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For|the other hip-hop emcee with a similar name|Sole (artist)BLP sources|date=May 2007Infobox musical artist | name = Solé| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Tonya Michelle Johnston| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1973|7|17|mf=yes| death_date =| origin = Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City , Missouri , United States | instrument =| genre = Hip Hop music|Hip Hop | occupation =| years_active = 1993–present| label = DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks / Interscope Records|Interscope / Universal Music Group|Universal Records | associated_acts = JT Money , Ginuwine , Tech N9ne | website =| notable_instruments =Tonya M. Lumpkin cite web |url= http://www.gazette.net/stories/04222010/entepri163708_32549.php |title=Genuine home-grown talent |first=Joshua |last=Garner |date=April 22, 2010 |work=Gazette.net |publisher=Post-Newsweek Media, Inc |accessdate=May 18, 2010 |quote=with his wife, Tonya Lumpkin, a former rapper known as Solé cite web |title=Tonya M. Johnston on ASCAP |url= http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm? requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=1568662& search_in=c& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=10& start=1 |publisher= American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP |accessdate=2009-04-14 cite web |title=Sole-Me.com - Official Sole Website |url= http://www.sole-me.com/ |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20000620180459/ http://www.sole-me.com/ |archivedate=2000-06-20 |accessdate=2009-04-14 (born Tonya M. Johnston on July 17, 1973) is an United States|American rapping|rapper from Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City , Missouri , better known by her stage name, Solé .
Biography
Solé was born in 1973 in Kansas City, Missouri to Phyllis Poke and James Johnston,cite web |url= http://www.nndb.com/people/946/000047805/ |title=Solé on NNDB |accessdate=2008-08-14 |publisher=Soylent Communications .waybackdate|date=20060717042520|site= http://www.strictlysole.com/strictlysole/info/facts.html|title=Strictly Sole ( Fact 7 ) Her siblings are Sean, Chuck, Siera, and Tamika Johnston.waybackdate|date=20070517045915|site= http://www.strictlysole.com/strictlysole/info/facts.html|title=Strictly Sole ( Siblings and their ages )
Solé is of African-American ,German, French, Scottish, Russian, Dutch, Cherokee , Blackfoot , Choctaw as well as Argentinean descent. She held various jobs, including working for AT& T and as a spa coordinator for a salon.waybackdate|date=20070517045915|site= http://www.strictlysole.com/strictlysole/info/facts.html|title=Strictly Sole ( Fact 8 ) She also attended cosmetology school; and attempted college where she studied Political Science and Psychology.waybackdate|date=20070517045915|site= http://www.strictlysole.com/strictlysole/info/facts.html|title=Strictly Sole ( Fact 9 )
Personal
Solé has daughters De'jan (9 March 1991) and Cypress (9 January 1995) from previous relationships. Solé met Ginuwine in June 1999waybackdate|date=20070517045915|site= http://www.strictlysole.com/strictlysole/info/facts.html|title=Strictly Sole and began dating in October 1999. Solè married Ginuwine on 8 September 2003 in the Caribbean. They live in Georgia and Maryland. http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/06/18/obama-made-voting-cool-even-for-ginuwine Lives In MD Suburbs They have two daughters together: Story (29 March 01) http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12062968 Sole/Ginuwine have daughter and Dream Sarae Lumpkin (1 November 02). http://www.s2smagazine.com/content/content.asp? issueid=200306& listid=15 G tells Niki of Sister 2 Sister mag that his 2nd daughter was born on 1 Nov and that he has had a vasectomy He has son Elgin Jr (1992) from a previous relationship, as well as three other children by three different women. http://www.s2smagazine.com/node/909 Ginuwine Tells S2S I have 4 Baby Mamas In February 2009 Ginuwine announced he has eight children. http://www.s2smagazine.com/node/909 Ginuwine and Sole have eight kids together & from previous relationships http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thediamondkshow/2009/02/24/camron-is-back-talks-about-jim-jones-juelz-and-dame-dash FF to 17:14, DiamondKShow
Musical career
Solé started her career as a hardcore female Rap music|rap / Hip hop music|hip-hop artist by attracting attention in the summer of 1999 with her appearance on J.T. Money 's hit single "Who Dat". "Who Dat" reached #1 on the US Rap chart, #2 on the US R& B chart, and #5 on the US Hot 100. In September 1999 she released her debut album Skin Deep which was an overall success in the United States. On October 25, 2010, she confirmed that she will start work on her second album. http://twitter.com/MrsSole/status/28725090310
waybackdate|date=20000620180459|site= http://www.sole-me.com/|title=Solé's Official Website
http://www.strictlysole.com/ Solé's Official Fansite
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Wi5PNECtDH8 Solé interview on Youtube
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