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Born Jonathan Smith in Atlanta, Georgia, Lil Jon began his career in the early 90's under the wing of Jermaine Dupri who was impressed by the young DJ who at the time was working at a local Atlanta club.

Eventually named executive V.P of A&R at So So Def Records Lil Jon worked throughout the decade creating remixes well as producing directly for specific artists such as Xcape, Usher and Whitney Houston.

By the late '90s, Lil Jon had formed his own group, the East Side Boyz. They issued their debut release in 1997, Get Crunk, Who You Wit: Da Album, and effectively introduced the southern term, crunk (crazy + drunk, or wild party music) to the rest of the country.

Their follow up album, Put Yo Hood Up, was released in 2001 spinning off a club hit, Bia Bia, featuring Too Short, Chyna Whyte and Ludacris. However, bigger things were in store the following year with their breakthrough Kings of Crunk album featuring a single with the Ying Yang Twins, Get Low, that eventually charted around the world.

Lil Jon's album, Crunk Juice, climbed the charts following a November 2004 release. He also produced and performed on Usher's smash hit, Yeah! winning a Source Award for Producer of the Year as well as for best R&B/rap collaboration. The song was also been nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 2005.

Lil Jon's first solo album, Crunk Rock, is scheduled for release in 2008 and has already boasted 2 hit singles; 'Snap Yo Fingers' featuring E-40 and Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ' as well as 'Act A Fool' featuring Three 6 Mafia.

Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - The official site with all the latest news and feature stories, video and audio clips, photo gallery, buddy icons, wallpapers, tour schedule, online forum and related links.

Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz: They Wants To Get Crunk'd Up - An interview with the King of Crunk himself, discussing his past and future, the creative process, and his influence on crunk and the dirty South sound, from Musictoday.

Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz on LAUNCH - A history of the group, photo gallery, music video clips, related links.