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One of the biggest songs in the country last year was an inane, sex-chant-infused Southern rap called "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," by young Soulja Boy Tell Em, from tiny Batesville, Mississippi, population 7,113. Soulja Boy Tell Em turned 18 this summer and is looking forward to voting for the first time. His monster hit song included repeated assertions of a cartoonishly absurd sex act: supermanning, or as he elaborated repeatedly in the song, "Superman that ho," which means to come on a woman's back and then put a sheet over her so it sticks to her back and she looks like she’s wearing a cape. Ridiculous stuff. He also chants repeatedly, "Supersoak that ho,” the meaning of which needs no explanation, given the neighborhood we're already in.

These are ludicrous suggestions that play into the Cro-Magnon conception of men using sex and sperm to attack and slay women. It's such a mean-spirited vision of sex that every time I heard the record I thought, I bet that before this came out, he was a virgin.

I asked him, “What historical figure do you most hate?” He said, "Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we'd still be in Africa.”

Last week in Atlanta, I got to interview Soulja Boy Tell Em. I found out just how young he really is. He was one of about ten rappers I interviewed in one day for my BET show, The Black Carpet. I decided it'd be fun to give all the rappers part of the Proust questionnaire. I thought it'd be a way to get beyond image and into who they really are. Most of the guys gave good, thoughtful, intelligent, sensitive answers. I asked Juelz Santana, “How would you like to die?” He said, "Loved."

Then came Soulja Boy Tell Em. I asked him, “What historical figure do you most hate?” He was stumped. I said, "Others have said Hitler, bin Laden, the slave masters..." He said, "Oh wait! Hold up! Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we'd still be in Africa."

My jaw, at this point, was on the ground."We wouldn't be here," he continued, having no idea how far in it he'd stepped, "to get this ice and tattoos."

Wow. Never mind that diamonds come from Africa. Never mind that there were many generations of pain in between leaving Africa and getting diamonds. Never mind that the long-term cataclysmic effects of subtracting about tens of millions of young, strong people from Africa over the course of a couple of centuries is a large part of the reason why Africa now appears so distasteful to you. Never mind all that, Soulja Boy. You put country first.

Someone stop me from putting my FOOT in his stupid ass.

that has to be one of the most ignorant things i've ever heard of

Maybe its all a ploy to make Yung Berg look smart. They should do a duet.

And this just adds to another reason why I just don't like this fool. Only Fools make songs like he does....so why be surprised by such an ignorant remark by him? He's ignorant. Period.

Ignorance is good.....in the eyes of a FOOL.

Graycap23 said:

Because it makes me appreciate intelligence MORE.

I really can't fault him for not knowing any better though.

This guy is not even a relevant force in music, he is useless. He is a "ringtone wonder" as LL calls todays rappers for the most part. Are we surprised that this ignorance exists?

Remember this is a young man who dropped out of school in the fourth grade. There is no way possible that anything intellectual would come out of his mouth. He is by far on of the most ignorant, untalented individuals in the game thus far. I remember a person on the org suggesting that prince needed to do a song with soulja boy to become relevant. I said it then and I will say it now. Prince has more talent in the tip of his finger than soulja boy has in his whole body. He couldn't even hold a decent conversation with him. Soulja boy needs to go back to school and get an education and some sense.
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seriously i still can't get over how ignorant this is!

bboy87 said:

You've got to be of a certain mindset to even come up with something like that.

And someone signed him.

CLASSY


That's so damned ignorant. What scares me most is the signals it sends out to young kids who actually emulate and try to be like their idols. Like it or not Soulja what's-his-name probably has a lot of kids who emulate him.

I don't know what's worse, him or Michael Jackson. Both send out the wrong signals. MJ may talk a good game about racial equality and acceptance. But his own racial shame is shines through like a billboard on his face, his 'caucasion' nose, his relaxed hair, his modified ..everything... He looks like a wax figurine, and he has the nerve to tell kids that all races are beautiful? Kids pick up all sorts of signals.

We have a failing public education system thanks to 30 years of Republican rule (minus 8 breif years of Clinton , 4 of which he had to contend with a Republican majority), so children aren't being thought at home or school. They supplement their learning through their heroes and idols.


Soulja Dufus wants to thank the slave masters and MJ wants to look like them. Yeah, real fucking terrific signals there folks


grammar edit
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bboy87 said:

See what happens when a teen becomes a high school dropout to become a successful rap artist. What a f***ing knob!

Maybe he was being ironic? I mean, he had to be....right?

Exactly how does a 10 year old drop out of school?

Stupid fucking cunt.

MendesCity said:

Then his stupid ass should correct his mistake then. Stupid ass nucca.

He should not be allowed to do any more interviews after that stupid remark. Keep your mouth shut if you do not no what to say.

mayebelle81 said:

I laughed out loud when I read this remark. It's so true..but funny.

Imago said:

dude, Michael has NOTHING to do with this

bboy87 said:

PLEASE TO POST WORF DISBELIEF GIF
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Timmy84 said:

Stop, I wanna join in, we'll beat his as smart.

Cinnie said:

Foreal, Imago was really reaching with that one

bboy87 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Good idea.

Depressing.