A Look at the Week in Soulja Boy Vs. Drake, Tyga, Kanye West, the World
EntertainmentSoulja Boy, ever the voice of reason, has had an absolutely wild week, and we thank him for all the memes. In a series of videos and interviews, he’s gone after Drake, Tyga, Kanye West, alleged abusers like Famous Dex and 6ix9ine, and probably a bunch of other people—honestly, it’s hard to keep track. But if you’d like to try, here’s a guide to the past few days in Young Drako (that’s what he’s calling himself) and his war against everyone.
Quick, let’s unwrap this beef before he goes live on Instagram again, shall we?
Monday, January 14:
First, it helps to know what Soulja Boy is mad about. His primary argument is that he had “the biggest comeback of 2018” (where did he go exactly?), and that many rappers have copied his style. According to Complex, he kicked off his week with an Instagram livestream (of consciousness?) rant. It began anti-Kanye and ended pro-Kanye, complete with a request for fans to send him money.
The diss:
“Talk about Kanye West… Kanye West?! [The guy] that’s crying about Drake on Twitter every week… that came out with Yeezys? I came out with a video game console! Kanye West ain’t never came out with no fucking video game console… I’m the reason Kanye act cocky, ’cause you know why? When I first got on with ‘Crank That Soulja Boy,’ and I was 16 years old, and I had the No. 1 song in the country, and I went 10 times platinum… Kanye West was standing outside my motherfucking van looking like he wanted to meet me, and I didn’t know who the fuck he was.”
The conclusion:
“Kanye is great now, obviously. Ever since then Kanye acting like he got an attitude.”
Tuesday, January 15:
KFC Radio, apparently a rap radio show for white bros hosted by the ever-scummy Barstool, teased an interview with Soulja Boy where he refers to Drake as “Aubrey” and “The kid from Degrassi?” before singing a bit of Drizzy and Lil Wayne’s “Miss Me” and shouting, “That’s me! That’s me! That’s my bar! He copy that from me. That’s me word for word. YouTube ‘Soulja Boy What’s Happenin’ 2006.’ …How is he more influential than me if he copied my bars?”
Wednesday, January 16:
Here’s where it gets juicy: Soulja Boy came after, well, everyone in an hourlong, ridiculously quotable interview on The Breakfast Club.
6ix9ine isn’t nothing but a Soujla Boy child.
On Kanye:
“Why you ain’t come out with shit then? I came out with a whole video game console, bruh. I’m the first rapper to do that in history, bruh. You ain’t Walt Disney. You ain’t none of that, bruh… I’m younger than you. I’m flyer than you. Whatever. You crying on Twitter every week about Drake? You gotta stop that shit, bruh. You look lame, bruh. You look cap, bruh… You up here supporting Trump and shit, bruh. You supporting Trump? What the fuck wrong with you, bruh? That shit’s not right.”
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