Premium Vinicius™ Posted November 30, 2021 Premium Posted November 30, 2021 Musician Name: DeAndre Cortez Way Birthday / Location: July 28, 1990 (31 years old) Chicago, Illinois, United States Main instrument: Rapper, Dancer Music Producer Musician Picture: Musician Awards & Nominations:- Best Performance: - Other Information: DeAndre Cortez Way, better known as Soulja Boy (July 28, 1990, Chicago) is a rapper, dancer and producer from the United States who reached the Billboard Hot 100 with the single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)". in September 2007. Initially, the singer himself posted his music on the internet, which took him to the top in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks. Soulja Boy was born in Chicago on July 28, 1990. At the age of six, he moved to Atlanta, where he began to enjoy rap. Eight years later, he moved again: this time to Batesville, Mississippi with his father, who improvised for the boy a studio so he could explore his musical talents. Soulja is slang for soldier. In November 2005, Soulja decided to post his songs on the SoundClick website. The result was so positive that he decided to bet on his own pages on Youtube and MySpace. Two years later, he recorded "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" and completed his first independent album Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album. Next, the rapper produced a demo video called "The Crank Dance", in which he explains step by step the choreography of his work music. In late May 2007, Soulja signed her first music contract with Interscope Records. Just four months later, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was already topping the Billboard Hot 100, and the following month, he recorded his debut album Souljaboytellem.com in the United States. At the 50th Grammy Awards, the singer was nominated for "Best Rap Song" but lost to "Good Life", recorded by Kanye West. The album sold just over 1 million copies. In late 2008, the rapper released his second album ISouljaBoyTellem. His first work song was "Bird Walk", which reached #40 on the Billboard list. In addition, the boy has recorded songs in partnership with some artists such as Fergie, Bow Wow, Lil' Wil, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Trey Songz, Sammie, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg among others. In 2010, Soulja Boy released a song with 50 Cent whose name is Mean Mug, a song that had the right to a clip recorded days after its release to the public. XXL magazine, November edition, had Soulja Boy and 50 Cent as cover. In 2013 Soulja Boy came on tour to Brazil. And he partnered with Wanessa on the single Turn It Up which was released on the singer's official YouTube channel on November 25, 2013. On September 22, 2014 Funk singer MC Guime released a song in partnership with the rapper, called Brazil We Flexing.
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