37 Famous Soulja Boy Quotes To Crank It Right Up

Soulja Boy’s real name is DeAndre Cotez Way, but he’s best known as his stage-name. That name became synonymous with the smash-hit ‘Crank That (Soulja Boy)’ which peaked in the #1 spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

The Execute Resources team recently went through a collection of television interviews and Instagram reels to find some of Soulja Boy’s best quotes. We sought those which were motivational and kept things real so you can live your best life.

So take a look through this list and don’t forget to share the goodness on social media!

1. Stress is real, and you never know what a person is going through behind the camera.

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2. Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant.

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3. Be great, make the best life for your family!

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4. If I’m doing something it’s coming from a kind heart.

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5. Ladies love a man with a shirt off, so my shirt stays off.

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6. I’m headed towards greatness. I think I’m making history in hip-hop.

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7. I hate it when people come up to me on trains and ask ‘Are you Soulja Boy?’ If people want pictures or autographs, that’s cool, but I don’t like the dumb questions.

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8. Everyone has the right to be happy without feeling guilty.

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9. I just think that when you’re coming out with a new product, you’re gonna be criticized.

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10. I taught Drake everything he knows.

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11. When I was in Japan on tour in 2010, I felt like I was 30 years into the future. I love technology and they are so advanced with their phones, computers, everything.

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12. That was really to strike that emotion, to tell that story.

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13. Drake and Kanye, y’all gotta move out of the way. I’m younger than y’all. I look better than y’all. I got more swag than y’all. And it just is what it is. I’m here to take it. I’m the new best rapper.

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14. I knew there was a reason they made me wait before I could have my own video game – saved the best for last.

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15. If you listen to Drake’s first single…he copied my whole bar word for word and my cadence and my flow from my song. Can I just get my credit?

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16. A big part of my success came from the internet scene, the MySpace, the YouTube, all that.

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17. I don’t travel anywhere without the PS3 and XBox. There’s nothing better to do on long bus trips while on tour.

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18. Let it be known I got rappers on my hit list, I got so many gifts you would swear I stole Christmas!

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19. I think swag is very important to rappers. It’s the overall appearance and style of an artist – these blue shorts and this blue hat and this $80,000 chain, this jewelry and all these tattoos, that’s swag.

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20. A person who makes a song in 15 minutes and thinks it’s cool.

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21. I was one of the first artists to have a YouTube account, if not the first. I joined two months after the site launched.

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22. I always wanted a beautiful girl that played video games. I found her.

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23. Mix the gas with the lean, call that gasoline.

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24. If I’m going to make music for the streets or the clubs or whatever, I go at it with 110 percent.

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25. I thought he was taking shots at me, when it was just jokes. It was a misunderstanding, a miscommunication… I’m about making money.

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26. I feel like it’s big now with the passing of Mac Miller. Rest in peace, Mac Miller, who was a good friend of mine. That just showed people, like, it could happen to anybody. Just because you have fame or money, you’re not immune to negativity and depression and stress.”

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27. I don’t respond to skepticism because they not gonna be skeptical for long. My life right now is like a TV show; you watch every day to see a new episode. They waiting to see what I’mma do next.

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28. When I was 10 years old my mom used to play Tupac while she cleaned the house.

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29. These record labels set their blueprint behind me. I’m the reason why they came out streaming right now. When I first came out they said hip hop was dead.

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30. My first single I was nominated for a Grammy with ‘Crank That,’ and I lost a Grammy to Kanye West, but it was still such a big deal for me to be nominated anyway.

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31. And Dre just walked in, like, ‘Soulja!’ And I was like, ‘Oh, is that Dr. Dre?’ And [my boys] were like, ‘Why you ain’t take your shades off?’ I was caught up in the moment, what he was saying, how he appreciate what I do and I’m doing my thang. Just him telling me that, just meant so much.

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32. I’m the hottest rapper in the game right now! Shoutout LA Reid.

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33. Traveling around is what I like to do. Me and my boy Arab, we live on the road. Doing shows is what I love to do. I put my heart and soul on the track and I love the response I get. Performing wit UNK> Mane daz a dream come true. He’s one of my favorite artist and inspirations. So when they said Soulja Boy you got a show wit UNK man. I’m like walk it out UNK? Let’s go!

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34. I’m the hottest rapper in the game right now. Word.

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35. The Internet has been a BIG help with my career. My advice to musicians, Internet is the key. It gets your music heard all across the world.

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36. Living in the present and living for now.

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37. People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum.

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