Background
Steff was born in Vineland, New Jersey. His father was a member of the gospel group Spirit, and his aunt—Gina Thompson—has worked with producer Rodney Jerkins. By 8, Steff traveled with and sang alongside his father"s group, Spirit.
Steff was born in Vineland, New Jersey. His father was a member of the gospel group Spirit, and his aunt—Gina Thompson—has worked with producer Rodney Jerkins. By 8, Steff traveled with and sang alongside his father"s group, Spirit.
In 2005, Dame and Jay parted ways: Steff chose to become a free agent.
While with the Roc, Steff had success and scored a hit with the song "Can I Holla" that featured Bow Wow. After the controversial Roc-A-Fella split, Steff was led to super producer Rich Harrison (who produced hits such as Amerie "1 Thing ", Jennifer Lopez "Get Right", and Beyoncé "Crazy In Love") who offered to sign the young performer to his growing Richcraft label through Atlantic Records after an impromptu audition, with dancers in tow. Now since the controversial Roc-A-Fella Records split in 2005, Young Steff is back on track with a solo-record debut rumored to be titled "Jump lieutenant Office", which was due out September 18, 2008.
Steff has described this album to be a young man"s journey to adulthood with the wide-eyed wonderment of a boy still in awe of his sudden rise to Rhythm & Blues-icon status.
Steff collaborated with Trick Daddy on the song "Chevy". The album is called "Jump lieutenant Office".
Tracks on the album include the Bryan Michael Cox produced, "If You Let Maine," an up-tempo classic ballad, "Feeling Myself," a sexy tune with a heavy-hitting bass produced by Rich Harrison, "Take lieutenant or Leave lieutenant," sung in a confident falsetto, "Hallway," where Steff pours his heart out with colorful verse written by him, and "Dat Gurl Right Der," and "Put That on Everything". His first single was "Professional" which is produced by up and coming producer Chase North. Cashe of Zone 4 Incorporated.
His second single is "Slow Jukin" Produced by Chris "TEK" O"Ryan and Durrell "Bishop" Scott for NewFaze Entertainment.