Soulja Boy Biography

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just go to school," Soulja recalled. "I used to be real smart, a straight A student. But music affected my grades, I ain't gonna lie." It was there that he met rapper Young Kwon and got introduced to the music world. Kwon taught him to make beats and even recorded his first song, an experience regarded priceless by Soulja. However, monetary problem kept pressing in and while he was in eight grade of Batesville's South Panola High School, his father took him to live in Mississippi.

Thinking that he had left his opportunity to be a musician behind, Soulja never expected that it took more than just talent to reach success in music industry. With better condition, Soulja was able to access the Internet which proved to be very effective in catapulting his career. Through the technology, he started recording songs, movements, and videos with a camera which he later sent him first surge of fame. Together with Arab, he went professional by forming a hip-hop duo called The 30/30 Boys and hiring Michael Sykes aka Miami Mike as their manager."First we uploaded songs to SoundClick, where people can comment on your songs, rate them, and download them," Soulja explained ...

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on his attempt to claim fame. "We were getting good responses, so I set up my website, www.souljaboytellem.com to help push my name."

He was then gearing a solo career while retaining Arab as a close friend. Already gaining Internet success, Soulja took the next step to make his name more sonorous. Moving back to Atlanta in 2004, he met manager Derrick Crooms who is also behind Ying Yang Twins' success. It was through him that Soulja tasted his first live gig, taking place at a teen nightclub in Indianapolis, Indiana. "The first time I stepped onstage was wild," he said. "The show was so crunk that I was worried about doing a wack show. But then I just calmed down and did it." After that Collipark began to notice him and through Collipark Music Imprint, Soulja was signed to Interscope. From then on, he has been releasing several mixtapes like Soulja Boy 2005, Soulja Boy 2006, Dem 30/30 Boyz, and most recently, Stacks On Deck. Still in the starting line of his career, Soulja has Collipark's confidence. "He's really an entertainer," Collipark said. "His stage show is phenomenal. I put his stage show up against anybody, right now, and ...