Juvenile

Biography

Terius Gray (born March 26, 1975), better known by his stage name Juvenile, is an American rapper best known for his work with Birdman's Cash Money Records in the late 1990s and early 2000s, both solo and as a member of the label's then-flagship group, Hot Boys.
Juvenile's career began in the early 1990s as a teenager with bounce music recordings that earned him local recognition. After releasing his debut studio album—Being Myself×Being Myself7 February 1995 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Intro0:572Betcha' 20 Dollars (Bounce It)5:423Whatcha Gotta Do0:434G-Ing Men4:015Powder Bag5:306Pass Azz 'Nigga4:097U Can't C Me4:578Shake Dat Azz6:139Somethin' I Forgot/I Blowed6:1210Sling It to tha Back4:39 (1995)—to regional success, he signed with Cash Money and saw his mainstream breakthrough with his second and third albums, Solja Rags×Solja Rags13 May 1997 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Ziggly Wiggly2:122Solja Rag4:093I Did That4:354Roll With 'em5:095Pimpinabitch2:026Livin in the Project2:097Who's tha M.F.5:098Hide Out or Ride Out4:409Spittin Game5:52103rd Ward Solja4:2811Welcome 2 tha Section4:2212Money on the Couch4:2613That's How It Be Happening4:1514Solja Rag (radio version)4:10 (1997) and 400 Degreez×400 Degreez3 November 1998 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks1Intro2:122Ha4:523Gone Ride With Me4:234Flossin Season4:335Ghetto Children4:056Cash Money Concert0:547Welcome 2 tha Nolia5:508U.P.T.4:179Run for It4:4610Rich Niggaz5:0411Back That Azz Up4:2612Off Top3:5113After Cash Money Concert1:2014400 Degreez4:0915Juvenile on Fire4:5616Solja Rag4:09 (1998). The latter peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200, received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was supported by the singles "Ha" and "Back That Azz Up×Back That Azz Up24 February 1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracksA1Back That Azz Up (clean radio edit)4:25A2Back That Azz Up (album version)4:25B1Back That Thang Up (extended version)4:36B2Back That Thang Up (instrumental)4:36B3Back That Thang Up (TV Track)4:35" (featuring Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne)—his first Billboard Hot 100 entries. He released three subsequent albums—Tha G-Code×Tha G-Code7 December 1999 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Intro2:152U Understand4:193Fuck That Nigga4:374A Million and One Things4:455Take Them 54:386G-Code7:017Something Got 2 Shake4:098Da Magnolia4:409Catch Your Cut3:4210Lil' Boyz4:1211Get It Right3:5412Never Had Shit4:1413I Got That Fire5:4714Tha Man3:0815March Nigga Step4:0316Guerrilla5:14 (1999), Project English×Project English21 August 2001 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Intro — Let’s Roll3:302Set It Off4:173H.B. HeadBusta4:1744 Minutes4:325My Life4:386Get Your Hustle On4:407Sunshine4:268Be Gone5:259Mamma Got Ass4:3010They Lied4:5511White Girl4:4012In Ya Ass4:5813Set It Off (remix radio)4:1414In the Nolia4:2615What U Scared 44:0516Outro — Let’s Go3:27 (2001) and Juve the Great×Juve the Great23 December 2003 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Intro1:222In My Life5:453Enemy Turf4:054Outside (skit)1:235Bounce Back4:146Down South Posted4:357It Ain't Mines4:228Numb Numb5:079Lil Daddy4:1110Fuckin With Me4:0111Cock It3:5212Club (skit)1:4013Juve 'The Great'3:2814Head in Advance4:0115For Everybody4:3816At the Door (skit)1:0817Slow Motion4:08 (2003)—for the label to continued success, the latter of which spawned the 2004 single "Slow Motion×Slow Motion2004 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Slow Motion (clean radio edit)4:08" (featuring Soulja Slim), which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and became his only song to do so.
Following his departure from Cash Money, Juvenile briefly signed with Atlantic Records. His seventh album, Reality Check×Reality Check27 February 2006 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracks1Intro0:262Got Ya Hustle On3:293Around the Way3:564Sets Go Up4:125Rodeo3:586What’s Happenin’3:377Loose Booty4:138Way I Be Leanin’4:089Break a Brick Down4:4110Who’s Ya Daddy3:1811I Know You Know4:0612Keep Talkin’3:5213Rock Like That3:3214Why Not3:5315Animal3:4216Addicted3:4517Holla Back4:0318Pop U4:2519Say It to Me Now4:4520Come Out Your Laundry3:40 (2006) debuted atop the Billboard 200, and was followed by Cocky & Confident (2009). He then independently released the albums Beast Mode×Beast Mode6 July 2010 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Go Hard or Go Home2:362Drop That Azz3:423Bitch Instructions3:174La La La La La3:205I'm da Man3:306Nothing Like Me4:357No Team3:248Drinks on Me4:049Pussy Kat3:1310Where They Do That At3:3511Lights, Camera, Action3:12 (2010), Rejuvenation×Rejuvenation19 June 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Rejuvenation2:012Power4:003Can't Stop My Money2:434Mardi Gras3:505Lost My Mind3:586Imma Get Rich2:507Fall Back4:588Bad Guy3:319Ahh Haa4:1310I'm Yo People3:0311Got It Like That3:5212Still Here3:5713Ain't What You Want4:0214Toast to the Good Life3:47 (2012), and The Fundamentals×The Fundamentals18 February 2014 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Pay tha Rent4:142Close Around3:093Cradle 2 da Grave3:454Kill Kill2:575Let Em Know4:006All Over3:147Live Wire3:478Super High3:309Tales From the Hood2:2110This Is Your Song3:20 (2014). During his solo work, he formed the hip hop group UTP in 2002, with whom he has released two albums; the former of which spawned the 2004 single "Nolia Clap×Nolia Clap15 August 2013 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracks1Dont Want No Static3:202What's Up3:523Gangsta3:594Nolia Clap4:305What That Brain Like5:216Hurt Somethin4:447Nolia Clap4:54." He returned to Cash Money in 2014.

Early life

Terius Gray was born on March 26, 1975. He was raised in the Magnolia Projects in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana's 3rd Ward and attended Our Lady of Grace Catholic School. He began rapping around age 11, which his mother disapproved of, leading him to sneak out of his house to perform. Neighbors would taunt Gray as ignorant and call him a "little juvenile", so Gray began using the rap name Juvenile as a teenager.

1991–1997: Beginnings, Being Myself and Solja Rags

After being noticed at local talent shows, Juvenile made his recording debut on tracks by bounce music artist DJ Jimi, who released "It's Jimi" in 1991 and "Bounce (For the Juvenile)" in 1993. Juvenile's debut studio album, Being Myself×Being Myself7 February 1995 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Intro0:572Betcha' 20 Dollars (Bounce It)5:423Whatcha Gotta Do0:434G-Ing Men4:015Powder Bag5:306Pass Azz 'Nigga4:097U Can't C Me4:578Shake Dat Azz6:139Somethin' I Forgot/I Blowed6:1210Sling It to tha Back4:39, was released in 1994 by Warlock Records. 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, as he disagreed with the label wanting him to record bounce music. Juvenile then got a job at a gas processing plant. After work one day, he encountered Cash Money Records CEO 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.
In 1997, Juvenile released his second album Solja Rags×Solja Rags13 May 1997 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Ziggly Wiggly2:122Solja Rag4:093I Did That4:354Roll With 'em5:095Pimpinabitch2:026Livin in the Project2:097Who's tha M.F.5:098Hide Out or Ride Out4:409Spittin Game5:52103rd Ward Solja4:2811Welcome 2 tha Section4:2212Money on the Couch4:2613That's How It Be Happening4:1514Solja Rag (radio version)4:10 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. 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×Juve the Great23 December 2003 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Intro1:222In My Life5:453Enemy Turf4:054Outside (skit)1:235Bounce Back4:146Down South Posted4:357It Ain't Mines4:228Numb Numb5:079Lil Daddy4:1110Fuckin With Me4:0111Cock It3:5212Club (skit)1:4013Juve 'The Great'3:2814Head in Advance4:0115For Everybody4:3816At the Door (skit)1:0817Slow Motion4:08. Also in 1997, Juvenile joined the Hot Boys with fellow Cash Money rappers B.G., Turk, and Lil Wayne. They released their debut album as a group, Get It How U Live! that same year.

1998–2002: 400 Degreez, Tha G-Code and Project English

Juvenile's third album, 400 Degreez×400 Degreez3 November 1998 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks1Intro2:122Ha4:523Gone Ride With Me4:234Flossin Season4:335Ghetto Children4:056Cash Money Concert0:547Welcome 2 tha Nolia5:508U.P.T.4:179Run for It4:4610Rich Niggaz5:0411Back That Azz Up4:2612Off Top3:5113After Cash Money Concert1:2014400 Degreez4:0915Juvenile on Fire4:5616Solja Rag4:09, was released in November 1998. The Cash Money label entered a distribution deal from Universal Records during the same time, which gave the label further national promotion. Its first single, "Ha" was released the month prior and became his first to enter the Billboard Hot 100. The album spawned the follow up single, "Back That Azz Up×Back That Azz Up24 February 1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracksA1Back That Azz Up (clean radio edit)4:25A2Back That Azz Up (album version)4:25B1Back That Thang Up (extended version)4:36B2Back That Thang Up (instrumental)4:36B3Back That Thang Up (TV Track)4:35" (featuring Lil Wayne and Mannie Fresh), which was released commercially in June 1999 and peaked at number 19 on the chart and number five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This, along with wider critical praise and it becoming his best-selling album, made Juvenile a prominent figure in hip hop. However, disputes arose regarding the rights to 'Back That Azz Up,' as another New Orleans performer, DJ Jubilee, alleged that Juvenile's song closely resembled one of his own. In January 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans denied the case.
Capitalizing off the album's success, Warlock released a remixed version of his debut Being Myself×Being Myself7 February 1995 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Intro0:572Betcha' 20 Dollars (Bounce It)5:423Whatcha Gotta Do0:434G-Ing Men4:015Powder Bag5:306Pass Azz 'Nigga4:097U Can't C Me4:578Shake Dat Azz6:139Somethin' I Forgot/I Blowed6:1210Sling It to tha Back4:39, and commercial reissue of his second, Solja Rags that same year. In July 1999, he released his second album with Hot Boys, Guerrilla Warfare, which also received platinum certification.
Juvenile released two further solo albums for Cash Money: Tha G-Code×Tha G-Code7 December 1999 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Intro2:152U Understand4:193Fuck That Nigga4:374A Million and One Things4:455Take Them 54:386G-Code7:017Something Got 2 Shake4:098Da Magnolia4:409Catch Your Cut3:4210Lil' Boyz4:1211Get It Right3:5412Never Had Shit4:1413I Got That Fire5:4714Tha Man3:0815March Nigga Step4:0316Guerrilla5:14 in 1999 and Project English×Project English21 August 2001 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Intro — Let’s Roll3:302Set It Off4:173H.B. HeadBusta4:1744 Minutes4:325My Life4:386Get Your Hustle On4:407Sunshine4:268Be Gone5:259Mamma Got Ass4:3010They Lied4:5511White Girl4:4012In Ya Ass4:5813Set It Off (remix radio)4:1414In the Nolia4:2615What U Scared 44:0516Outro — Let’s Go3:27 in 2001, which received double platinum and platinum certifications respectively by the RIAA. Moreover, the albums reached numbers ten and two respectively on the Billboard 200, but failed to match the success of 400 Degreez. UTP Records announced an album titled 600 Degreez×600 Degreez1 January 2002 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Right Now4:172All About Money4:433On Your Own3:344Holla at a Nigga3:235Party4:166With Me3:587Mind Ya Business3:518Ride With Us4:409NY to NO3:4710Little Bit3:2911Thug Niggaz3:4512Hope Y’all Ready4:1913Hustle4:1414You Ready4:0515A Hoe (Lil Wayne Diss)4:13 during this time, which was never released.

2003–2006: Juve the Great and Reality Check

In March 2003, the Hot Boys released their album, Let 'Em Burn. Juvenile's manager Aubrey Francis and Birdman met and negotiated a deal for Juvenile and CMR to release one further solo album for the latter's label. His sixth album, Juve the Great×Juve the Great23 December 2003 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Intro1:222In My Life5:453Enemy Turf4:054Outside (skit)1:235Bounce Back4:146Down South Posted4:357It Ain't Mines4:228Numb Numb5:079Lil Daddy4:1110Fuckin With Me4:0111Cock It3:5212Club (skit)1:4013Juve 'The Great'3:2814Head in Advance4:0115For Everybody4:3816At the Door (skit)1:0817Slow Motion4:08 was released by Cash Money and UTP Records in December 2003. It received platinum certification and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Slow Motion×Slow Motion2004 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Slow Motion (clean radio edit)4:08" featuring Soulja Slim. It was the Juvenile and label's first, and Slim's only number one song prior to his death in November 2003.
In 2005, Juvenile signed with Atlantic Records as a both a solo act and for his UTP Records imprint, which was co-founded by his longtime manager Aubrey "Pied Piper" Francis and older brother Corey. The namesake group UTP (Juve, Skip, and Wacko) released the 2004 hit song "Nolia Clap×Nolia Clap15 August 2013 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracks1Dont Want No Static3:202What's Up3:523Gangsta3:594Nolia Clap4:305What That Brain Like5:216Hurt Somethin4:447Nolia Clap4:54" as part of the group's first album Beginning of the End (2004). The song was produced by Juvenile along with producer Donald "XL" Robertson. Juvenile also performed the song "Booty Language", which appeared on the soundtrack for the 2005 film Hustle & Flow. Juvenile's Slidell, Louisiana home was damaged during Hurricane Katrina; him, fellow New Orleans rapper Master P, and other hip hop artists raised funds and supplies for affected victims following the storm. He briefly moved to Atlanta afterwards, and in the following year, he returned to New Orleans.
Reality Check, Juvenile's 2006 album, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and remains his only release to do so. It received gold certification by the RIAA. Production began in May 2005, most of which was done at a Holiday Inn hotel room in New Orleans. Its first single was "Animal×Animal2005 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Animal (radio version)3:412Animal (Explicit)3:413Animal (instrumental)3:414Holla Back (radio version)4:005Holla Back (Explicit)4:006Animal (a cappella)3:38", followed by "Rodeo", "Get Ya Hustle On", "What's Happenin'", and "Way I Be Leanin'" featuring Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Skip, and Wacko. A portion of the album was recorded with engineer Stewart Cararas at his studio Paradigm Park Studios in New Orleans. Within one month, the studio suffered the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. Upon signing to Atlantic, Juvenile criticized his former label Cash Money for not giving him enough creative freedoms, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency over his perceptions of their handling of Hurricane Katrina. MTV journalist Shaheem Reid noted "Get Ya Hustle On" as a criticism of Ray Nagin's and the George W. Bush administration's handling of the storm.

2007–2013: Cocky & Confident, Beast Mode and Rejuvenation

In a 2009 interview with Allhiphop.com, Juvenile stated that his album Cocky & Confident×Cocky & Confident1 December 2009 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks1Cocky & Confident2:502Gotta Get It4:053Back Back4:014We Be Getting Money4:485My Money Don't Fold4:366Feeling Right3:527Top of the Line4:118Make U Feel Alright4:029It's All Hood3:4110New Orleans Stunna3:2311All Over You3:0212You Can't Stop Me3:4313Break It Down3:3614I'm Out Chere3:5515I'm Shining3:3816I Say3:4417Everything4:0718Hands on You3:3319Listen3:49 "would take a totally different direction from his last project, which was made when he was still 'mourning Katrina.'" He also revealed that he decided to work only with fresh, young producers on the album and discussed his respect for younger artists like Soulja Boy. Cocky & Confident was released in December 2009. It peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 200 and contained one charting single, "Gotta Get It×Gotta Get It1 October 2002 · Album · SoundtrackSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Holla at Ya Thugz2:482Got G’Z on It4:243I Know5:094Reptillian4:445Gotta Get It3:396Gotta Love It4:127Open Arms4:498Cold World5:199Risky Business4:2410Ride or Die3:0111C.E.O. Stacks4:1712Step to the Side3:4413Dump Dump3:5914Thug Life4:29", which peaked at number 53 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. After the album, he parted ways with Atlantic. His ninth album Beast Mode×Beast Mode6 July 2010 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Go Hard or Go Home2:362Drop That Azz3:423Bitch Instructions3:174La La La La La3:205I'm da Man3:306Nothing Like Me4:357No Team3:248Drinks on Me4:049Pussy Kat3:1310Where They Do That At3:3511Lights, Camera, Action3:12 was released independently in July 2010. It was preceded by the single, "Drop That Thang" in May of that year. Juvenile released his tenth studio album Rejuvenation×Rejuvenation19 June 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Rejuvenation2:012Power4:003Can't Stop My Money2:434Mardi Gras3:505Lost My Mind3:586Imma Get Rich2:507Fall Back4:588Bad Guy3:319Ahh Haa4:1310I'm Yo People3:0311Got It Like That3:5212Still Here3:5713Ain't What You Want4:0214Toast to the Good Life3:47 on June 19, 2012 through Rap-A-Lot Records. The first single from the album was "Power" featuring Rick Ross. Other collaborators included Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, and Drake.

2014–present: The Fundamentals and Cash Money Reunion

On February 18, 2014, Juvenile released his eleventh studio album The Fundamentals×The Fundamentals18 February 2014 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Pay tha Rent4:142Close Around3:093Cradle 2 da Grave3:454Kill Kill2:575Let Em Know4:006All Over3:147Live Wire3:478Super High3:309Tales From the Hood2:2110This Is Your Song3:20. In October 2014, he confirmed that he had re-signed to Cash Money. On March 28, 2019, both Juvenile and Birdman released a joint album called Just Another Gangsta. In April 2021, Juvenile was awarded a key to the city of New Orleans by mayor LaToya Cantrell.
On June 30, 2023, Juvenile performed on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series to positive reviews. The performance was a result of Twitter user @theylovemyke's request that Juvenile play a Tiny Desk concert in April 2023, to which Juvenile initially replied, "WTF is a Tiny Desk and no!". He subsequently changed his mind, as a result of enthusiastic fan requests to perform on the show. The performance garnered 4 million views within two weeks of its release and featured guests including Mannie Fresh, Jon Batiste, Trombone Shorty, Alvin Ford, the singing duo The Amours, and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. In September 2024, Vulture ranked it as the best tiny desk.
In March 2024, Cash Money Records released a "digital deluxe version" reissue of the album 400 Degreez×400 Degreez3 November 1998 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks1Intro2:122Ha4:523Gone Ride With Me4:234Flossin Season4:335Ghetto Children4:056Cash Money Concert0:547Welcome 2 tha Nolia5:508U.P.T.4:179Run for It4:4610Rich Niggaz5:0411Back That Azz Up4:2612Off Top3:5113After Cash Money Concert1:2014400 Degreez4:0915Juvenile on Fire4:5616Solja Rag4:09 (1998), adding two unreleased tracks. On March 27, 2026, Juvenile released his twelfth studio album Boiling Point×Boiling Point27 March 2026 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracks1Boiling Point Intro1:242Lenny Kravitz3:073Drop The Location2:244Pay Me2:225You Mad2:136Juvie Beverly2:407Hot Boy Summer2:258Interlude - Doze Off0:569The Reunion2:2810Hot of The Hottest3:0311B.B.B. (Original)2:2112Meph Town2:3813Pull Up3:2014Fuego2:3215WYM (Woah)2:2316Neva Go Broke3:2417One More Round2:4618He Gone3:3519Yea Yea Yea Yeah2:4420B.B.B.2:21. The album includes the single "B.B.B.", which became his first song in 20 years to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

Personal life

Juvenile had a daughter, Jelani, with Joy Deleston. On February 29, 2008, four-year-old Jelani was shot and killed in her home, along with mother Deleston and older half sister. It was reported that Deleston's oldest child, 17-year-old son Anthony Tyrone Terrell Jr., returned to the home after police arrived and implicated himself in the murder of his mother and siblings. Terrell was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of aggravated assault. He remains in the DeKalb County jail. Though Juvenile received some criticism for not attending the funeral for his daughter and her mother, several statements were released that the rapper was "shocked and devastated" by the event. The rapper stated that he made the decision not to appear at the funeral to prevent subsequent media attention, and was concerned that it would divert attention away from the ceremony. Terrell was given two consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to killing Joy Deleston, 39, and her daughters, Micaiah, 11, and Jelani. Due to his age, he could not be sentenced to death in Georgia.
Juvenile endorsed Tom Steyer in the 2020 United States presidential election. A video of him dancing with Steyer to his hit song "Back That Azz Up×Back That Azz Up24 February 1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracksA1Back That Azz Up (clean radio edit)4:25A2Back That Azz Up (album version)4:25B1Back That Thang Up (extended version)4:36B2Back That Thang Up (instrumental)4:36B3Back That Thang Up (TV Track)4:35" went viral on the internet shortly before the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary was held.

Legal issues

In the summer of 2002, Juvenile was arrested for assaulting his barber over charges that the barber was bootlegging his music.
In January 2003, Juvenile was arrested in New Orleans on drug charges. The next month, he was sentenced to 75 hours of community service for a fight outside a nightclub in Miami, Florida in 2001.
Juvenile was involved in a legal dispute over failure to pay child support for his daughter Jelani with Joy Deleston, a deputy sheriff in Gwinnett County, Georgia. A paternity lawsuit was issued by Deleston in 2004, resulting in a DNA test and both parties agreeing that Juvenile was Jelani's father. His attorney stated that the case was resolved peacefully by consent order in 2006.
On February 25, 2010, Juvenile was arrested in Arabi, Louisiana. While Juvenile was recording music at a house there, a neighbor called police to report smelling marijuana. He was cited on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession and later released on bond. He pleaded guilty in August 2010 and received a suspended three-month jail sentence and six months of probation and paid a $250 fine and court costs.
In 2017, Juvenile was arrested for failing to pay $170,000 in child support.

Business ventures

In 2020, Juvenile started up a furniture company called "Made by Juvie". In 2023, Juvenile teamed up with Urban South Brewery for a new flavored drink called "Juvie Juice".