DeAndre Cortez Way, known professionally as Soulja Boy, is an American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence, after his self published debut single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, for seven non-consecutive weeks in 2007. He then released his debut album Souljaboytellem.com (2007), which also included the single "Soulja Girl".
His second album iSouljaBoyTellem (2008), included in the Billboard Hot 100 top 20 singles "Turn My Swag On" and "Kiss Me thru the Phone" (featuring Sammie).
Way was listed at number 18 on the Forbes list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings of 2010 for earning $7 million that year. Way then released his third album, The DeAndre Way (2010) to lukewarm commercial reception before becoming an independent artist in the succeeding years.
