▁U . S . ▁Army ▁officer ▁with ▁whom ▁C us pert ▁had ▁on going ▁conflicts . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁trouble d ▁youth ▁and ▁spent ▁some ▁time ▁in ▁a ▁ju ven ile ▁det ention ▁center . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁he ▁began ▁a ▁ra pping ▁career ▁with ▁varying ▁success , ▁as ▁he ▁got ▁increasing ly ▁involved ▁in ▁street ▁trouble ▁and ▁eventually ▁in ▁crime . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁he ▁adopted ▁the ▁name ▁Des o ▁Dog g ▁and ▁began ▁recording ▁with ▁the ▁German ▁ra pper ▁Ch arn ell , ▁a ▁gang ster ▁ra pper ▁from ▁Berlin . ▁Des o ▁Dog g ▁was , ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁under ▁det ention ▁in ▁an ▁open ▁prison ▁system ▁for ▁minor ▁off enders . ▁By ▁mid - 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁repeatedly ▁arrested ▁for ▁various ▁new ▁off enses , ▁including ▁viol ations ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁O pi um ▁Act . ▁Con sequently , ▁his ▁prob ation ▁was ▁rev oked ▁and ▁Des o ▁Dog g ▁had ▁to ▁serve ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁T eg el ▁Pr ison . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁gang ▁called ▁the ▁" 3 6 ▁Boys " ▁made ▁up ▁primarily ▁of ▁first - gener ation ▁Turkish ▁and ▁Arab ▁imm igr ants . ▁The ▁ 3 6 ▁Boys ▁got ▁in ▁violent ▁confront ations ▁with ▁ne o - N azi ▁gang s . ▁“ I ▁always ▁fought ▁for ▁ 3 6 ,” ▁C us pert ▁told ▁a ▁Berlin ▁rep orter ▁named ▁Robert ▁R ig ney . ▁“ I ▁b led ▁for ▁