Chris Goss
Chris Goss by Team Switzerland
Background information
Born	(1958-08-17) August 17, 1958 (age 53)
Genres	Rock, alternative rock, hard rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, experimental rock, electronic, indie, desert rock, stoner rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer, recording engineer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, electric piano, bass, percussion, organ
Years active	1980s to present
Associated acts	Masters of Reality, Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Goon Moon, Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan Band, Fififf Teeners, Mondo Generator
Notable instruments
Fender Telecaster

Christopher Ryan Goss, born August 17, 1958, is an American record producer and musician.

Recording career[link]

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Selected discography[link]

Throughout his career Goss has worked with a wide range of musicians in various genres.^[1]

• 1988 - Masters of Reality by Masters of Reality
• 1992 - Blues for the Red Sun by Kyuss
• 1992 - Sunrise on the Sufferbus by Masters of Reality
• 1994 - Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss
• 1994 - All of Us by I Love You
• 1995 - ...And the Circus Leaves Town by Kyuss
• 1995 - Marie Mozege by Les Super Stars
• 1996 - Dust by Screaming Trees
• 1996 - Leave the Story Untold by Soulwax
• 1996 - Daaly by Thione Seck
• 1996 - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop by Stone Temple Pilots
• 1996 - Amusing the Amazing by Slo Burn
• 1997 - Moonrock by Future homosapiens (This is a different Chris Goss - Chris Goss (UK))
• 1997 - How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room by Masters of Reality
• 1998 - Holiday Man by The Flys
• 1998 - Gaslight by 30 Odd Foot of Grunts
• 1998 - Volumes 3 & 4 by Desert Sessions
• 1998 - Queens of the Stone Age by Queens of the Stone Age
• 1999 - Kimi No Oto Ga Kikoeru Basho by Bird
• 1999 - Welcome to the Western Lodge by Masters of Reality
• 2000 - Spirit\Light\Speed by Ian Astbury
• 2000 - Cocaine Rodeo by Mondo Generator
• 2000 - Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age
• 2000 - Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss by Kyuss
• 2001 - Toasted by Fatso Jetson
• 2001 - Volumes 7 & 8 by The Desert Sessions
• 2001 - Deep in the Hole by Masters of Reality
• 2002 - Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
• 2003 - Flak 'n' Flight by Masters of Reality
• 2003 - Tell Them Hi by Campfire Girls
• 2003 - Vol. 9&10 by The Desert Sessions
• 2003 - Atomic Ritual by Nebula
• 2003 - Here Comes That Weird Chill by Mark Lanegan Band
• 2003 - The Underground Personality Tapes by Roxy Saint
• 2004 - Never, Never Land by UNKLE
• 2004 - Give Us Barabbas by Masters of Reality
• 2004 - Bubblegum by the Mark Lanegan Band
• 2004 - Auf der Maur by Melissa Auf der Maur
• 2004 - Demon Crossing by Yellow #5
• 2004 - Mister Mental by The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
• 2005 - I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine by Goon Moon
• 2005 - Lullabies to Paralyze by Queens of the Stone Age
• 2005 - Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989–1996 by Screaming Trees
• 2007 - Licker's Last Leg by Goon Moon
• 2007 - The Cool by Lupe Fiasco
• 2007 - Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age
• 2007 - War Stories by UNKLE
• 2008 - It's OK to be Happy by Smith & Pyle
• 2008 - Neptune by The Duke Spirit
• 2008 - More Stories by UNKLE
• 2008 - End Titles... Stories for Film by UNKLE
• 2009 - Pine/Cross Dover by Masters of Reality
• 2010 - Where Did the Night Fall by UNKLE
• 2010 - Everyman And Woman Is A Star by The Cult
• 2011 - Enjoy Your Psychosis by Drums Are For Parades

See also[link]

• Goon Moon
• Masters of Reality
• Palm Desert Scene
• The Desert Sessions

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chris Goss' homepage
• 2006 Chris Goss interview with Brian D. Holland of Modernguitars.com.
• 2010 Extensive Audio Interview with Chris Goss on the Jekyll and Hyde Show, 106FM Jerusalem.

Goss may refer to:

• Goss crested china
• Goss International, printing press manufacturers
• Goss Moor, Cornwall
• the traditional material used for the body of a top hat.
• a colloquial term for gossip, used in many colleges.
• Government of Southern Sudan
• Goss (surname)

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James Lavelle (born 1974 in Oxford, United Kingdom) is a DJ, electronic recording artist and record label boss.

Early years[link]

Born into a family with a strong tradition of music, Lavelle first began by learning the cello with his grandmother in Oxford.

Music career[link]

While attending Cherwell Upper School, Lavelle's music career started at 15 when he ran block parties in Oxford. At only 18 he started the Mo' Wax label, taking the name from his club night at the time, Mo' Wax Please. Around the same time he started the That's How It Is night with Gilles Peterson, which went on to become one of London's longest running nights.

In 1996 Mo' Wax released one of electronic music's most celebrated albums, DJ Shadow's seminal Endtroducing...... Soon after this Lavelle started work on an album with DJ Shadow under the name UNKLE. The resulting release Psyence Fiction featured collaborations with Richard Ashcroft, Mike D, Badly Drawn Boy and Thom Yorke. In 2003, he released a follow-up to Psyence Fiction, titled Never, Never, Land, though this album saw DJ Shadow replaced by Richard File as the second full time member of UNKLE. It featured collaborations with 3D of Massive Attack and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age among others.^[1]

He is a long time resident at Fabric in London, mixing the inaugural Fabric Live mix album.^[2] He has also mixed three DJ mix albums for Global Underground.

He has produced a number of film soundtracks, including Sexy Beast. Also an in demand remixer, he has reworked tracks by Garbage, The Verve, Beck and Massive Attack.^[3]

In an August 2006 interview with The Skinny, Lavelle revealed that he was working with Chris Goss and Autolux on the follow-up to Never, Never, Land, entitled War Stories. Of the album's direction, he said “It’s rawer than '‘Psyence Fiction’' and Never, Never, Land although it’s more in the vein of the traditional singer/songwriter. If the first record was UNKLE does hiphop and the second record was UNKLE does electronic, then this one is like UNKLE does rock, but it’ll hopefully still have its continuity.”^[4]

He has recently finished working alongside his brother Aidan Lavelle on the soundtrack for the movie of the popular sci-fi series The X Files.

Lupe Fiasco mentions Lavelle along with DJ Shadow in the single "Superstar."

In 2010, he released another UNKLE album called Where Did the Night Fall with numerous collaborators such as Gavin Clark and Mark Lanegan.

Selected discography[link]

UNKLE[link]

• Psyence Fiction (1998)
• Never, Never, Land (2003)
• Edit Music for a Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Reconstruction (2005)
• Self Defence: Never, Never, Land Reconstructed and Bonus Beats (2006)
• War Stories (2007)
• More Stories (2008)
• End Titles... Stories For Film (2008)
• Where Did the Night Fall (2010)

Mix albums[link]

• Cream Live Two - Disc 3 (1996)
• Tribal Gathering 96 - Disc 3 (1998)
• FabricLive.01 (2001)
• GU023 Global Underground, Barcelona (2002)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats? (2003)
• Do Androids Dream of Essential Beats? (2003)
• WWIII - UNKLEsounds vs. U.N.K.L.E. (Bootleg) 2004)
• GU026 Global Underground, Romania (2004)
• Big Brother is Watching You (Bootleg of Do Androids Dream of Essential Beats) (2005)
• GU037 Global Underground, Bangkok (2009)

Quotes[link]

• "I became a DJ because I couldn't breakdance and I was no good at graffiti."
• "I'm into a whole concept, it's a whole scene. I'm totally involved in it. We cover hip-hop fused music. We want to do this rock hip-hop thing. We are gonna launch a mad hip-hop/thrash fused band, a young Beastie Boys kind of thing. I'm into the total energy of the Beasties and that whole kind of skate thing. I want that energy and total madness surrounding the whole idea."
• On Mo' Wax: "We put out 200 records in 4 or 5 years, I don’t think I’d ever be able to do that again. I don’t think I could ever work like that again, it was just insane."^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Inspiring interview about James Lavelle's creative journey by SUBvert magazine
• James Lavelle discography at MusicBrainz

Brendon McNichol (born November 1969), is a lap-steel/guitar player, who has played with bands including Queens of the Stone Age, Masters of Reality and Rattlebone. He is now working as a contractor.

Bands[link]

In 1990 Brendon lived in Hollywood, California, and he began playing music with his roommate bassplayer Roger Deering. Roger had previously been in the punk band The Drills, and had moved from Miami, Florida to Los Angeles, California, with drummer Kerry Furlong that also had been in The Drills, to start a new band. Kerry formed a band with Brendon, Roger and Hammond Organ player Jeff Muendel. The first couple of shows they performed under the old name The Drills, because of the reputation they had developed with The Drills, and eventually they changed the name to Rattlebone. They released a 5-song EP in 1991 produced by Dave Jerden. Brendon left Rattlebone in 1994, and got replaced by Greg Birribauer until the band disbanded in 1995. [1]

In 1996 Brendon joined Masters of Reality led by Chris Goss, and appeared on tour with the band, and on the live album "How High The Moon: Live At The Viper Room". In 2000 he joined Queens of the Stone Age, teaming up with his long time friend Josh Homme, playing not only guitar, but also lap-steel and piano. Besides touring he also recorded various studio songs. Brendon has also played with bands including K.C. and the Sunshine Band, The Drills, Stacy Q., Pablo Moses [2], Michigan and Smiley, Charlie Chaplan, Drone w/ Ted Parsons, Desert Sessions, Levi Chen, Photek, Discordia, The Dwarves, Palmerville as well as countless soundtracks, commercials and albums as a session player.

Bands[link]

• Rattlebone (1990–1995)
• Masters of Reality (1996–present)
• Queens of the Stone Age (2000–2003)

Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy at YouTube Live doing his signature dance in 2008.
Background information
Birth name	DeAndre Cortez Way[1][2]
Also known as	Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
Born	(1990-07-28) July 28, 1990 (age 21) Chicago, Illinois
Origin	Batesville, Mississippi, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Stacks on Deck/Collipark Music/Interscope
Associated acts	Arab, Mr. Collipark
Website	thedeandreway.com

DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.

In September 2007, his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was initially self-published on the internet, and it later became a number-one hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks starting in September 2007.^[3] On August 17 Way was listed at #18 on the Forbes list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings of 2010 earning $7 million for that year.^[4]

Way has currently released three studio albums and one independent album: his debut studio album Souljaboytellem.com (2007) was certified platinum by the RIAA. However, his next two albums, iSouljaBoyTellem (2008) and The DeAndre Way (2010) did not match the commercial success of his debut, the latter only selling 100,000 copies,^[5] despite the success of several singles across both albums, such as "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" and "Turn My Swag On" (iSouljaBoyTellem) and "Pretty Boy Swag" (The DeAndre Way).

On October 18, 2011, Soulja Boy released his documentary bio pic, Soulja Boy: The Movie.

As of 2011, Way has confirmed he is working on his fourth studio album, entitled Promise, which will be released in July 2012.^[6]

Early life[link]

DeAndre Way was born in Chicago and moved to Atlanta at age 6,^[7] where he became interested in rap music.^[8]

Career beginnings[link]

At age 14, he moved to Batesville, Mississippi, with his father, who provided a recording studio for Way to explore his musical ambitions.^[7] In November 2005, Way posted his songs on the website SoundClick. Following positive reviews on the site, he then established his own web pages on YouTube and MySpace.^[9][10] In March 2007, he recorded "Crank That" and released his first independent album Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album, followed by a low-budget video filmed demonstrating the "Crank That" dance. By the end of May 2007, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" received its first airplay and Way met with Mr. Collipark to sign a deal with Interscope Records.

Music career[link]

[edit] 2007-08: Souljaboytellem.com

Soulja Boy performing "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" in February 2008.

On August 12, 2007, the song appeared on the Emmy-award winning HBO series Entourage, and by September 1, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot RingMasters charts.^[11] Way's major label debut album Souljaboytellem.com, which was reportedly recorded using just the demo version of FL Studio,^[8][12] was released in the United States on October 2,^[13] peaking at #4 on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.^[14]

For the 50th Grammy Awards, Way was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song with "Crank That (Soulja Boy)". He lost to Kanye West's and T-Pain's "Good Life".

Souljaboytellem.com received a favorable review from Allmusic,^[13] but received mainly negative reviews from other sources such as Entertainment Weekly.^[15] Several reviewers credited Soulja Boy with spearheading a new trend in hip-hop, while speculating he will likely be a one-hit wonder.^[16][17][18]

[edit] 2008-09: iSouljaBoyTellem

The follow-up to souljaboytellem.com, iSouljaBoyTellem, was released on December 16, 2008, to negative critical reception.^[19] The first single from the album, "Bird Walk", peaked at #40 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and the top 20 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart it was performed on the first YouTube Live on November 22, 2008, with an introduction from MC Hammer.^[20] "Kiss Me Thru the Phone", with Sammie, followed, peaking at #3 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Rap Tracks charts.^[21] Chris Brown was originally Way's first choice to sing the hook, but respectfully turned down the offer. Way then tried to do it on his own with Auto-Tune but he found it unacceptable.^[22] It sold over 2,000,000 digital copies in the United States, becoming his second song to reach the two million mark in downloads.^[23][24]

On January 26, 2009 Way released his third single "Turn My Swag On". it topped the US Rap Charts and peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has so far sold more than 1,000,000 digital downloads in the United States. It became Soulja Boy's third song to sell 1 million or more downloads.^[24]

[edit] 2009-2010: The DeAndre Way

The DeAndre Way^[25] is Way's third studio album, Way has stated that the album is intended to be his most personal and successful album thus far. When speaking on possible collaborations, he stated he wished to work with artists such as Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West,^[26] Eminem,^[27] among others. The lead single from the album, "POW", was released in January 2009 but failed to garner success and was dubbed a promo single. On October 30, 2009 Way released three mixtapes Paranormal Activity, Dat Piff & Cortez.^[28] Then it was announced on February 18, 2010 that the first single from the album was gone be "All Black Everything" but it was cancelled & was just put on his promotional mixtape Legendary.^[29] The album was titled "The DeAndre Way" but was changed in early 2010 to Dre with a commercial video snippet for "Do It Big" as the first single but it was cancelled as well.^[30] However it was reverted back to The DeAndre Way in July 2010.

But on June 8, 2010, the official lead single from the album was "Pretty Boy Swag". The single has reached #34 on the Billboard Hot 100, number six on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number five on the Billboard Rap Songs chart.^[31] The album's second single was due to be "Digital" but it was just used on his promotional mixtape Best Rapper.^[32] Then it was announced that "Speakers Going Hammer" was gone be the second single, but "Blowing Me Kisses" was released on August 31, 2010 as the second single instead.^[33] On October 13 Soulja Boy performed "Pretty Boy Swag" & a snippet of his third single "Speakers Going Hammer". On October 19, 2010 Way finally released "Speakers Going Hammer" on iTunes the single peaked at #48 on the Hot R&B & Hip Hop tracks Billboard.^[34] The DeAndre Way was released on November 30, 2010 it has so far has only sold 70,000 copies making this Way's lowest selling album. Soulja Boy was to be part of the Summerbeatz tour held in Australia alongside Flo Rida, Jay Sean and Travie McCoy in November 2010, but in lieu of his current album release date Soulja Boy had declined the offer & just embarked on his Who They Want tour.

[edit] 2011-present: Mixtapes and Promise

On January 22, Way released his first mixtape of 2011 Smooky which cover featured a cartoon version of Way on a bicycle doing a 360.^[35] Then On March 17, 2011 Way released the mixtape 1up which cover was based on the Naruto anime Way stated "If I was in a video game, this mixtape would advance me to the next level with an extra life. Power up with the new offering".^[36] On April 20, 2011 Way released his mixtape Juice which cover was based on the Juice the movie Way stated he would also released a mini movie of his own to go along with the mixtape Way stated that he was headed to greatness with the mixtape.^[37] In September 2011, Way confirmed he is working on a new album, called Promise, which will be released in October.^[38] Way also released the cover & title of his second independent album via Twitter, entitled "Skate Boy", which he said would be available in stores November 1, also via twitter.^[39][40]

Other ventures[link]

Stacks on Deck Entertainment[link]

Way founded his record label Stacks on Deck Entertainment in 2004. While Way was signed under Interscope and Collipark Music, he claimed that his label had distribution deals with Universal Music Group and eOne Music.^{[citation needed]}

Current artists

• Soulja Boy (Interscope/Collipark Music/SODMG)(CEO)
• Ja-Bar (TOKE Team/SODMG)
• Arab (Boss Money/SODMG)
• KillaCam (SODMG)
• 350 (SODMG)
• Rashad (SODMG)
• Antonio aka Tony The Deity (SODMG)
• J-Money aka J. Futuristic (SODMG)
• Spinning 9 (SODMG Germany/SODMG)
• M2ThaK (SODMG)
• Calico Jonez (SODMG)
• Riff Raff (SODMG)
• Young Sam (SODMG)
• Agoff (Ocean Gang/SODMG)
• Young L (Ocean Gang/SODMG)
• John Boy (FyreHouse/SODMG)
• Chief Keef (Glory Boyz/SODMG)

Managed DJ's

• DJ Whoogie

Managed Producers

• Soulja Boy
• G5Kids
• Kwony Cash
• R3$ource
• Jay Clink
• Supa Crank It
• Lil Keis

Record production[link]

Way also produces records, including his own. In 2009 Way produced V.I.C.'s single "Get Silly" which went certified Gold & Bow Wow's single "Marco Polo". Way beats often contain the beginning lines "Soulja Boy Tell 'em" But as of late Way has produced beats without using the lines. Also in 2009 Way was also supposed to been producing for Kanye West's fourth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy & Kanye was supposed to been producing for Ways third studio album The DeAndre Way but for unknown reasons neither of them used each other's beats.^[41] On May 13, 2011 Way stated that he had produced & submitted beats for 50 Cent's fifth studio album^[42]

Fashion designing[link]

On March 5, 2008 Way released his official clothing line of S.O.D clothing.^[43] Then also in 2008 Way released his own brand of the popular shoe line entitled "Yums".^[44]

Acting career[link]

In January 7, 2009 Soulja Boy announced that he was supposed to been releasing his own cartoon entitled Soulja Boy: The Animated Series but only one episode was ever released.^[45][46] On April 22, 2011 Way announced that he would be making his acting debut playing the main role as Bishop on the Juice remake & that it would air on BET in sometime.^[47] On July 21, 2011 Way released the trailer to his upcoming documentary about his life entitled Soulja Boy: The Movie that was released on October 18, 2011.^[48]

Personal life[link]

Legal issues[link]

On December 9, 2007, Way was sued by William Lyons (a.k.a. Souljah Boy of Mo Thugs Family) who created the stage name "Souljah Boy" in 1996.^[49]

On October 7, 2009, Way was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia on one count of obstruction, a misdemeanor, for running from police when he'd been ordered to stop while filming a video in an abandoned house. The rapper was released on $550 bond.^[50]

In May 2011, Way and his labels were sued by a local Pennsylvania promoter for failing to make promised payments in connection with a rescheduled concert.^[51]

On October 18, 2011, Way was traveling west on I-20 in Carroll County, Georgia with four other men when their vehicle was pulled over for a vehicle equipment violation. The police officer who made the stop searched the vehicle and found more than five ounces of marijuana. Way was arrested and released on bond during the same day.^[52]

Victim of robbery and battery[link]

On December 30, 2008, Way was robbed and battered in his home. Initial reports indicated that the robbers were six masked men with AK-47s and pistols but on December 31, 2008, video clips surfaced on the Internet of two masked men claiming sole credit for the crime.^[53] Soulja Boy described the incident to MTV News a month later: He had come home very late at night after attending an album release party and was recording songs with friends when the robbers came in pointing their guns.^[54]

Family tragedies[link]

On the night of March 22, 2011, Way's little brother Deion Jenkins was killed in a car crash.^[55] Then on March 24, 2011 Way's older brother threatened to commit suicide.^[56]

Controversies[link]

Way's music has been banned from some school dances for sexual or violent content and/or innuendos. However, he has denied these claims.^[57] In the original YouTube video for "Shootout", Soulja Boy demonstrates his dance while holding a handgun in each hand and pretending to shoot into the audience.^[58]

Nas[link]

On February 25, 2008, Way said in an interview that "Nas killed hip hop and his own career".^[59] Way later apologized for his comments.^[60]

Ice-T[link]

In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape, Ice-T told Way to "eat a dick" and criticized Way for "killing hip-hop" and his song "Crank That" for being "garbage" compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as Rakim, Das EFX, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube.^[61] The two then traded videos back and forth over the Internet.^[62] Rapper Kanye West defended Way by arguing that the younger artist created a new, original work for hip-hop, thus keeping the authentic meaning of the music.^[63] The feud was parodied in a 2010 episode of The Boondocks.

In May 2011, Way's feud somewhat reignited with Ice-T again regarding The film Juice. Way stated he would also released a movie of his own to go along with his mixtape of the same name again somewhat reignited with Ice-T following a statement during Ice-T's interview with Shade 45 in late April 2011. Ice-T stated that Way's role as Bishop, which was famously originated by Tupac Shakur was not an issue. But Ice-T would find the fact that the film being remade is problematic saying ""What?” he said. “But that’s Pac… At some point, somebody gotta stop it. I came out. I made some statements. Man, I don’t know. Do you, dude, do you. If the masses accept it, it shows you the state we’re in… Come on man, you think I’d try to remake Pac’s movie? Good luck though, I'm not a hater...eh." Way himself barraged Ice-T with retaliatory tweets on the same day, joking that someone should "get this guy a hairline." ^[64][65]

Charles Hamilton[link]

On December 9, 2008, Charles Hamilton commented in a interview by saying that Way was making it harder for new artists to be signed.^[66] Way responded by saying "X out the Sonic and fuck with Mario, you might want to got damn eat a mushroom."^{[67][further explanation needed]} Charles Hamilton responded with the diss song "I'm You Last Year With Talent".^[68] Then the diss song "Word Aight".^[69]

Bow Wow[link]

On February 2, 2009, Way challenged Bow Wow to a race in their Lamborghinis and claimed Bow Wow's Lamborghini was a rental.^[70] On February 4, 2009 Bow Wow proved that he owned his Lamborghini and said "its halloween in Bankhead for you everyday nigga..you scared..you all nervous and shit". Way responded on twitter by saying "HE FUCKED UP!!!! IM BOUT TO SHITTTT ON THIS NIGGA!! LOL!!!!!".^[71] On February 7, 2009 both artist sent diss songs to each other such as Way's "Fuck Bow Wow" & Bow Wow's "What I Think About You".^[72] Later that day during a phone conversation both rappers settled their differences.^[73]

Fabolous[link]

On December 28, 2010, Fabolous during a radio interview commented on the claim that Way does cocaine, saying "pretty boy swag but never coke my nose though",^[74] a reference to Way's song "Pretty Boy Swag. "Soulja Boy went on a tirade^[75] on Twitter in response, saying "I ignore dis foo like 5x before this. fuck that. If you send some niggaz to spray me @myfabolouslife at least I die I real nigga fuck you boy." 50 Cent also took to Twitter to say, "leave him the f*** alone before somebody get hurt." Way and Fabolous ended their beef on a radio interview.^[76]

U.S. Military[link]

In September 2011, Soulja Boy released the song "Let's Be Real". One of the lines of the song went: "Fuck the FBI and the army troops ... fighting for what? Be your own man ... I'll be flying through the clouds with green like I'm Peter Pan."^[77] After the song was released, Soulja Boy was highly criticized by the military members and their families, especially in regards to the timing relative to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.^[78][79][80] Soulja Boy apologized, "When I expressed my frustration with the US Army, not only did my words come out wrong, I was wrong to even speak them." He adds, "So, I write this to give my sincerest apology to all members of the United States military services, as well as their families that were offended by my most recent lyrics."^[77] Representatives for Soulja Boy have indicated that the song has been pulled from his upcoming album, Promise, and will not be available for sale. They are also attempting to remove the video from the internet.^[81]

On September 7, 2011, the New York Times cited the U.S. military has announced an official ban on Way's music. Way apologized for the content of the song and has offered to do free performances for American soldiers.^[82]

Discography[link]

Tours[link]

• America's Most Wanted (2009)
• Who They Want (2011)
• The World Is Yours (2012)

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

• BET Awards
  • 2007: Best New Artist (Nominated)
  • 2008: Viewer's Choice Award: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (Nominated)
  • 2009: Viewer's Choice Award: "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" (Nominated)

• BET Hip-Hop Awards
  • '2007: Best Hip-Hop Dance (Won)'

• Grammy Awards
  • 2008: Best Rap Song: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (Nominated)

• Ozone Awards
  • '2007: Patiently Waiting: Mississippi (Won)'
  • 2008: Best Breakthrough Artist (Nominated)
  • 2008: TJ's DJ's Tastemaker Award (Nominated)

• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
  • 2007: Favorite Male Singer (Nominated)

• Teen Choice Awards
  • 2009: Choice Music: Rap Artist (Nominated)
  • 2009: Choice Music: R&B Track for "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" (Nominated)
  • 2009: Choice Music: Hook Up for "Kiss Me Thru the Phone"
  • 2009: Choice Music: Artist (Nominated)

See also[link]

• List of artists who reached number one in the United States

References[link]

External links[link]

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