April 25, 2008

Soulja Boy Tell'em Brushes Off LeBron James' Dis, Plans To Watch The Baller In Action At Playoff Game

By Shaheem Reid (MTV.com)

The game is on the line, with two seconds left in the fourth quarter. The Cleveland Cavs are down by two points, and LeBron James is on the foul line. How distracting would it be for James if, right when he's getting ready to take a shot, Soulja Boy Tell'em got up and yelled, "Yaaaaah, trick! Yaaaaah!" Or, better yet, if all the fans in the arena started doing the world-famous "Crank That" dance?

Well, we'll see what happens Thursday night (April 24), when the Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Washington Wizards in game three of the NBA playoffs. Soulja found himself in the middle of some NBA jaw-jacking when the Wizards' DeShawn Stevenson told the press that King James was "overrated" before they faced off on Saturday. LeBron said responding to Stevenson would be like Jay-Z coming back at Soulja Boy.

The exchange has been much-discussed by NBA commentators ever since, who have been referring to Soulja as a "one-hit wonder."

Soulja Boy told MTV News on Wednesday that he fully plans to take Stevenson up on his invitation to attend Thursday's game.

"I'm just going to watch the game," Soulja said when asked whether he'll be heckling LeBron. While Soulja made it obvious that he didn't appreciate the future Hall of Famer's comments, he did think they were humorous.

"If you go to YouTube, you can see LeBron doing my dance," Soulja said. "So what is he trying to say?"

You'll be hard-pressed to find anything that can depress Soulja Boy right about now - even calling him a "one-hit wonder." He's made more money than he ever imagined, and at 17 years old, he points out that he's accomplished more things in a year "than some rappers accomplish in their whole career."

And he's currently laughing all the way to the bank as a new song he produced for up-and-coming rapper V.I.C. - "Get Silly" - is taking off on the radio. Soulja is also planning to launch a new shoe line, a clothing line and a new LP called Back to School. Appropriately, the project is scheduled to drop this fall.