Soulja Boy Tell'em performing on October 29, 2006 in Atlanta Georgia.
DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990, age 32), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy or Soulja Boy Tell'em, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Soulja Boy works with friend and fellow rapper Arab as well as Guccia Mane, Lil B, and hip hop producer Mr. Collipark. He founded his underground/independent label "Stacks On Deck Entertainment" and works with Interscope Records. In late 2006 on MySpace is where most people saw the premier of crank that solja boy music video, it became the first ever music video to receive over a billion views on any internet platform by April 11, 2007 with a total count of 1,003,579,442 views. On June 21, 2009 the Crank That single was certified 6x platinum by the RIAA. The Video for Soldier Girl ft. I-15 Premiered on Christmas day in 2006 on BET & MTV. His third single & video Yahhhh!!!! was released in March 2007. Souljaboytellem.com was released on March 23, 2007 and peaked at #5 on Billboard 200 and sold 125,000 in it's first week. The album was certified Platinum on June 16, 2007 and has sold over 1.5 million copies in the US & over 3.1 million copies worldwide as of May 2008. In July 2008 soulja boy created a short lived Animated series on YouTube. In December 2008 Soulja boy released his second album iSouljaBoyTellem to mixed reviews selling 46,000 copies in it's first week and by November 2009 the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America selling over 700,000 copies and 1,500,000 copies worldwide. His third album De'Andra's Way was released on November 30 with limited release which was the reason it didn't sell as well as the previous efforts selling 14,000 copies in it's first week. To date the album has sold 205,000 copies in the U.S. and 450,000 copies worldwide.
Early life
DeAndre Way was born on July 28, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were divorced, and he went down South to go and live with his father.
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Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before Da Album (2006) for download and was downloaded over 3 million times.
- Souljaboytellem.com (2007) 1,500,000 U.S
- iSouljaBoyTellem (2008) 765,000 U.S
- The DeAndre Way (2010) 205,000. U.S.
Mixtapes[]
Main article Soulja Boy discography
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