Editing Juvenile (rapper) (section)

===1991–1997: Beginnings, ''Being Myself'' and ''Solja Rags''===
After being noticed at local talent shows, Juvenile made his recording debut in tracks by [[bounce music]] artist DJ Jimi, "It's Jimi" in 1991 and "Bounce (For the Juvenile)" in 1993.<ref name="400 Degreez of Juvenile 1"/><ref name="Allmusic"/> Juvenile's debut studio album, ''Being Myself'', was released in 1994 by [[Warlock Records]].<ref name="Allmusic"/> The album did not gain much national attention and did not chart, but did fairly well on a local level.

After ''Being Myself'', Juvenile left Warlock due to creative differences, where he disagreed with the label wanting him to record bounce music.<ref name="400 Degreez of Juvenile 1"/> Juvenile then got a job at a [[Natural-gas processing|gas processing plant]]. After work one day, he encountered [[Cash Money Records]] CEO [[Birdman (rapper)|Bryan "Baby" Williams]] at a bus stop. They had a brief conversation, before Juvenile improvised a freestyle rap for Baby. Juvenile later visited Baby and producer [[Mannie Fresh]] at Cash Money Records, performing raps for about a half hour.<ref name="400 Degreez of Juvenile 2">{{cite web|title=400 Degreez of Juvenile [Part 2]|url=http://mtv.com/mtv/news/gallery/j/juvenilefeature99_1.html|publisher=MTV News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013120858/http://mtv.com/mtv/news/gallery/j/juvenilefeature99_1.html|archive-date=October 13, 1999|access-date=July 6, 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1997, Juvenile released his second album ''[[Solja Rags]]'' through Cash Money. It became popular among local rap audiences, and also saw some national success as it charted on the Billboard [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|title=Juvenile&nbsp;– Biography|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p92107/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|year=2006|access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref> It was the first time he worked with Cash Money Records in-house producer [[Mannie Fresh]], who would go on to produce all of Juvenile's albums on Cash Money in their entirety except ''[[Juve the Great]]''. Also in 1997, Juvenile joined the [[Hot Boys]] with fellow Cash Money rappers [[B.G. (rapper)|B.G.]], [[Turk (rapper)|Turk]], and [[Lil Wayne]]. They released their debut album as a group, ''[[Get It How U Live!]]'' that same year.