is (with Hot Boy Ronald) |
| — | — |
| Title | Mixtape details |
|---|---|
| Choppa Style |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | |||
| "Choppa Style" | 2002 | — | — | Choppa Style |
| "Choppa Style" (featuring Master P) | 2003 | 94 | 49 | Straight from the N.O. |
| "Woaa" | 2007 | — | — | — |
| "I Feel Dat Black & Gold" | 2012 | — | — | — |
| "Goin Hard" (featuring Level & Hollywood Bay Bay) | 2013 | — | — | — |
| "She Got It" (featuring August Alsina) | 2014 | — | — | — |
| "She Bad" | — | — | — | |
| "Body" (featuring Detroit) | — | — | — | |
| "Drop It Low" (featuring Joint Inc) | 2015 | — | — | |
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