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Soulja Boy Thanks Slave Masters (Really)

By Rob Anderson - Oct 30th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

In an interview with New York journalist Toure, hip-hop artist Soulja Boy had this to say:

I asked [Soulja Boy], “What historical figure do you most hate?” He was stumped. I said, “Others have said Hitler, bin Laden, the slave masters…” He said, “Oh wait! Hold up! Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we’d still be in Africa.”

My jaw, at this point, was on the ground.”We wouldn’t be here,” he continued, having no idea how far in it he’d stepped, “to get this ice and tattoos.”

Hm. Yeah. So…hm. Yeah. I guess that is one way of looking at the American slave trade.

Tags: hip hop, race, Soulja Boy