SOHH Exclusive: Soulja Boy Credits Jay-Z, 50 Cent & Gucci Mane But Says, "I follow no man."

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Soulja Boy stopped during his SouljaWorld Tour Atlanta stop for an exclusive interview with SOHH, where he talks his pioneering role in hip-hop, his CEO moves, and raising his son in his legacy.  #hiphop #hiphopnews #music #sohh #sohhdotcom #souljaboy #souljaworldtour #sohhexclusive #atlanta #business #family

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00:00 Yo, it's your boy Javi OC, we here with the biggest in the city.

00:04 I got my sister here.

00:05 I'm Ava Sosa.

00:06 And listen, we got a legend, not only a legend, but the man who rants all you other rappers

00:10 to walk, you feel me?

00:11 Big Draco.

00:12 We got my boy Big Draco Sosa wearing a building.

00:14 How you feeling my boy?

00:15 I appreciate it.

00:16 For sure, for sure.

00:17 What's up, what's up?

00:18 For sure, for sure.

00:19 Now listen, before we get into the music, we just want to say thank you for the opportunity

00:22 to have this interview with us.

00:23 We want to give you your flowers, man.

00:24 You a legend.

00:25 You a pillar in the game of hip hop to the culture.

00:27 So we want you to give your flower.

00:29 Thank you, man.

00:30 I appreciate that.

00:31 I really appreciate that.

00:32 All right, so I'm going to start it off.

00:34 So you manifest yourself under a few different names.

00:36 You know, you got Draco and Soulja Boy, but there's also DeAndre Cortez.

00:40 So what's the difference?

00:41 It's all really the same thing, you get what I'm saying?

00:44 It's just like nicknames, real names, fake names, street names.

00:49 Yo, man, it's just so much just going on.

00:53 You know, Draco, it's just on everybody, just caught on and kept going.

01:00 I just feel like every stage is a different stage, you feel what I'm saying?

01:04 Soulja coming up, Draco like the evolution stage, you feel what I'm saying?

01:09 So, it's just so chaotic.

01:11 Now listen, now listen, now with you being Big Draco and Soulja Boy and stuff like that,

01:15 everybody always got your name in their mouth.

01:17 Everybody always want to say something about Big Draco, you feel what I'm saying?

01:20 So I want to know, between me and you, what do you feel like is the biggest misconception?

01:25 Biggest good name?

01:26 Yeah.

01:27 And like, what's the biggest misconception about Big Draco?

01:32 I mean, really, everything really.

01:35 Like, don't nobody really know me personally.

01:38 You know what I'm saying?

01:39 You just go off of what you see off the internet or TV and stuff like that.

01:44 You know, you can't really judge a person alone until you really know me personally,

01:50 know who I am as a person.

01:51 But I feel like, I just got to put more content out there,

01:56 so people can see more of everything in my life, you feel what I'm saying?

02:01 They got me f***ed up.

02:03 [Laughter]

02:05 No cap.

02:07 Alright, going into that, you know it's the 50th anniversary of hip-hop,

02:10 we're celebrating all the legends, the trendsetters.

02:13 You know, they made hip-hop as we know it today,

02:15 but there's like a number of you guys who I feel like aren't being recognized as much as they should be,

02:18 including yourself, you know, you were the one that made YouTube, viral dances go, you know,

02:23 the first to do it all, so I want to like set the record straight,

02:26 like what are your biggest highlights and accomplishments?

02:28 Like, just lay it all on the floor.

02:29 I'm a little drunk right now.

02:31 [Laughter]

02:32 I'm just making a custom video.

02:33 No, but all the first rappers do all--

02:35 We're not going to put that in there.

02:36 Don't put that in there?

02:37 That's lit.

02:38 [Laughter]

02:40 No, no, okay, I ain't drunk like that.

02:42 [Laughter]

02:43 I know it's a little basic, I know it's a little basic,

02:45 but no, I was the first to do like all this, like it wouldn't be none of this,

02:51 like see how we all doing this interview right now, we all done put this at YouTube.

02:55 Oh, look, see.

02:56 You've been everywhere.

02:57 You know what I'm saying, like it wouldn't be none of this.

02:59 When I first started, it came out rap music.

03:01 I was recording everything I was doing, people were like, "Why are you doing it?"

03:04 Now you see all artists doing the same thing that I was doing, you feel what I'm saying?

03:08 So, yeah.

03:09 The first, the biggest.

03:10 No, listen, no, listen, you a rapper, you an entertainer, but on the other side,

03:13 you're also a businessman, you feel what I'm saying?

03:15 You in a lot of business, bitch, like you got Soulja Xilat,

03:18 you got the gang concert that you coming out with, you know what I'm saying,

03:21 you got your clothing line, you in all types of other business, bitch.

03:23 So I want to know what new business you're in right now that's really like outside of

03:27 entertainment that you really stepping up to.

03:29 If you can talk about it.

03:30 Exactly, man.

03:31 That's the way you just smiled, you know what I mean?

03:32 I know what you mean, like if he like, "You're stealing my, you feel what I'm saying,

03:36 everything that I do," so it's like.

03:37 Of course they're going to steal it, man.

03:39 Yeah, but you know, I want to speak on that, I can't really tell you,

03:43 but we just speak on what's out right now.

03:45 Shoes, Soulja Stars, Exotic Pop, Pineapple Soda, Signature Brands, Soulja Brands,

03:51 the record label, SODMG, you know what I'm saying, the video game concert.

03:56 First rapper to have a video game concert.

03:58 First.

03:59 They got Xbox, Nintendo, and PlayStations.

04:02 They never had a black rapper, first black rapper to have a video game concert.

04:06 First.

04:09 Oh, and my cologne.

04:10 It's wet by Draco.

04:11 That's a real box of wet.

04:13 I got the perfume too, for the ladies, you know what I'm saying.

04:16 I'm just really standing to see your [inaudible] all around the world.

04:19 I really appreciate your leadership.

04:21 I really thank my young brothers for that shit.

04:24 You know what I'm saying, like we should own this shit.

04:27 We should be giving out deals.

04:28 We should be like thinking big, you know what I'm saying.

04:32 But I got a lot of new shit on the way too.

04:37 Make sure it's going to be even better.

04:40 Is there anything you guys are doing that you made it so far?

04:44 Who do you look up to?

04:45 Myself.

04:46 You know what I'm saying.

04:47 Myself.

04:48 When I first got in the game, I looked up to rappers and shit like that.

04:53 But it's life.

04:54 That's what happens.

04:55 Once you grow and evolve in life and in the industry, you start to see things from a different perspective.

05:01 So, I call it lead by example.

05:04 You know what I'm saying.

05:05 What the fuck is it like following another guy?

05:07 I don't know who this man got going on behind the scenes.

05:09 You know what I'm saying.

05:10 He could be a psycho.

05:11 I'm looking up to him.

05:13 I'm following this guy and he's making the moves that I shouldn't be making.

05:19 So, I remember thinking, I'm looking up to him.

05:21 You know what I'm saying.

05:22 Follow what you think is true and what's right and what you want to do.

05:25 You know what I'm saying.

05:26 So, I'm my own boss.

05:27 You know what I'm saying.

05:28 All this shit is stamped, just me.

05:29 You know what I'm saying.

05:30 Shout out to the ones I grew up looking up to.

05:32 Gucci Mane, 50 Cent, Jay Z.

05:36 You know what I'm saying.

05:37 Just the young buffers who's getting money and doing their thing.

05:39 You know what I'm saying.

05:40 I was pretty lucky.

05:41 Nah, look.

05:42 You a father now, man.

05:44 Nah, I'm not judging you.

05:46 I'm just saying you're so close to your father.

05:48 So, my question is how is it balancing being a father and being an entertainer at the same time?

05:54 Do you want your son to step into your same footsteps as a rapper?

05:57 First question, it's hard because I just had a counselor show on the 6th.

06:03 It was his first birthday.

06:05 And I got a show with a genius load out.

06:08 And I got fans tuning in about to date me right now.

06:11 But, you know what I'm saying, luckily it wasn't the Atlanta day.

06:14 If it was, I got to meet that mother fucker.

06:16 But it was his first birthday, though.

06:17 I couldn't miss that.

06:18 You know what I'm saying.

06:19 So, it's just like stuff like that.

06:21 You know what I'm saying.

06:22 You deal with stuff like that.

06:23 So, you know.

06:24 But I'm ready for this shit.

06:25 It's what I was born to do.

06:27 You know what I'm saying.

06:28 I love it, man.

06:29 It's beautiful.

06:30 It's a blessing.

06:31 You feel what I'm saying.

06:32 And second question, man.

06:33 As far as rap, if that's what he chooses to do, then cool.

06:36 You get what I'm saying.

06:37 My daddy let me do my rap.

06:39 So, why not?

06:41 You feel me?

06:42 I'm just saying.

06:43 So, that's what it is.

06:44 Well, thank you.

06:45 We learned a lot from you today.

06:46 I really appreciate your time for coming and sitting down and talking with us today.

06:48 You got to check out the full article on So.com.

06:50 That's it for you guys.

06:52 Hey, Draco, man.

06:55 Draco.

06:56 Draco.

06:57 You are watching SOHH.com.

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