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Soulja Boy Gives Controversial 'Shout Out' To Slave Masters

During BET interview...

Soulja Boy Gives Controversial 'Shout Out' To Slave Masters
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US rapper Soulja Boy has sparked controversy after he gave a shout out to American slave masters at an awards ceremony in Atlanta.

The 18-year-old rapper, who became a YouTube sensation last year, made the statement after being asked by Toure, a former Rolling Stone journalist, what historical figure he hated the most.

When Toure prompted him that other musicians had said “Hitler, bin Laden, the slave masters...,” Soulja Boy said: "Oh wait! Hold up! Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we'd still be in Africa. We wouldn't be here to get this ice and tattoos."

Soulja Boy's response been criticised by numerous bloggers since a transcript of the interview, conducted at the BET Hip Hop awards, was published on the Daily Beast.

But his fans have defended the rapper, blaming his statement on his youthful inexperience.

In January, Soulja Boy became the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of a song via digital download.

He initially released his music through YouTube before signing with Interscope records.
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  • cos it's not like africa has diamonds now is it? oh, hang on...fucking idiot

    ~ by chockablock 11/4/2008

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  • Hi! My name is "Souja Boy" and I'm a dum ass. Hope your career goes down in flames then maybe you'll go to school and take a few courses in black history.

    ~ by Jon 11/4/2008

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    • Fuck u dn`t get mad u can`t be soulja boy. Hater keep hating. Cuz as long i`m his fan he ain`t going down in flames or nowhere else. So get it right

      ~ by Soulja Girl 101 11/7/2008

  • What a pillock.

    ~ by only18 11/4/2008

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  • sigh... ignorance

    ~ by oh my indeed 11/4/2008

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  • hi i am a big fan of yours ok you don;t know me but i am sitll your fan

    ~ by quan 11/4/2008

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  • I don't know why everyone is trippin out. He's right. If the slave masters hadn't brought them over here, they'd still be in Africa. Anyone pay any attention to what a hellhole Africa is for it's people?

    ~ by jada 11/5/2008

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    • Oh right, so it was worth millions of people being tortured, raped and treated like second class citizens cos now cuntish, talentless upstarts like him can have 'ice and tattoos'?

      ~ by only18 11/5/2008

  • Ok, let me take a deep breath. . .This statement is so ass-backwards, ignorant, uneducated, superficial, and materialistic, i dont know where to start ranting. He and alot of other african-americans obviously have NO UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICAN HISTORY or world history in general coupled with sheer stupidity and lack of logic. I'll just leave it like that, cant expect much from a dude named 'soulja boy'. Bye

    ~ by A+ 11/5/2008

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  • i don't have much to say but i love u and you my 2nd fan of my's.Go wild and say some dum shit

    ~ by Londreka 11/6/2008

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  • I wish i can see u in real life.that will be so real

    ~ by Londreka 11/6/2008

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  • u be killin dem dumb songs

    ~ by tania 11/7/2008

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  • Its sad to see someone like that with no education like he said "THROW SOME D's ON IT I JUST GOT MY REPORT CARD"

    ~ by ABIGAIL 11/7/2008

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  • hey booooooooooooooooo call me at 748-8817

    ~ by justice 11/10/2008

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  • He is young and was only saying something sarcastic ..hell other big stars do it all the time.

    ~ by Klz 11/25/2008

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  • He is young and was only saying something sarcastic ..hell other big stars do it all the time.

    ~ by Klz 11/25/2008

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