Soulja Slim

Soulja Slim
Birth name	James Adarryl Tapp Jr.
Also known as	Magnolia Slim
Born	September 9, 1977 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	November 26, 2003 (aged 26) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genre	Hip hop, gangsta rap, Southern hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	1994-2003
Labels	Hype Enough Records (1994-1995) No Limit Records (1998-2001) Cut Throat Committy (2002-2003)
Associated acts	B.G., C-Murder, Curren$y, DJ Quik, Juvenile, Master P, Mystikal, Silkk the Shocker, UTP

James Adarryl Tapp Jr. (September 9, 1977 - November 26, 2003), better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He signed to No Limit Records in the late 1990s and released two albums on the label, Give It 2 'Em Raw in 1998 and The Streets Made Me in 2001. He then set up his own label, Cut Throat Committy Records, on which he released two albums. In 2003, he collaborated with Juvenile for the song "Slow Motion", which was released posthumously and reached #1 on the US Billboard 200. 

On Thanksgiving Eve in 2003, Tapp was fatally shot four times by an unknown gunman on the front lawn of his mother's home in the New Orleans neighborhood Geentilly.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1998: Give It 2 'Em Raw 500,000
• 2001: The Streets Made Me 225,000
• 2002: Years Later 200,000
• 2003: Years Later... A Few Months After 100,000

EPs

• 1994: Soulja fa Lyfe
• 1995: Darkside