Soulja Boy
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	REAL NAME: DeAndre Way BIRTHDAY: July 28, 1990 BIGGEST SINGLE: "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" (2009) BIGGEST LP: souljaboytellem.com (2007) GRAMMY AWARDS: 0

Soulja Boy was born DeAndre Way on July 28, 1990 in Illinois. By the age of 16, Soulja Boy hit the airwaves with his breakout single "Crank That" with its accompanying dance craze. The conception of "Crank That" began early in 2007 with the release of the song on Soulja Boy's independent LP Unsigned And Still Major and a YouTube video teaching the "Crank That" dance.

# 27 Singles Artist of the Year

Soulja Boy hit the Top 40 with "Crank That."

Soulja Boy topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks with "Crank That." The single also topped the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart and Hot Rap Tracks chart.

Soulja Boy released souljaboytellem.com.

The single "Crank That" was certified 3x platinum.
A lawsuit was filed by Souljah Boy of Mo Thugs over the name similarity.

# 78 Singles Artist of the Year

Soulja Boy was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Crank That").

Soulja Boy hit the Top 40 helping out Savage with "Swing."

iSouljaBoyTellem was released.

# 26 Singles Artist of the Year

Soulja Boy hit the Top 40 with "Kiss Me Thru The Phone."

Soulja Boy hit the Top 10 with "Kiss Me Thru The Phone."

Soulja Boy topped the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart and Rhythmic chart with "Kiss Me Thru The Phone."

Soulja Boy hit the Top 40 with "Turn My Swag On."

Soulja Boy could be heard on the Music Inspired By The Film More Than A Game soundtrack on the track "I'm Ballin'."

Soulja Boy spent a night in jail in Georgia after being arrested for obstruction. He had ran from the police after they arrived at an abandoned house where the rapper was filming a video.

Soulja Boy could be heard on the Snoop Dogg LP Malice N Wonderland on the track "Pronto."

Soulja Boy released The DeAndre Way.

Soulja Boy was arrested on drug and weapons charges in Georgia.

Soulja Boy could be heard on the Lil Wayne LP I Am Not A Human Being II on the track "Trigger Finger."

• October 14: Soulja Boy could be heard on The Game LP Blood Moon: The Year Of The Wolf on the track "Really."

	souljaboytellem.com Released: October, 2007 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 4 Entertainment Weekly: D Tracks: "Intro" - "Crank That" - "Sidekick" - "Snap And Roll" - "Bapes" - "Let Me Get Em" - "Donk" - "Yahhh!" - "Pass It To Arab" - "Soulja Girl" - "Booty Meat" - "Report Card" - "She Thirsty" - "Don't Get Mad"
	iSouljaBoyTellem Released: December, 2008 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "I'm Bout Tha Stax (Intro)" - "Bird Walk" - "Turn My Swag On" - "Gucci Bandanna" - "Eazy" - "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" - "Booty Got Swag" - "Rubber Bands" - "Hey You There" - "Yamaha Mama" - "Wit My Yums On" - "Go Head" - "Shoppin' Spree" - "Soulja Boy Tellem" - "Whoop Rico" - "I Pray (Outro)"
	The DeAndre Way Released: November, 2010 Tracks: "First Day Of School" - "Touchdown" - "Hey Cutie" - "Speakers Going Hammer" - "Pretty Boy Swag" - "30 Thousand 100 Million" - "Mean Mug" - "Blowing Me Kisses" - "Fly" - "Grammy" - "Steez" - "Boom" - "Do It Big" - "Xtra"

1	Kiss Me Thru The Phone from the LP iSouljaBoyTellem ARC Chart Run: 39 - 30 - 23 - 19 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 15 - 20 - 23 - 25 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 35	3	20	2009	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
2	Crank That from the LP Soulja Boy Tellem ARC Chart Run: 38 - 37 - 37 - 28 - 20 - 17 - 14 - 13 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 11 - 14 - 18 - 20 - 24 - 26 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 33 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Song	4	21	2007	Amazon.mp3
3	Swing [Savage featuring Soulja Boy] from the Savage LP Savage Island ARC Chart Run: 40 - 38 - 38 - 36 - 35 - 34 - 30 - 30 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 103	30	9	2008	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
4	Turn My Swag On from the LP iSouljaBoyTellem ARC Chart Run: 39 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 120	39	1	2009	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Soulja Girl from the LP Soulja Boy Tellem Year-End Chart Position: # 148	**	**	2007	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Yahhh! from the LP Soulja Boy Tellem Year-End Chart Position: # 171	**	**	2008	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Donk from the LP Soulja Boy Tellem	**	**	2008	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Marco Polo [Bow Wow featuring Soulja Boy] from the Bow Wow LP Pedigree	**	**	2008	[ LYRICS ]
	Bird Walk from the LP iSouljaBoyTellem	**	**	2008	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]