Sole
Sole was born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States on July 17th, 1973 and is the Rapper. At the age of 50, Sole biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Tonya Michelle Johnston (born July 17, 1973), also known as Solé, is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri.
Personal life
Solé met Ginuwine in June 1999 and began dating in October 1999. In August 2000, the two met for the first time. They lived in Brandywine, Maryland. They have two children together: Dream Sarae Lumpkin (born March 29, 2001), and Solè's (born September 8, 2002) and Dream Sarae Lumpkin (born November 1, 2002).
Solé has 4 children and one grandchild. Her daughters, De'jan Nicole Lee, was born in 1992, and Cypress Soleil Lee, 1995, are from a previous marriage. Sage Lotus Lee's granddaughter was born on May 17, 2020.
Solé filed for divorce in 2014, but it was made public when Ginuwine revealed that he and Solé had separated in November 2014. They were divorced on July 22, 2015.
Solé married Public Enemy band member and rapologist Professor Griff on August 27, 2017, changeling her full name to Aja Shah.
Musical career
Solé descended from a family of musical talent, song writers, singers and musicians. She began rapping at the age of 6 and formed a group called Divine with her best friend Shurhea Mitchell in 1986. The would perform at local talent shows and in 1990 they won a trip to the BRE (Black Radio Exclusive) in New Orleans, Louisiana, to perform at a showcase in front of record label execs and other artists. They were offered a record deal by JDK Records and flew to New York to record. Her father, who was managing them at the time, didn’t feel it was a good deal so they went back home and started college.
She once again began recording in 1997 with Tech 9 and Don Juan of Kansas City fame and traveled to LA to record. She met Thabiso Nkhereanye who introduced her to Christopher Tricky Stewart of Red Zone Entertainment, who signed her to a production deal. Her career took off as a hardcore female hip hop artist by attracting attention in the summer of 1999 with her appearance on J.T. Money's hit single "Who Dat," which reached number 1 on the US Rap chart, remaining there for 8 weeks (a record at the time), winning number 2 on the US R&B chart, and number 5 on the US Hot 100. Who Dat won "Rap Single of the Year" at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards as well.
In September 1999, she released her debut album Skin Deep, which was an overall success in the United States attaining Gold status and garnered her a nomination for "Rap Artist of the Year" at the Billboard Music Awards. She also went on to win several ASCAP Music awards that same year.
Her highly anticipated return to music was guided by a desire to offer music that is empowering and inspiring, reflective of the path that she embarked upon when she left the industry.
In 2011 she was featured on “Naal Naachna" by UK based Bhangra artist Jassi Sidhu lead singer of British Indian bhangra band B21.
In February 2012 she featured on a song called "A New Look" by Focus.
In 2017 she was featured on "SocMed Digital Heroin" from Public Enemy 30th-anniversary album "Nothing Is Quick In The Desert".
On September 29, 2019, Solé released her second album Encoded.