16. wow.. you people are seriously hating.. Rap is not stupid, the artists who make dumb songs are stupid. Just like in every other genre of music.

Why should they use their real names? Its called a stage name, just like people make up names in other professions, hobbies and SCREEN NAMES..

What does reading a book have anything to do with anything? You're assuming someone can't read because they *purposely* spelled a word different. They spelled it how its pronounced. Also, authors don't always use their real names and spell words in alternate ways.

All I have to say is quit hating and realize this is no different than any other hobby/profession..

Mo Thugs For The Win!!

Posted at 10:34PM on Oct 13th 2007 by Almalieque

17. It's not the misspellings that makes them stupid, Almalieque, it's the lack of anything substantive in their songs. Not all rap is garbage, but Soulja Boy certainly is. And, yes, I've heard his entire CD. Rapping about a two-way? Classic.

Posted at 10:57PM on Oct 13th 2007 by Shanaynay

18.
use Soil ja and get this over with already.
It's all dieing anyway. It will be the only music stereo typed then destroyed by thugs.
I dont think there is any real talent out there that can turn that around before it's gone.

Posted at 2:58AM on Oct 14th 2007 by WC

19. smh@people hating on a 17 year old kid the song is for kids he's having fun lol

Posted at 5:57PM on Oct 14th 2007 by mel

20. Let's not forget Soulja Boi Records! :P

Posted at 3:09PM on Oct 16th 2007 by Saffyer

21. I have 35 pages of Soulja Boy's music. What I found out was his music mostly fell into these categories: sex, pimping, drugs (selling), violence against women (slap dat hoe), weapons and disrespect for life (threaten to shoot someone, getting his arsenal purchased), disrespect for teachers, the Law, etc. He was inspired by 50 Cents and aspires to be better than 50 Cents. What does that tell you? The dances and the tunes separate from the lyrics are OK. But the dances were formulated for the songs. Any one who dances to the songs can only replay words and melody as you dance. An intelligent and conscientious person would listen to the lyrics before accepting it. Otherwise, it shadows its immoral and unethical aroma on its victims.

Posted at 1:39AM on Oct 31st 2007 by Chey55

22. Im Only 14 But I Know What Im Talking About..From My Understanding Soulja Boy Tell'em...He Is Not A Wanna Be Thug Why You Talking...Fighting Over A Dang Name Is Stupid Let Him Have The Name And Souljah Boy Claimed To Have The Name In The 1990s And Have Claimed It For 12 Years..I Havent Heard Of Him! Most Of Yall People Talking All This Talk Because That Boy Doing What He Does Best And He's Getting Paid For It And Most Of Yall Just Hating Cause He Has More Money Than Yall And If I Was To Become Famous I Wouldve Said My Name Lil Ty Ty...Soooo Somebody Is Going To Sue Me For Using Lil To? SOULJA BOY Dont Use Drugs But Maybe You Do..And If He Does It Was Proabally A Mistake And Nobody Can Judge Him But GOD...Yall Can Say Whatever Yall Want But Only God Can Judge Him...Leave Him ALONE...STOP HATING AND LIVE YOUR LIFE AND STOP TRYNA RUIN OTHERS BY SAYING STUFF...ALL YALL HATING NEED 2 STOP..DIE...GO 2 HELL...LIVE YA OWN LIFE!

Posted at 9:57PM on Oct 31st 2007 by Lil Ty Ty(Tyquesha)

23. WELL SINCE EVERYBODY IS TRIPPIN OFF OF THE USE OF "SOULJAH", I GUESS SISTA SOULJAH IS GOING TO COME UP NEXT AND SUE BOTH OF THEM.....PUHLEEZ!!!

Posted at 10:30PM on Oct 31st 2007 by teela

24. please keep in mind, that we are talking about children. and in fact none of the rappers are using or have used the correct spelling of the word. this young man (superman) has made success in a rap song or hip hop, crunk whatever without wanting to shoot someone. the song may not make much sense or the dance but i can tolerate it simply because my daughter does not have to shake her behind to do the dance and my son still looks like a boy whens he does the dance. this is not that serious....let this young man do his song and dance....its far more worse that he could be doing!

Posted at 10:21AM on Nov 5th 2007 by Ms. B

25. The name's souljah boy, not sister souljah, not soulja slim, but I guess its o.k. when these big record companies or oldies singers wanna sue for using music or lyrics i guess it's allright then. Hell the money ain't coming out of his picket anyway. If you just do things properly none of this will happen. Learn to follow rules. And for the dummies who said that they could'nt spell, we know that you're not from the hood any how. It's just being artistic!!!!!!!!

Posted at 12:02PM on Nov 6th 2007 by Miguel Johnson

26. Oh i guess it's O.K. when rich people decide to stop the less unfortunate from making money. Like Bill Cosby would'nt let my dude use FAT AL, he had 2 change it 2 AL FATZ. Sounds better anyhow, but understand the point, bill has the choice of letting him use his name or not, lil soulja boi never asked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Posted at 12:13PM on Nov 6th 2007 by Miguel Johnson

27. I'm glad Crank That (Soulja Boy) is the number one song on the billboard,but yall can't be dogging him out like that. Just because he got somebody else name. It's the same name swith a (h) at the end. Soulja Boy got a sexy name, i might name my child after him (DeAndre. Soulja Boy use his whole name in most of his songs, so everybody should know thats his whole artist name.

Posted at 2:39AM on Nov 11th 2007 by Pooh Baby

28. Someone tell me why a bunch of supposed adults are arguing over the stage name of a 17 year old.

Let's take this into perspective.


He's 17 years old. Why is it that much of a deal?If that's the stage name he wants, then let him have it. There's good reason many people don't use their real name.

Many artists have common names. My real name is common, hell there's three groups with my exact first and last name. If I were to go into the industry, I couldn't trademark my name without going through a load of crap to use it.


To save a headache most artists come up with a name and stick with it.

It's a name. People have different names for different situations. My girl calls me "sweety," thats her affectionate and pet name for me. Other folks have nicknames for me.

Are you going to get mad over that.

Need I mention that he's only 17?

Get over yourselves.

Posted at 3:28AM on Nov 23rd 2007 by 12thDragon

29. In all actually the spelling of the name does cause problems for people in the industry who are already using similar names. Soldier Boy, using the name for many years, from Wilson, NC is a much better rapper and has almost 1,000,000 hits on myspace. The hits didn't just start with the appearance of ringtone kid either. When you hear the radios say Soulja they don't say Solja Boy Tell Em. They gotta get real. This equates to lost of revenue for an artist who was making money but now can't market the very name that got him where he is with his fan base. I think the record label should have done research before accepting the use of a name that was easily available to see that was already in use or at least the sound so close that the public (even the skilled ears) can not tell the difference.

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