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An accomplished author ("So Many Things To Say: A Collection of Poems"), performer, poet, writer, Internet radio show host of Urban Soul Cafe, CEO of So Many Words Ent.,and A&R of iRep Online Magazine (2007-2008), there is no telling to what doors that this man will not come across or avenue he will not write about. He also has performed in numerous slams across North Carolina, performed alongside poets such as Andrew Tyree Clinkscale, Black Ice,13th of Nazareth,Georgia Me and Shihan. He also participated in the 2009 Women's Empowerment Expo Talent Search and is the winner of the 2009 2nd Annual McDonald's Food For Thought Poetry Slam Tour.He also is a songwriter with Real Life Muzic,an indie record label based out of Fayetteville,NC.His musical influences range from Isley Brothers,Teddy Pendergrass,Luther Vandross to today's artists like Musiq Soulchild,Dwele,and Anthony Hamilton,and Foreign Exchange.When it's all said and done,El'Ja is just wanting to accomplish one goal,and that is to speak life and live life correctly