The Souljahz

The Souljahz are - Joshu’a 25, Je’kob 23, and Rachael Washington 20. It has been 7 long hard years since they sat down to write their very first song. But time has only sharpened the groups edge and ongoing will to change the world. Combining an assured, energetic and explosively original sound with an uncompromised message of hard-won hope and high ideals, Souljahz continues to make a powerful impact on the music of today and tomorrow. They are not just laying out the problems. They are talking about the solutions.

It's an upfront, in-charge attitude that defines every aspect of this remarkable trio's saga. Joshu'a and Je'kob, both gifted athletes, opted for a career in music over college basketball scholarships, while sister Rachael, an award winning dancer, was quick to follow the same dream. With musical influences that range from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Wes Montgomery and the Fugees, the threesome quickly established themselves on the Southern California music scene, appearing regularly at local churches and talent shows and garnering a fast growing following in the process.
So promising was the group's potential that their father sold his business to help manage their career. 

It proved to be a wise move, as events quickly catapulted Souljahz into a whole new arena, with an invitation to record a series of demos in Germany, followed by a string of high-profile showcase performances. The trio meanwhile continued recording, releasing a self-produced CD in 1999. Along with an appearance on MTV's It's Your Show and the inclusion of a Souljahz's original track on the ASCAP compilation The Ear, major label interest was inevitable for the group who later garnered press coverage that singled them out as "a smash act in the making".

What Souljahz can do, as evidenced by the sixteen selections of their freshman release The Fault Is History, is to present their powerful and persuasive message in a wide array of musical settings and with an instantly accessible vocal style that is as irresistible as it is original. From "Let Go," the magnificent musical manifesto that opens the album, through such standout tracks as
The Color Hate," "Poor Man," "Keep Risin'" and "Jubilee," The Fault Is History paints an unflinchingly honest portrait of today's world even as it celebrates the faith, hope and love that can transform that world.