HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty This is definitely one thing Soulja Boy won’t boast about being the first to do if this news turns out to be true. Spotted on Complex, per Classaction.org, Soulja Boy, Lil Yachty, and Jake Paul are being sued for allegedly being involved in a pump and dump cryptocurrency scheme meant to fatten the pockets of SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony and other top-level executives. According to the lawsuit, Soulja Boy, Lil Yachty, Paul, Nick Carter, and YouTuber, Ben Phillips were used by the company to help promote SafeMoon and increase the number of investors for tokens. Their cosigns helped increase the value of the tokens, with misleading statements promising investors giving them the impression that better things were on the horizon. The s...
Lil Yachty lent a hand to Tame Impala for the newly remixed “Breathe Deeper.” [embedded content] “It was so amazing to work with Kevin [Parker] as I’ve been a big fan since high school so it was a pleasant surprise and honor to be a part of such an incredible song,” Lil Yachty said. Off Tame Impala’s 2020 The Slow Rush, a literal eye-popping Lil Yachty glimmers with Kevin Parker in the colorful video. This is the first time the rapper and Parker’s psychedelic project have collaborated. As if Lil Yachty was actually having a good trip, he instructs us to do the same: “Everybody shut the fuck up and start dancing.” Tame Impala announced a new deluxe edition box set of The Slow Rush that is available for preorder, out February 18, 2022. Both of the massive artists have been keeping busy,...
The internet has been pretty divided on the Saved By the Bell reboot since Peacock announced it, and the new take on the theme song by Lil Yachty isn’t exactly soothing the nerves of those hoping for a smooth continuation of the original. On one hand, Lil Boat fans could probably care less about the context of the show and the original theme song. On the other, Saved By the Bell fans have likely only ever heard of Lil Yachty if their kids introduced it to them as a way to embarrass their aging parents. Whichever side you fall on, it’s hard to imagine the crossover fan base is worth the effort it took for NBC to attempt to get people to care about any of Peacock’s original programming. Hell, they need all the help they can get after having to explain to people that the eig...