Whether you love to hate him or hate to love him, Soulja Boy has carved out a niche in hip hop that really resonates with youth culture.
Yahhh! - a song about skipping school, playing video games, and yelling at people who piss you off - is certainly not going to win a Grammy. Neither is
Bapes, a song about shoes, or
Soulja Girl, the rapper’s half-serious attempt at a romantic song. Some say Soulja Boy is just a flash in the pan, a one-time joke. Then again, that’s precisely why the seventeen year old rapper who writes his stage name on the lenses of his sunglasses in white-out is so popular in the first place.
From Discogs:Born: July 28, 1990, Chicago, Illinois
From Lastfm:DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1991 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American rapper better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy. In September 2007, his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was initially self-published on the Internet, and it became a number-one hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks starting in September 2007.
Official Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/souljaboytellem
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From Wikipedia:DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper and record producer.
In September 2007, his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was initially self-published on the Internet, and it became a number-one hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks starting in September 2007. This makes him the youngest person (16 years, 10 months) to write, perform, and produce a number-one song on the Hot 100, a title that was previously held by Deborah Gibson (17 years, 11 months) for almost two decades.
Despite his commercial success, his music has been the subject of ridicule from his peers and critics.