Soulja Boy | The Dark Side of Fame | The First Rapper to Scam Everyone

According to a recent Instagram Live video, Soulja Boy is ready to
leave the rap game behind for good and concentrate on becoming an
actor as his new docuseries, “The Life of Draco” hits the internet.
But is this the actual truth or just the next exaggeration in a
long line of them? Look, on the Bright Side of Fame Soulja Boy’s
early 2000’s hit “Crank That” would not only top the Billboard Hot
100 and get nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Song, it would also
become a piece of history and be recognized as what’s likely the
first viral rap track of all time. But even back then, Soulja Boy
was messing with us. Do any of you even remember how you heard that
song for the first time? Let me remind you that you probably got
tricked into listening to it with a little bait-and-switch. Because
way back when in the early days of the new millennium when programs
like Limewire were a big thing, Soulja Boy came up with the
ingenious idea to upload his song to file-sharing sites under the
name of more popular singles and artists so that listeners had no
idea they were actually downloading his track until they were
already listening to it! That’s right, the Dark Side of Fame is
something that Soulja Boy is entirely comfortable with, and over
the course of his career he would not only continue to engage in
scam after scam but he’d also get caught up in a weapons possession
charge and even be accused of some truly atrocious crimes
perpetrated against women.