ONE OF THE FRESH ARTISTS TO COME OUT OF CLEVELAND,OH'S EAST SIDE SOUL CITY HAS BEEN DOING MUSIC SINCE THE TENDER AGE OF 7 WHICH AT THAT AGE THE YEAR WAS 1992...BEING THE SON OF LEGENDARY CLEVELAND DJ KID FINESS MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT SOUL WOULD COME UP IN THE INDUSTRY FOLLOWING HIS DADS FOOTSTEPS ROCKING PARTIES ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL BUT GOD HAD ANOTHER PLAN FOR THE THEN YOUNG SOUL. IN 1994 SOUL WAS INTRODUCED TO STUDIO RECORDING BY LONG TIME FRIEND AND BROTHER IN LAW CLEVELAND SUPER PRODUCER JAZZ MARC AND FROM THERE SOUL TOOK OFF ON HIS CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
..ALONG THE WAY AT THE AGE OF 15 SOUL SIGNED A DEAL WITH A LOCAL INDEPENDENT LABEL CALLED ITS ABOUT TIME ENT WHICH MADE SOUL SIT ON THE ROSTER AS ONE OF THE CHILD ACTS..BUT THINGS TOOK A MAJOR TURN WHEN THE SAME LABEL TOOK SOUL OUT OF STATE TO A MUSIC CONFERENCE WHICH SOUL AND A ARTIST FROM THE SAME LABEL NAMED SUNSHINE BLEW SONY URBAN MUSIC EXECS AWAY WITH TALENTED PERFORMANCES THAT WERE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THERE IN CHICAGO...AND LATER ON GETTING BACK T CLEVELAND TO FIND OUT THAT THE CEO OF ITS ABOUT TIME ENTERTAINMENT LOST THE DEAL FOR THE TWO ARTIST SO A THEN YOUNG SOUL BROKE FROM THE LABEL AND WENT HIS OWN WAY....IN 2001 SOUL HAD WORKED ON HIS CRAFT SO MUCH THAT AROUND THIS TIME MAJOR ARTIST LIKE CAMRON AND THE DIPLOMATS HAD JUST HIT THE SCENE WITH THIS NEW STYLE OF SPITTING LYRICS AND RAPPING OFF OF BEATS THAT WERE EXACTLY THE SAME STYLE AND PRODUCTION AS THE DIPLOMATS (DIPSET) FROM THEN ON SOUL MADE HIS NAME IN CLEVELAND FOR BEING THE ONLY RAPPER THAT WAS BEING COMPARED
TO THAT SUPER GROUP...FROM 2005-2007 SOUL NETWORKED HIS FLOW IN AND OUT OF STATE GOT HIS NAME KNOWN IN DIFFERENT STATES AS WELL AS HIS HOMETOWN......IN 2008 SOUL MET J.R WRITER FROM THE DIPLOMATS AND GOT SOME INSIGHT FROM JR'S THEN MANAGER ASSA DITTY...AND THEN SOUL LATER ON GOT HIS FIRST DIPSET FEATURE FROM JR'S BROTHER FRED MONEY ON A SONG TITLED "NO EASY WAY OUT" PRODUCED BY CLEVELAND KAPTAIN POWER OF THE SOLDIERZ OF THE FUTURE BEAT TEAM......SOON AFTER THAT SOUL MET A-MILLION FROM DIPSET-TALIBAN WHO ALSO OWNED ALL START MUSIC GROUP (AN AFFILIATED LABEL) WHO IS DIRECT PARTNERS OF CAMRONS LONG TIME FRINED AND DIPSET MEMEMBER AND CEO OF TALIBAN LUCA BRAZI....FROM THEN ON SOUL CITY HAS BEEN BEASTING THE DIPSET MANIA MIXTAPE SERIES WITH CREDITS FROM DIPSET MEMEMBERS LIKE YOUNG HUSTLE OF DIPSET WEST,FRED MONEYAND MANY MORE....SOUL CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIKE WINNING AN OHIO MIXTAPE AWARD FOR HIS MIXTAPE VANTAGE POINT THAT WAS DONE WITH THE SHADYVILLE DJ'S...AND DUKE DA GOD PRESENTS......RETWEET THIS.......BUT NOW IN 2011 SOUL CITY HAS HIS MOVEMENT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DEFENSE GANG) WITH AN AMAZING
GROUP OF ARTISTS AND DJ'S AND PRODUCERS READY TO HIT THE GAME WITH REAL MUSIC AND HIP HOP/RAP FLAVOR.......AND NOW WE BRING YOU CLEVELAND'S OWN SOUL CITY