Juvenile是公认的南部最好的Rapper之一，也是Cash Money曾力捧的众星之一。他19岁时发表了专辑Being Myself，这张专辑的最大看点就是他自成一派的说唱风格，这种被人们称为Bounce（名字来源于这张专辑中的一首叫Bounce for the Juvenile的歌）的风格也成为了南部说唱的标志之一。

by Jason Ankeny

New Orleans-based gangsta rapper Juvenile was born Terius Gray. After beginning his performing career while in his teens, he released a 1995 album on Warlock titled Being Myself. He eventually crossed paths with Cash Money label owners Ronald Suga Slim and Brian Baby Williams, who issued 1996s Solja Rags; the album became a major underground hit, and set the stage for the release of 1998s 400 Degreez. In 1999, with Juveniles popularity growing, Solja Rags was reissued nationally, and Warlock jumped on the bandwagon with a remixed version of Being Myself. The year ended with the release of a new studio effort, Tha G-Code, followed by Project English two years later in 2001. In 2002 he left Cash Money and formed his own collective, the UTP Playas (Uptown Project Playas), with whom he recorded a posse album, The Compilation. The album went nowhere and a year later he was back on Cash Money and releasing Juve the Great, which featured the chart-topping hit Slow Motion. The 2005 Noila Clap single from the UTP Playas was another big track, and Juvenile was ready once again to shop for a new label. As he was signing a new contract with Asylum, his Slidell, LA, home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane and its grim aftermath were hot topics on his chart-topping 2006 album Reality Check.