Soulja Boy is the stage name of DeAndre Cortez Way, a Grammy-nominated rapper
who topped the American pop charts with his club-friendly hip-hop debut, "Crank
That (Soulja Boy)," while still a teenager. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on July
28, 1990, DeAndre Way moved several times as a child, spending time in Atlanta,
Georgia, and Batesville, Mississippi. Those diverse locations helped inspire his
unique form of southern rap, and he began releasing his own songs on social
media websites while attending high school. In 2007, Soulja Boy issued his first
independent release, Unsigned a...