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SOHH Exclusive: Soulja Boy Credits Jay-Z, 50 Cent & Gucci Mane But Says, "I follow no man."
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1/25/2024
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.
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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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