Soulja Boy Demands Credit For Kanye West's Cocky Attitude

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Rapper Soulja Boy performs onstage at the 3rd Annual Streamy Awards at Hollywood Palladium on February 17, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
First Tyga, now Kanye West. Who's Soulja Boy's next target?

I mean, Soulja Boy's comeback wasn't as triumphant as Tyga's, but still, the rapper made his way back on our radars in 2018. After his rant on Tyga went viral this weekend, Soulja Boy returned to Instagram Live to share another hot take.

In an attempt to recreate his hilarious Instagram Live rant about Tyga, Soulja Boy hit the social media platform to air-out Kanye West. Soulja Boy decided to compare his accomplishments to Kanye West's before concluding that 'Ye never sold a video game console.

"Kanye West? Yo, the n***a that's crying about Drake on Twitter every week," he said on his livestream. "The n***a that came out with Yeezys? N***a I came out with a video game console! Kanye West ain't never came out with no fucking video game console. He talk about he Walt Disney... Then why you ain't do nothin' like that n***a? All you did was kiss a couple n***as ass at Louis Vuitton and Adidas and came out with a couple of goofy ass pairs of tennis shoes."

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Soulja Boy then went onto explain how he's the reason why Kanye West is as confident as he is. 

"I'm the reason Kanye West act like why [sic] he act. I'm the reason Kanye act cocky, cause you know why? When I first got on with 'Crank That Soulja Boy,' and I was 16-years-old, and I had the No. 1 song in the country, and I went x10 platinum, Kanye West was standing outside my motherfucking van looking like he wanted to meet me, and I didn't know who the fuck he was," he said.

He continued to explain how his manager introduced 'Ye as "Jay-Z's artist" and urged big Soulja to meet him. "I said, 'I don't give a fuck. Get out my face.' And then my manager said, 'You can't do that bro, he's an artist this is MTV awards, say hi to Kanye...'I said, 'Yo man I don't give a fuck about no damn Kanye, I got the No. 1 song in the world, n***a.'" 

Soulja Boy was one of the few people who wasn't sold on Kanye West at the time. The rapper continued to explain how "Kanye is great now," but insisted that ever since that moment at the MTV Awards, Kanye West has been "acting like he got an attitude."

Peep the clip below. 

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Aron A.
Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.
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