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.