What is a soulja boy?

Question

I heard someone say "soulja boy" on the radio

what is it?

Answer 1

"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" is a hip-hop track done by the artist...Soulja Boy.  It did hit number 1 on the US charts for a couple of weeks....

WHOOOOOOO!!!!

Answer 2

Do you mean "solder boy" like in the song, means someone who is in the military.

Answer 3

Soulja Boy

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Soulja Boy

Birth name DeAndre Cortez Way

Born July 28, 1990 (1990-07-28) (age 17)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Origin Batesville, Mississippi,

United States

Genre(s) Hip hop, snap music, pop rap

Occupation(s) Rapper

Years active 2003–present

Label(s) Stacks On Deck Ent., Collipark Music, HHH, Interscope

Website http://www.souljaboytellem.com

DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy, is an American rapper. In September 2007, his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He produced his whole album (Souljaboytellem.com) just using FL Studio.[1]

Contents [hide]

1 Early life and music career

2 Criticism

3 Discography

3.1 Albums

3.2 Singles

4 References

5 External links



Early life and music career

At age six, Way moved to Atlanta, Georgia[2], where he developed a love for rap music alongside his then partner Young Kwon, who taught him how to make beats and record songs and introduced him to snap beats, according to Way.[3] While in 8th grade, he moved to Batesville, Mississippi with his father.[2] He now resides in Batesville, where he occasionally attends the football games at his old high school, South Panola High School.

Way returned to Atlanta in 2004, after having success uploading his songs on the Internet and establishing his record label Stacks on Deck Entertainment, where he paired up with Atlanta-based manager Michael "Mr. Collipark" Crooms, who had been responsible for such successes as the Ying Yang Twins.[2] Way had his first live preformance at the age of 15, at a teen nightclub in Indianapolis, Indiana. His first album named "Souljaboytellem.com" was released under Interscope Records on October 2, 2007.[4]

Criticism

Soulja Boy, like many other crunk and snap music rap artists from the south, has come under some criticism for his musical style. Similar to those other artists (such as D4L and Dem Franchise Boys) the main criticisms have been that his songs are low in quality lyrical content and have no real meaning or purpose. This is especially prevalent from the "Hip Hop is Dead" movement who think that this modern crunk and snap music does not live up to many great artists of the past. Soulja Boy is another artist who has come under this kind of criticism. Nobodysmiling.com said, "Think of Soulja Boy as sort of a Lil-Jon for teenagers and pre-teens, that means don’t expect to hear much in the way of metaphors and narratives just crunk-*** music."[5]. The Daily Yo also says, "If anyone has not yet embraced the fact that hip-hop, through a main-stream perspective, is a dying breed; after listening to the musical styling of Soulja Boy in his debut album, Souljaboytellem.com., I'm sure that the truth will become evident." [6]. The Review says "Soulja Boy seems to think irritating repetition mixed with loads of moans and groans are enough to replace any skillful presentation of words.", and "Soulja Boy, making no effort to persuade his audience otherwise, offers little diversions from stereotypic garbage rap lyrics." [7] Many consider Soulja Boy the "Nickelback of hip hop"[8].

Although his debut album, Souljaboytellem.com, had some somewhat positive reviews (Allmusic.com gave it 3.5/5 stars), in general it has not been received well by critics. TheDailyYo gave it 1/5 stars, 411Mania 3/10, NappyAfro 1/5, Rap Reviews 3/10, and The Review 0.5/5.

Discography

Albums

Souljaboytellem.com

Released: October 2, 2007

Chart positions: #4 U.S.

Singles

Year Title Chart positions[9] Album

U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap

2007 "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" 1 3 1 Souljaboytellem.com

"Soulja Girl" (featuring I-15) 44 21 –

References

Answer 4

Proof that music is going to h**l. If you can even call that music.

Answer 5

he sings a very popular song now called "crank that", he does rap/ hip-hop and stuff like that

Answer 6

its the name of a rapper, its also a song and a dance

Answer 7

he's a rap artist.

Answer 8

an idiot

Answer 9

He is a rap artist with the number one song and dance right now.

Answer 10

he's a rap artisit.