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Soulja Boy Celebrates 20th Birthday, Reveals Strange Gift

Posted Jul 29th 2010 10:45AM by Latifah Muhammad
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Earl Gibson III, FilmMagic

Tons of Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's fans and more than a few of his musical counterparts all came out to celebrate the youngster's birthday in Hollywood, Calif., on Wednesday (July 28). The Atlanta native turned the big 2-0, and came another year closer to the legal drinking age.

Before being engrossed in the night's festivities at The Highlands nightclub, the rapper, dressed in all white, expressed his sentiments. "I just want everybody to have a good time tonight," he told TheBoomBox. Even though most guests failed to bring gifts, Soulja Boy revealed that he bought himself a strange birthday present. "A bulletproof vest," he said, refusing to provide an explanation behind the odd purchase.

The birthday boy also took the stage to perform some of his hits, including 'Pretty Boy Swag,' 'Turn My Swag On,' and his debut single, 'Crank That (Soulja Boy).' Among the night's attendees included Rich Boy, the New Boyz, and Sean "Diddy" Combs' stepson, Quincy.

Aside from partying, Soulja Boy is prepping the release of his third album, 'Dre,' and working on a book and movie. "The title of my book is 'Teenage Millionaire' because I made my first million dollars when I was 17 years old," he explained. "I just go into depth about that so everybody wanna take a read on that, it's gonna drop the same day that my album and movie drop."

All three of his projects are set for release on October 15.

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mitch

This guy makes crappy music. Who cares what he gets for his birthday. Birthday parties are for children.Oh yeah I forgot he is a child.

July 31 2010 at 3:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

pamlex

I am a black female and i strongly believe that rap music has contributed to the increase of violence, murders and drugs in our youth. The rap videos all display sexy females, expensive jewelry and cars that the young people can not afford. Rap music sends out a very negative image and message. i wish rap music never came out and we can go back to dancing about love songs and not about dancing to "kill the police". GO TO COLLEGE BLACK PEOPLE!

July 31 2010 at 2:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brdbrns3

watch him do his nerd walk, watch him do his nerd walk. Seriously, someone please, for the love of god, watch him do his birdwalk so he will stop singing about it.

July 31 2010 at 1:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brdbrns3

Soulja Boy ? I thought his name was Sargeant Gutter

July 31 2010 at 1:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bLue

Omg..when is this guy going to fade away? Who the hell cares what he bought himself for his birthday? He's horrible and talentless.

July 31 2010 at 1:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jim

Hopefully the vest is a dud like him.

July 31 2010 at 1:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ladydee

happy birthday soulja boy. ALL RAPPERS R NOT THUGS N GANGSTAS,PEOPLE HAVE THE WRONG IDEA, DONT TALK WHAT U DONT KNOW FOSSIL

July 31 2010 at 12:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

l1a1h1

Want to know why he bought a vest? I'll tell you why. Because rap is making monsters out of our youth. Monsters who think it is okay to form gangs. Okay to shoot into crowds. Okay to do drugs. Okay to subjugate women. That's why. He's smart enough to figure out that his lifestyle is dangerous, and at the same time, dumb enough to continue to make enemies out of his gun toting bros. Duh!!!!!!!

July 31 2010 at 11:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Phil

I thought he was getting 'singing lessons'. Well to him, that might had been a strange gift!!

July 31 2010 at 11:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

daddypisces

Lil Wayne wannabe punk

July 31 2010 at 10:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply