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Marcus Fitzgerald, known professionally asTha City Paper, is American rapper and hip hop artist.

The City Paper grew up on the north and west side ofNashville, Tennessee. While in high school, Tha City Paper enjoyed basketball before joining the hip-hop scene.^[1]

Around 1996–1997 while in high school, Paper was dating the cousin of a rapper named Pistol. He also knew Pistol's cousins, who were a part of a group called "PJN", which Pistol created. The City Paper began to frequently listen in on the group PJN recording sessions, which sparked his interest in rap. He later became a part of that group. Over time, he featured on plenty of Pistol's tracks, and gradually gained success. He has written several songs, including "City Paper (dope boy swagg)", and "Lil Bo Tuff" which were off his independent albumPaper View.^[1] In 2011, he dropped a mixtape entitledDOPaminE which was hosted by DJ Scream.^[2]

AfterYoung Buck heard Tha City Paper's mixtapeDOPaminE he was quick to sign him toCa$hville Records in early 2012. In the summer of 2012, Buck and Paper worked together on a collaboration mixtape entitledG.a.S - Gangsta and Street. This was the first project Paper released through Ca$hville Records.^[3]

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