Sole (rapper)
Encyclopedia
Tonya M. Lumpkin is an American
rapper
from Kansas City
, Missouri
, better known by her stage name, Solé.
to Phyllis Poke and James Johnston,
. Her siblings are Sean, Chuck, Siera, and Tamika Johnston.
Solé is African-American and Choctaw Indian on her mother's side and half French, German, Russian,Scottish and Blackfoot
Native American from her father's side. She held various jobs, including working for AT&T
and as a spa coordinator for a salon. She also attended cosmetology school; and attempted college where she studied Political Science and Psychology.
Solé met Ginuwine
in June 1999 and began dating in October 1999.
Solè married Ginuwine on 8 September 2003 in the Caribbean. They live in Georgia and Maryland. They have two daughters together: Story (29 March 01) and Dream Sarae Lumpkin (1 November 02). He has son Elgin Jr (1992) from a previous relationship, as well as three other children by three different women. In February 2009 Ginuwine announced he has eight children.
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. On October 25, 2010, she confirmed that she will start work on her second album.
United States
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rapper
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
from Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, better known by her stage name, Solé.
Biography
Solé was born in 1973 in Kansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
to Phyllis Poke and James Johnston,
. Her siblings are Sean, Chuck, Siera, and Tamika Johnston.
Solé is African-American and Choctaw Indian on her mother's side and half French, German, Russian,Scottish and Blackfoot
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi is the collective name of three First Nations in Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana....
Native American from her father's side. She held various jobs, including working for AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
and as a spa coordinator for a salon. She also attended cosmetology school; and attempted college where she studied Political Science and Psychology.
Personal
Solé has daughters De'jan (9 March 1991) and Cypress (9 January 1995) from previous relationships.Solé met Ginuwine
Ginuwine
Elgin Baylor Lumpkin , better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990's...
in June 1999 and began dating in October 1999.
Solè married Ginuwine on 8 September 2003 in the Caribbean. They live in Georgia and Maryland. They have two daughters together: Story (29 March 01) and Dream Sarae Lumpkin (1 November 02). He has son Elgin Jr (1992) from a previous relationship, as well as three other children by three different women. In February 2009 Ginuwine announced he has eight children.
Musical career
Solé started her career as a hardcore female rap/hip-hopHip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
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. On October 25, 2010, she confirmed that she will start work on her second album.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | ||
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Hip-Hop Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1999 | Skin Deep | 127 | 27 | |
Solo
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
Hot Rap Singles | Rhythmic Top 40 | |||
| 1999 | "4, 5, 6 4, 5, 6 For the Kool G Rap album, see 4,5,6."4, 5, 6" was the first single released from Solé's debut album, Skin Deep. It was produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and featured a guest verse from JT Money and a chorus by Kandi... " (featuring JT Money JT Money Jeff Thompkins, known by his stage name JT Money, is an American rapper and was the leader of the Miami-based hip hop group, Poison Clan.-Music career:... and Kandi Kandi Burruss Kandi Burruss , better known by her stage names Kandi or Kandi Girl, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. She is also a former member of the group Xscape from Atlanta.-Early life:... ) |
21 | 9 | 1 | 24 | Skin Deep |
| 2000 | "It Wasn't Me" (featuring Ginuwine Ginuwine Elgin Baylor Lumpkin , better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990's... ) |
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As featured performer
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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| Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
Hot Rap Singles | ||||
| 1999 | "Baby" (Before Dark Before Dark Before Dark is an American R&B girl group that originated in the late 1990s. The group consisted of sisters Arike Rice and Jeni Rice Genzuk , and their cousin Mia Lee, all from South Central Los Angeles... feat. Sole) |
— | 48 | — | Daydreamin' Daydreamin' (album) Daydreamin' is the first and only album released by R&B group, Before Dark. It was released on July 11, 2000 through RCA Records, about a year after it was originally set to be released. The group's first two singles, "Come Correct" and "Baby" were released in 1998 and 1999 respectively, but... |
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| "Who Dat" (JT Money JT Money Jeff Thompkins, known by his stage name JT Money, is an American rapper and was the leader of the Miami-based hip hop group, Poison Clan.-Music career:... feat. Sole) |
5 | 2 | 1 | Pimpin' on Wax Pimpin' on Wax Pimpin' on Wax is the debut album by rapper, JT Money. It was released on May 25, 1999 through Priority Records and was produced by Christoper Stewart, Dallas Austin and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs... |
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Guest appearances
| Year | Song | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Straight Thuggin'" (also featuring Twista Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds... ) |
Kane & Abel Kane & Abel (hip hop group) -Biography:Of mixed African-American and Puerto Rican descent, the Garcia brothers were born in the Bronx, moved to Spring Hill, Florida with their older brother where they lived with their grandparents. The brothers later moved to New Orleans. There, they attended Xavier University, majoring in... |
Rise to Power Rise to Power (Kane & Abel album) Rise to Power is the third album by Kane & Abel. It was released on September 21, 1999 for Elektra Records and was produced by Kane & Abel. The album found some success, peaking at #61 on the Billboard 200 and #11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, but was not as successful as the group's previous... |
| "Clueless" (also featuring Larone Burnette) | Tech N9ne Tech N9ne Aaron Dontez Yates , better known by his stage name Tech N9ne , is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film,... |
The Calm Before the Storm The Calm Before the Storm The Calm Before the Storm is the debut album by rapper Tech N9ne.-Track listing:# "Planet Rock 2K "# "Cloudy-Eyed Stroll "# "Flipside "# "Mizzizy Gets Bizzy"... |
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| "Better Than Me (Mario Winans Mario Winans Mario Winans is an American R&B singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin... Remix)" |
Terry Dexter | Better Than Me (single) | |
| 2001 | "Get Up On It" | Tyrese | 2000 Watts 2000 Watts 2000 Watts is the second album by singer Tyrese. The album features the singles: "I Like Them Girls", "What Am I Gonna Do" and "Just a Baby Boy", which was also featured on the soundtrack to the 2001 film, Baby Boy.-Track listing:... |
| "Contagious (Mercenary Mix) Contagious (song) "Contagious" is a song by The Isley Brothers featuring group member Ronald Isley. It was released as a single off of their 2001 album "Eternal". The song was written and produced by R... " |
The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper... |
Contagious (Remix) | |
| 2002 | "Costa Nostra" | Don Juan | Mizery Won't Stop |
| 2003 | "Sex" | Ginuwine Ginuwine Elgin Baylor Lumpkin , better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990's... |
The Senior The Senior The Senior is the fourth studio album by American singer Ginuwine, released in the United States on April 8, 2003 via Epic Records. The album was primarily produced by Bryan-Michael Cox, with additional production from Scott Storch and R. Kelly. It debuted at #6 on the U.S... |