S.L.I HAS LIVED IN BROOKLYN ,NY,OHIO,GRAND RAPIDS,MI,& PALM BAY,FL S.L.I FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC AT AN EARLY AGE WHICH SPARKED HIS INTEREST IN RAPPING. AT 15, HE BEGAN WRITING N RECORDING RHYMES BUT GOT so caught UP IN THE STREET life that it became more of A HOBBY. AT AGE 21 HE DECIDED TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND AND DEDICATE it TO MUSIC AND PERFECTING HIS CRAFT. S.L.I STANDS FOR SURVIVING LIFE INTELLIGENTLY!! S.L.I WAS NOMINATED & WON HOTTEST INDEPENDENT SOLO ARTIST IN 09 S.L.I HAS WORKED WITH ARTIST SUCH AS SHYHEIM FORMERLY OF WU TANG CLAN TRIPLLE SEIS FORMELY OF TERROR SQUAD/BIG PUN QUAN from NAS's ILL WILL RECORDS PREACHER FROM ORLANDO AFFIALATED WITH RICK ROSS N DJ KHALID BENNY S AWARD WINNING R N B ARTIST KERRON DA DON MARCYANO WU-TANG/B.H.S PRODUCTIONS DOMINGO SOME PEOPLE HE PRODUCED FOR (EMENIM,BIG PUN,JOEL ORTIZ,KOOL G RAP,IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE,RASS KASS) LOBO FOR DA TRIBE,INC. PRODUCED FOR (TRIPPLE SEIS,SHYHEIM,QUAN) RIO FOR PLANTUM CHEMIST SOUNDS CURRENSEY COMMITTIE PRODUCED FOR (WACKA FLACKA,OJ DA JUICEMAN,GUCCHI MAYNE) CARLITO DIABLO S.L.I HAS OPENED UP FOR. RICK ROSS,TWISTA,TRINA,ACE HOOD,DoNNY KLANG from MAKING DA BAND 4,SHONTELLE,OJ DA JUICE MAN,PASTOR TROY,PROJECT PAT,SHYHEIM,TRIPPLE SEIS,BALL GREEZY,CORI YARKIN,ECT.. S.L.I BECAME CEO OF DA TRIBE,INC THROUGH HIS HARDWORK N ETHIC! Another Single Off My Next Album Coming Soon