Shortly after the release of his second album iSouljaBoyTellem [click to read], 18-year-old rapper Soulja Boy recently apologized for his recent antics and promised to be a better role model for the youth.
In a video that was posted on YouTube earlier this week, Soulja Boy speaks directly to the parents of his young fans.
“I got an announcement that I wanna make to all the parents out there who kids are in love with me and all my fans that listen to my music,” Soulja Boy explained. “I just wanna tell ya’ll that I apologize to all the parents that have heard me say anything that they wouldn’t want their kids to hear coming from me. Over the past few months I have had the chance to meet a lot of my fans face to face, and it made me realize that I got a large fan base of kids that look up to me. I realize now that I have a greater responsibility to the kids that wanna be just like Soulja Boy.”
Over the past few months, Soulja Boy had made headlines with his feuds with other artists including Ice-T and Charles Hamilton [click to read]. He also received a fury of criticism for his “slave master” remarks [click to read].
“I gotta do my thang, you know what I’m saying. I gotta set a good example,” Soulja Boy said. “I ain’t in no way perfect, but [it is] clear that I gotta set a perfect example for all the kids out there to look up to.”
iSouljaBoyTellem was released on December 16 and features guest appearances by Gucci Mane, Shawty Lo, Sean Kingston, and more.
