Soulja Boy Claims His Work With Beyoncé & Jay-Z Is Why People Hate Him

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Mar 15, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Recording artist Soulja Boy in attendance during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect
Soulja Boy denied rumors about his Rapper University endeavor, pointing to his clearance of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's new song as a cause for them.

Soulja Boy has his fair share of issues with Streamer University, which led him to kickstart the new Rapper University endeavor. However, he called out some Internet rumors about a lack of attendance as fake news. Not only that, but the rapper thinks there is a reason for this hate, and it's his clearance of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's new song, the "Morning Dew (Donk)" remix.

In addition to a Sheck Wes "Mo Bamba" sample and The Isley Brothers' "Between The Sheets" (which is the "Big Poppa" sample from Biggie Smalls), this new track also samples Soulja's 2007 track "Donk." He took to social media to connect the dots, as caught by Livebitez on Instagram.

"I cleared a song for Beyoncé, the 'Donk' remix with Jay-Z," the Chicago native remarked. "Today I wake up, motherf***ers is posting fake news about me... Talking about 'Nobody shows up to Rapper University.' I ain't even did Rapper University yet. It ain't even started yet. They posted a video of me looking at a venue for the live, in-person auditions. Jay-Z, this what you and Beyoncé be going through, gang? What the f**k? This n***a clear a song for Beyoncé and Jay-Z, [and] the next day, these people posting fake news about me? No! No. I am not Beyoncé. I'm not Jay-Z. I'm not just gon' sit back and let y'all say anything. I'ma get on the Internet and I'ma say something immediately. Stop f***ing playing on my name."

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"Why is y'all lying?" Soulja continued in another clip. "What the f**k? I'm finna sue y'all n***as... Ain't no way in hell y'all just posted on the blogs... And it ain't even started yet. We ain't even start shooting it yet. I'm suing all you b***hes. You think you can do this s**t to me? [...] Say anything about me, whether it's true or not. Okay, cool. Y'all gon' learn today."

"Why yall posting fake news?" he wrote on Twitter. "Rapper university hasn't started yet. This was me looking for a venue for auditions."

For those unaware, Soulja Boy and Beyoncé have worked together before. She interpolated his "Turn My Swag On" hit on Lemonade's "Hol' Up" in 2016. This remix of "Morning Dew (Donk)" follows the original version, which is leading up to the 20th anniversary edition of B'Day.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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