Soulja Boy for President!

One day during a board meeting I decided to spice it up by eloquently shouting “Yoooh!,” to which my professional associates responded “yoooh”. This was nearly a year ago, and who would have though that Mr. DeAndre Ramone Way would be still in the game? “2008 is ova man!”, he spouts to a captive audience of youth who now actually have a positive role model to fill the void left behind when Bow Wow & Romeo grew up & lost the 'Lil'. The only difference is that Soulja Boy has not just released a platinum album... he has created a crank movement.

I bet the people who gave Papoose his advance wish they had taken the time to scout out young S.Beezy, who in 2007 had a Billboard Top 100 single and Grammy award nomination; with 2008 bringing him a shoe deal and a feud with Ice T. I’m not usually one to take sides, but I personally know that Ice T is an asshole. He’s self conscious about the fact that he’s old, and that his career didn’t exactly turn out how he envisioned. He’s not LL Cool J, or Ice Cube or even Master P. Hell, Ice T has every reason to be jealous of every rapper with skin pigmentation ;) (inside jokey joke)

In fact, I once interviewed Ice T for a radio station back in 2001. There was a press conference held for myself and my media colleagues, and I recall it in slow motion. I asked Mr. T “So, with the success of your acting career do you ever see yourself returning to the music industry?” The Ice man replied initially by telling me that he had never left the music industry and that he had recorded a hip hop/heavy metal album which sold millions on the internet. HE’S A DAMN LIE!....This is when the story went in slow motion. Icey got heated and starting speaking with his hands saying that I didn’t know what I was talking about, and hadn’t done my research. (I didn’t know you had to research a hit album). Next he knocked over his bottled water and spilled it all over his smedium sweater and leather banded, rainbow Jacob “The Jeweler” watch. It was unforgettable (obviously).

I totally understand how Ice T could hate on Soulja Boy. Hell, S. Beezie sparked the careers of several other crank groups including Camp 22, and P.O.B. (Pop It Off Boyz). I have never heard of an artist creating a dance or style so hot that several other groups copy it— and they all end up successful. Not to compare them all, I’m sure they all claim that Soulja Boy had nothing to do with their concept and that they owe nothing to the person who made a whole country recognize seemingly silly lyrics, clothing and dance moves as a work of art.

What happened to Dem Franchise Boys and my all time favorite one hit wonders D4L? I just about guarantee that both groups are somewhere hating on Soulja Boy Tell 'Em.