Soulja Boy Signs New Deal With Warner/Chapell Music

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Rapper Soulja Boy poses backstage in the press room during Z100's Zootopia 2009 at the Izod Center on May 16, 2009 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Soulja Boy's dominating 2019.

We're only a month in 2019 and Soulja Boy is already proving that it's his year. Around this time last year, Soulja Boy's name was rarely brought up and if it was, it was used as a punchline to some sort of joke. However, he's back with a vengeance and making it clear that he's one of the forefathers of the Internet. After a highly productive month, Soulja Boy announced that he's signed a new deal.

Soulja Boy took to Instagram to reveal that he signed a new deal with Warner/Chapell Music, a music publishing part of Warner. The rapper shared a series of photos of himself at the Warner/Chappell office as he inked the deal. 

"It’s official I’m now signed to Warner/Chappell I’m the hottest rapper in the game facts," he wrote. The photos show Soulja surrounded by people who appear to be executives while he signs off on the contract. There are also five bottles of champagne on the table, one of which gets popped open in celebration in one of the posts.

The announcement comes a few hours after he shared his new track and revealed that he had a new project on the way. The rapper dropped the video for "Intro" from his forthcoming album, How Could You Blame Me? which is set to drop on July 28th, 2019. Keep your eyes peeled for that.


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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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