 Electronica left New Orleans on January 1, 1996 with the intention of moving to New York City but took a stop in Atlanta.Electronica was struck by "all the now hiring signs because of the Olympics," there he accepted the teachings of Elijah Muhammad via the Five-Percent Nation before moving on to becoming a registered member of the Nation of Islam at its headquarters in Chicago.In 2007, Jay Electronica released his first mixtape, "", via MySpace.