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Nothing makes me shake my head harder than folks who are loud and wrong. You can be loud. You can be wrong, but being loud and wrong, well that’s been frowned upon in the Black community for eons. When I’m loud and wrong — I’m human — I shake my head at myself. And then I shake it off, because the players gon’ play and the haters gon’ hate.
Yes, that was a Taylor Swift reference. It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me. SMH.
Speaking of haters hating, let’s discuss the recent shenanigans of one DeAndre Way, better known to the world as Soulja Boy. I’m lowkey a fan of Soulja Boy and probably always have been. I was never one of those people who thought he was ruining hip-hop with his particular brand of made-for-ringtones-rap. He was a kid when he exploded onto the scene and made himself rich through music and youthful antics, and I’m rooting for most people who are Black. Over time, he’s done some awesomely WTF things, but he’s also provided us legenedary interviews like his meme-heavy turn on “The Breakfast Club.” I even enjoyed him on “Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood” and was amused at him being pissed that Kanye took his trash verse off of “Remote Control.” The world did not miss out on anything.
Well, because Soulja Boy likes to provide the world with entertainment (as any responsible entertainer would), he recently caught wind of some comments J. Cole made about him on Lil Yachty’s “A Safe Space” podcast.
J. Cole is a good interview but the part that caused the ruckus happens around the…
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