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Jonathan H. Smith was born on the 17th of January 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia, and was raised in the quiet streets of Southwest Atlanta. He attended Beecher Hills Elementary School and Southwest Middle School before going to Frederick Douglass High School for their magnet program.
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz released the albums Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album in 1997, Put Yo Hood Up in 2002, Kings of Crunk in 2002, Part II in 2003, and Crunk Juice in 2004. The group disbanded in 2005 after releasing six studio albums together and amidst ongoing creative and financial conflicts with TVT.
Lil Jon released his first solo album, Crunk Rock, on the 8th of June 2010, through Universal Republic Records. The album featured artists such as LMFAO, Ying Yang Twins, Pitbull, 3OH!3, Ice Cube, Waka Flocka Flame, Stephen Marley, and Damian Marley.
Lil Jon helped fund two schools in the village of Mafi Atitekpo in Ghana through the charity Pencils of Promise. The first school, Abomayaw D.A. Kindergarten, opened in October 2017, and the second school, Mafi Atitekpo DA Primary School, broke ground in January 2018.
Lil Jon released his first album of guided meditations, Total Meditation, on the 16th of February 2024, and his second album, Manifest Abundance: Affirmations of Personal Growth, on the 10th of May 2024. He founded the wellness brand Soul Chakra in 2024 to offer products and services aimed at promoting holistic well-being.