[3] After its commercial re-release by Collipark Music, an imprint of Interscope Records, the song and its follow-up, "Soulja Girl", both preceded the release of his debut studio album, Souljaboytellem.com (2007).

[15] During the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was nominated for Best Rap Song, losing to Kanye West's and T-Pain's "Good Life".

[89] On May 19, Way produced, co-wrote and was featured on Nicki Minaj's promotional single "Yasss Bish", which received positive reviews from music critics.

[90][91] On June 8, Way announced that he was currently working on his new mixtape project King Soulja 3, which would feature appearances from Lil Wayne, Drake, Migos, Young Thug and Wiz Khalifa.

For this upcoming digital album, King Soulja 4, Way released the single "Whippin My Wrist (Too Rich)" on February 27; it charted on the Billboard Trending 140 at number 48.

[106][107] On July 30, through his independent label Stacks on Deck Entertainment, Way released his fourth digital album, King Soulja 4, featuring appearances from Migos, ReeseMoneyBagz, Dae Dot and Sean Kingston.

[126][127] On March 15, through his independent label, he released his fifth digital album, Stacks On Deck, featuring Agoff, King Reefa, Lil Yachty and Rich The Kid.

[citation needed] In the original YouTube video for "Shootout", Way demonstrates his dance while holding a handgun in each hand and pretending to shoot into the audience.

[168] Current artists: Album releases: Way also produces records, including his own, primarily using the FL Studio digital audio workstation.

[190][191] In August 2010, Soulja Boy announced a desire to make a film about himself, having told MTV News that he discussed the idea with Nick Cannon.

[193] The documentary's visual quality was panned by DVD Verdict as a result of poor video transfer, since much of its music detail was taken from YouTube clips.

[200] It drew criticism for being an "overpriced" emulator of Nintendo and Sega handheld games,[201][202] which were actually rebranded versions of existing consoles developed by Chinese company Anbernic.

[203] On December 15, 2018, he announced the release of two more consoles: the Retro SouljaBoy Mini, which resembles a Nintendo Game Boy, and the SouljaGame Fuze, which looks similar to Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4.

[208] Rapper Kanye West defended Way by arguing that he had created a new, original hip-hop work, thus keeping the authentic meaning of the music.

He added, "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.

[226] On September 6, 2011, TMZ reported that Way's album would not be sold at the 3,100 Army and Air Force base exchanges if it included the song "Let's Be Real".

Soulja Boy recruited boxing veteran Floyd Mayweather as his trainer for the upcoming fight, while Chris Brown had Mike Tyson training him.

[240] In the meantime, Brown released for free a diss track to Soulja Boy called "500 Wayz", and Way responded with "Stop Playing with Me".

[241] Tran responded to the situation attacking Brown, the latter immediately fired back stating he is responsible for her success and the reason she has friends, some of whom he slept with.

[242] On February 21, 2017, Brown revealed in a video on his Instagram account that he chose to cancel the boxing match: "I bowed out of this Soulja Boy fight.

[244] In early 2019, Soulja Boy drew attention for claiming he had the biggest comeback of 2018 over fellow rapper Tyga on the radio show The Breakfast Club, which started a series of exchanges between the two.

[251] Way announced the end of the feud on a January 20, 2024 Instagram Live stream, citing their mutual threats to harm each other in prison as proof that the situation escalated too far.

[257] Recent court proceedings have led to significant legal and financial consequences for rapper Soulja Boy, born DeAndre Cortez Way.

Following a lawsuit filed by ex-girlfriend Kayla Myers, which alleged kidnapping and assault at his Malibu home in February 2019, a judge ordered in April that Soulja Boy pay $471,800, including punitive damages.

[259] Way 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.

[262] 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.

[265] On January 22, 2014, Way was a passenger in his vehicle when the driver ran a stop sign in the San Fernando Valley, California, and police discovered a loaded handgun in the car.

[273][274] On January 21, 2021, Way was sued by an unnamed former personal assistant of his who alleged that he locked her in a room, physically and verbally abused her, and repeatedly raped her.

"[275][276] On February 18, 2022, in a class-action lawsuit filed against the cryptocurrency company SafeMoon that alleged the company is a pump-and-dump scheme, Way was named as a defendant along with professional boxer Jake Paul, musician Nick Carter, rapper Lil Yachty, and social media personality Ben Phillips, for promoting the SafeMoon token on their social media accounts with misleading information.

[277][278] On the same day, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a lawsuit against Bitconnect that the Securities Act of 1933 extends to targeted solicitation using social media.