Soulja Boy Accuses Ariana Grande and Drake of Plagiarism

This past week, Soulja Boy, the musical artist who blessed us with such anthems as “Crank That” and “Kiss Me Thru the Phone,” as well as creating numerous dance moves that even the most uncoordinated and rhythmically challenged can pull off, popped back into relevance.

After over eight years of simply being the rapper who was most likely to have his moves imitated by your mom, he was on the tip of everybody’s tongues once again. The last time Soulja Boy was spotted, he was an icon for middle schoolers everywhere as his gold-plated grill reminded them of their clunky, social-life destroying braces.

Despite his absence physically, Mr. Boy was always with us everytime we complimented our friends’ new sneakers as having “swag” or everytime we instructed our younger brother to “Crank That Soulja Boy” following a made three-point shot in basketball.

Despite his lasting legacy, Soulja Boy was greatly missed, and when he appeared on numerous radio shows and podcasts, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. Besides being an instant flood of nostalgia-related dopamine to our frontal cortex, Soulja Boy’s return to prominence was exactly what this country needed in a trying time. Much like Christopher Nolan’s depiction of Batman, Soulja Boy is “not the hero we deserve, but the one we need right now.”

Soulja was not content to just reappear. Upon his return, he proceeded to snatch the spotlight and do his patented “Supahman” dance move as it shined down on him.

Soulja Boy had apparently been biding his time and waiting for the perfect time to pounce because he brought eight years worth of grudges and complaints with him on his national press tour.

Among those, he claimed that the popular rap group Migos owed all of their success to him. This makes sense, as Migos is well-documented as having swag, and Soulja Boy invented swag, though it is unclear if he went through the proper patenting process to ensure that the use of swag by another party would benefit him financially.

The real bombshell dropped by the Atlanta-based rapper was his accusation that popular artists such as Ariana Grande and Drake had stolen his sounds and lyrics.

He alleged that Grande’s song “7 Rings” has the same melody as his smash hit “Pretty Boy Swag” and that Drake took lyrics from Soulja’s “What’s Hannenin” and used them on his song “Miss Me.”

While questions loom as to whether there is truth to these allegations, the real question is why Soulja Boy would make such allegations. He is an artist that defined a generation, an idol to millions and a linguistics expert who invented words like “Donk.”

Ariana Grande was a supporting cast member on a Nickelodeon sitcom, and Drake lacks the intellect to even come up with a cool name. These two artists will never achieve the influence on culture that Soulja Boy had and continues to have, and their only hope for popularity or success is that Soulja Boy continues to admit that he even gave their songs a passing glance.

In fact, the accusations saw streams of Drake’s “Miss Me” increase rapidly, a clear result of the fact that Soulja Boy found time in his day to listen to it.

While people will undoubtedly refer to Grande and Drake as talentless frauds, that type of negativity should be relegated to the backburner. Instead, people should allow themselves to enjoy the work of Soulja Boy, a national treasure, and relish the brief time he spends in the public eye.

We never know when he will disappear again, leaving us with only a memory of his cheetah print suits, face tattoos, and his six studio albums, all of which are undisputed masterpieces.