T-Pain Dubs Soulja Boy The "Greatest Artist Of All Time"

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(L-R) Recording artists T-Pain and Soulja Boy attend the 2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards at The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on October 18, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.
T-Pain dubs Soulja Boy the "GOAT."

Soulja Boy's made a great case over the past two months as to why he's one of the greatest to ever do it. The rapper pulled out receipts proving that he's influenced pretty much every major rapper in the game right now, even going as far to say that he's the reason why Kanye's ego is as large as it is today. However, the rapper's claim seemed empty to many until other artists came out to vouch for him. Now, T-Pain has come through to back-up the claim that Soulja Boy is the GOAT of the rap game.

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Speaking on Big Boy's neighborhood, T-Pain made a bold claim that's bound to upset a few hip-hop purists by putting Soulja Boy at the top of the ranks. T-Pain, who remixed Young Drako's "Speakers Going hammer" remix, claimed that Soulja Boy was one of the greatest to ever do it but he feels the rapper needs to solidify this with some new music.

"Soulja Boy is the greatest artist of all time," he said. "All I want for Soulja Boy is for all what he’s doing -- and everything that he's doing -- is to come with some music to back it up."

Pain's feelings about the SouljaConsole wasn't on par with his feelings towards Soulja's music. However, Soulja Boy seemed to overlook that. He reposted the clip to Instagram with the caption, "Y'all heard the man."

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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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