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Biography
for|the Canadian broadcaster|Jimmy Tappcleanup|date=December 2009Infobox musical artist|name = Soulja Slim|image = Soulja Slim.jpg|caption = Soulja Slim in 2002.|background = solo_singer|birth_name = James A'Darryl Tapp, Jr.|alias = Magnolia Slim, Soulja Slim|Born = September 9, 1977|death_date = death date and age|2003|11|26|1977|9|9|mf=y|origin = New Orleans, Louisiana |genre = Hardcore Hip Hop , Gangsta Rap , Horrorcore |occupation = Rapper , Songwriter |years_active = 1994–2003|label = No Limit Records|No Limit , Cut Throat Committee, Koch Records |associated_acts = DJ Quik , UTP (group)|UTP , Curren$y , J-Kwon , C-Murder , Snoop Dogg James Tapp, Jr. (September 9, 1977 – November 26, 2003),cite web |last=Ankeny|first=Jason|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p294170/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Soulja Slim: Biography|accessdate=December 23, 2009 |year=2008 |publisher=allmusic better known by his stage name Soulja Slim , was an United States|American Hip hop music|rapper who achieved massive success on Master P 's No Limit Records|No Limit record label. He also achieved fame throughout New Orleans and Nation Wide from his work done with B.G. , UNLV , and other local artists. He is known for writing the U.S. No. 1 hit " Slow Motion (Juvenile song)|Slow Motion ".cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/1hit-wonders.shtml |title=Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-02
Life and music career
James Tapp was raised either in the Magnolia Projects or in the 3rd Ward of New Orleans . He attended Booker T. Washington High School before dropping out of school his sophomore year. Tapp released his debut album, Soulja fa Lyfe , on Parkway Pumpin' Records in 1994 under the name Magnolia Slim. In 1995, he released the four-song e.p. The Dark Side on Hype Enough Records. In the same year, the song "You Got It" appeared on No Limit Records double-CD compilation ''Down South Hustlers: Bouncin' and Swingin' . In 1998, Tapp, now calling himself Soulja Slim, released Give It 2 'Em Raw on No Limit Records with his single and video "From What I Was Told." Soulja Slim was convicted of armed robbery and incarcerated. He reappeared three years later with Streets Made Me , which was again released on the No Limit label. From there, he started his own label, Cut Throat Committee Records and released Years Later in late 2002. In 2003, he released Years Later...A Few Months After'', his last album before his death. The album featured the hit "I'll Pay for It". In 2003 he also collaborated with fellow New Orleans rapper Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile to make the song " Slow Motion (Juvenile song)|Slow Motion ". The song was released on Juvenile's album Juve the Great and reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was Soulja Slim and Juvenile's first No. 1 hit, and as the song was released after Soulja Slim's death he became only the sixth artist to have a posthumous No. 1 song.
Shooting and death
On Thanksgiving Eve, November 26, 2003, Slim was en-route to a performance when an unknown gunman shot him four times; three times in the face, and once in the chest, in front of his mother's home in the Gentilly, New Orleans|Gentilly .dems the breaks http://www.nola.com/speced/cycleofdeath/index.ssf? /speced/cycleofdeath/violence.html VIOLENCE THRIVES ON LACK OF JOBS, WEALTH OF DRUGS." The Times-Picayune . Soulja Slim was buried with his Cutthroat Committee charm and jewelry and also the leather camo clothes he's shown wearing on the cover of Give It 2 em' Raw. On New Year's Eve, December 31, 2003, police arrested 22 year old Garelle Smith in connection with Tapp's murder but was released months later. In August 2011, Smith was found dead with gunshot wounds to the face and chest. http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2011/08/16/22865744.aspx Man Accused Of Killing Soulja Slim Gunned Down In New Orleans." AllHipHop .
Discography
1993: dark side
1998: '' Give It 2 'Em Raw
2001: The Streets Made Me
2002: Years Later
2003: Years Later...A Few Months After
2005: Greatest Hitz (Soulja Slim album)|Greatest Hitz
References
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External links
Portal box|New Orleans|Biography|Hip hop
myspace|souljaslim4life
Find a Grave|8132445
No Limit Records Persondata | NAME = Slim, Soulja | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = September 9, 1977 | PLACE OF BIRTH = New Orleans | DATE OF DEATH = November 26, 2003 | PLACE OF DEATH = Gahanna, Ohio DEFAULTSORT:Slim, Soulja Category:1977 births Category:2003 deaths Category:2003 murders in the United States Category:African American rappers Category:American robbers Category:Deaths by firearm in Louisiana Category:Murdered African-American people Category:Murdered rappers Category:No Limit Records artists Category:People murdered in Louisiana Category:Rappers from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:Unsolved murders in the United States Category:Horrorcore artists
