SOLJIZZLE WAS BORN MELVIN BERNARD EVANS J.R. ON MAY 17,1984 IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. HE'S NOW CURRENTLY LIVING IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WHERE HE WAS RAISED HALF OF HIS LIFE. SOLJIZZLE ALSO KNOWN AS LIL SOLJA, THAT WAS HIS  ORIGINAL NAME WHEN HE FIRST HIT THE RAP SCENE AS AN UNDERGROUND ARTIST. WHO HE WAS INFLUENCED BY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY,SOME OF HIP HOP'S  BIGGEST RAP STARS  KNOWN AS LIL WAYNE, SOULJA SLIM, BG, YOUNG TURK, BIG TYMERS, CHOPPA, 5TH WARD WEEBIE, JOSEPHINE JOHNNY, THE WHOLE NO LIMIT FAM, TRILL FAM, YO GOTTI, 3 6 MAFIA, BONE THUGS, JADAKISS, ROCKO, SQAD UP, AND PLIES JUST TO NAME A FEW AND THE LIST GOES ON. AT THA AGE OF 16 SOLJIZZLE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO LEARN HOW TO RAP. HE STARTED OUT WITH HIS NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS RECORDING ON TAPES OFF OF A RADIO,  AND THEN LATER ON, SOLJIZZLE  STARTED RECIEVING TRACKS FROM AN OLD HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND, HIS CURRENT PRODUCER AS UP TILL RIGHT NOW KNOWN AS PATRICK "LP SHWAYZE" KIMBRELL. AT THE AGE OF 19. SOLJIZZLE STARTED GOING TO A REAL STUDIO OWNED BY TONE YATES, WHERE HE RECORDED HIS FIRST SOLO SONG EVER TITLED  "WHERE U FROM", OFF HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM  "N.O. REPRESENTA"  UNDER LP PRODUCTIONS/DARKSIDE MUZIK IN 2003. THE STREET ALBUM GAVE HIM A LITTLE BUZZ ON THE STREETS AND GOT HIS NAME OUT. IN 2004 HE COLLABERATED WITH 2 OTHER MEMPHIS UNDERGROUND ARTISTS FORMED A GROUP CALLED UNMERCIFUL MAFIA AND DROPPED ANOTHER STREET ALBUM TITLED "DEADLY COMBINATION", 2005 HE DROPPED ANOTHER SOLO STREET ALBUM TITLED "SOLJAS MISSION", AND AROUND THAT TIME SOLJIZZLE AUDITIONED FOR A TALENT SHOW THROWN BY THE CRUNKEST PARTY PROMOTER IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE KNOWN AS SHUNN GUNN, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE ACTS THAT WAS PICKED TO BE IN THE TALENT SHOW,AND IN THAT SAME YEAR. SHUNN GUNN BOOKED SOLJIZZLE ANOTHER SHOW AT THIS PLACE CALLED THE SHELL COMPLEX, BECAUSED HE BELIEVED IN SOLJIZZLE WITH THE TALENT HE HAD. IN 2006 IT WAS A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE ARTIST. HE CHANGED HIS NAME FROM LIL SOLJA TO SOLJIZZLE AND SWITCHED HIS STYLE HOW HE RAPPED. HE DROPPED A MIXTAPE TITLED "KEEP IT GUTTA" AND BECAME A MORE SKILLED VERSATILE RAPPER. IN 2007 SOLJIZZLE STARTED WORKING ON ANOTHER SOLO ALBUM TITLED "I AINT GOIN NOWHERE", BUT HE NEVER DID GET A CHANCE TO FINISH IT, AND AROUND THAT TIME SOLJIZZLE HEARD ABOUT AN OPEN MIC COMPETITION AT THIS PLACE CALLED LASHAWNS BAR AND GRILL. SOLJIZZLE WON THE COMPETITION 1ST PLACE AND GOT A CHANCE TO OPEN UP FOR LIL BOOSIE AT THE PREMIERE NIGHT CLUB IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE NOW KNOWN AS LEVEL 2. IN 2009 THE ARTIST STILL MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. HE IS NOW BEING MANAGE BY SMOOTH OF SMOOTH ENTERTAINMENT. SOLJIZZLE BEEN KNOWING HER FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS RAP CAREER. THE TWO CAME TOGETHER AFTER SOLJIZZLE PERFORMED AT AN OPEN MIC, AND HE IMPRESSED HER WITH HIS PERFORMANCE. SOLJIZZLE BEEN DOING SHOWS HIS MANAGER SMOOTH BOOK HIM. THE TWO HAS BEEN WORKING NON STOP AS A TEAM. SOLJIZZLE HAS OPENED UP FOR RAP ARTISTS GUCCI MANE , PROJECT PAT , MISCELLANEOUS , AND KIA SHINE JUST TO NAME A FEW. SOLJIZZLE STILL ON A MISSION TO GET WHERE HE NEED TO BE AND THATS TO THE TOP