B.G. Knocc Out is the stage name of famous rapper Al Hassan Naqiyy. He comes from Compton, California, which is one of the biggest hubs in hip hop music. Since his career began in the early nineties, B.G. Knocc Out has amassed a considerable fortune. As of 2023, B.G. Knocc Out’s net worth is estimated to be $800,000.
B.G. was born January 23, 1975 in Compton, California. He had a hard childhood. He and his brother Dresta allegedly became Crips gang members. Famous rapper and producer Eazy-E scouted both brothers and recognized the huge potential they had. In 1995, they released their joint album titled appropriately Real Brothas.
After this successful debut, B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta started their solo careers. B.G.’s following albums were Eazy-E’s Protege, Nutty By Nature, and Blocc Boyz. In 1998, B.G. Knocc Out was sentenced to prison. While inside he converted to Islam, according to Fandom. He changed his name from Arlandis Hinton to Al Hassan Naqiyy, and announced that he was planning a religious pilgrimage to Mecca.
There was a lot of media attention surrounding B.G. Knocc Out after he claimed that Eazy-E was murdered.
According to Highsnobiety, in B.G. Knocc Out’s 2011 song, “N My Prime,” from his album, Easy-E’s Protege, he raps, “the way my big homie went out, he didn’t deserve it/they say he died of AIDS, but Eazy was cold murdered. I filtered out all the bullshit with my third iris/full-blown AIDS, but Tamica ain’t got the virus?”
