Music11 October 2026
Soulja Boy Wants the White House in 2028 and We Are Not Ready
By Imani Okafor
Soulja Boy says he is exploring a 2028 presidential bid, claiming he wants to bring his creative vision to public service.
Rapper and record producer
Soulja Boy
Best known for Crank That (Soulja Boy) and basically inventing modern internet rap fame
- Born
- 1990
- From
- American
- Working since
- 2007
- Also known as
- DeAndre Way, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Young Drako
Love him or laugh with him, you can't talk about internet culture without Soulja Boy. Back in 2007, he uploaded a self-produced track to MySpace, added an infectious dance, and changed hip-hop overnight. 'Crank That' went straight to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Suddenly, every kid in America was doing the dance in their living room. He showed the entire music business that a teenager with a webcam could beat the major labels at their own game.
These days, he spends his time popping up in wild viral moments and swearing he did everything first. He launched his own video game consoles, traded insults with pretty much everyone on live streams, and turned bragging into an art form. He's loud, unpredictable, and completely unforgettable.
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Soulja Boy in brief
- —Scored a Billboard number one hit at just seventeen years old.
- —His debut smash earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song.
- —First artist ever to sell three million digital downloads of a track.
- —Famously claims he was the first rapper to do literally everything on the internet.
- —Pioneered viral YouTube and MySpace marketing for the entire rap industry.
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