Booking Soulja Boy

Soulja Boy Biography

The American rapper known as Soulja Boy was born DeAndre Cortez Way in 1990 in Chicago. DeAndre spent his elementary school years growing up in Atlanta, where he was inspired by the rap music scene of the city. After moving to Mississippi at the age of fourteen, Way found support from his father, who encouraged his musical interests and provided him with a home-spun recording system to begin creating his music.

By the mid 2000’s, DeAndre had started to post his works under the name Soulja Boy on Myspace, YouTube, and various other online forums. By 2007, Soulja Boy had released his first independently produced album, Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album, featuring the single “Crank That (Soulja Boy.)” After the song began to garner some airplay, Soulja Boy signed his first deal with Interscope Records, launching his career.

Since that time, Soulja Boy has released the additional albums: Souljaboytellem.com (2007), iSouljaBoyTellem (2008), and The DeAndre Way (2010.) The albums spawned the additional charting songs: “Soulja Girl,” “Yahhh!,” “Donk,” “Bird Walk,” “ Kiss Me Thru the Phone” (featuring Sammie), “Turn My Swag On,” “Pretty Boy Swag,” and Speakers Going Hammer.” Soulja Boy has also provided vocals for the singles: “Clumsy” (for Fergie); “Marco Polo” (for Bow Wow); “LOL” (for Trey Songz); “Bingo” (for Gucci Mane), “Turn It Up” (for Wanessa); and “Brazil We Flexing” (for MC Guime.)

Soulja Boy recently left his major record label and released his first independent album since the start of his career. Loyalty arrived in 2015, and another album is expecting within the coming year. Soulja Boy also recently lent his vocals to the single “Yasss Bish,” in collaboration with Nicki Minaj.