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Last Friday, Soulja Boy received a not so pleasant surprise at a concert for college students. According to AllHipHop.com, the “Crank Dat” hit-maker, who was scheduled to perform a show for students at the University of Minnesota Duluth, was met by a small group of students who staged a protest against what they called “degrading lyrics” towards women.

Protest organizer Arielle Schuner believes that the UMD Student Entertainment Committee’s decision to book Soulja Boy was not only ill advised, but that it was based on budget, and the popularity of the artist among students of the college demographic.

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“This isn’t okay for this to happen,” Schuner said to the Duluth News Tribune. “To bring in an artist that degrades half the student body as sex objects and the other half as sexual assault perpetrators; that form of degradation is not acceptable.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Parcell17/ Parcell17

    why they trippin? when all them hoz eat dick, n luv c** n they face.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/C4pricorn/ C4pricorn

    a 16 year old hurting feelings like that…shame on Soulja Boy, supermanin hos and whatnot…this article was a joke right?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shaguar/ Shaguar

    aww damn, I thought they were protesting him because he sucks!!!!!! What happened to REAL hip hop?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ScoobLuv/ ScoobLuv

    You’re right, Shaguar. It’s funny but none of these “rappers” have any talent…that’s why the culture is divided into two sepearate genres: Hip hop and rap. Rappers just rhyme words but Lyricists (MC’s) built a culture….and for those of you who are tired of this arguement, it’s because you’re either on the side of non-thought provoking rhyming that’s just there for the sake of making money rather than for a culture that acutally promotes the progression of art and a movement that is non-violent by nature, but yet still incorporates competition. Hip hop is a beautiful thing!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/POPYALIPS/ POPYALIPS

    im from the sota and white people always trippin up here!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/farren16/ farren16

    Don’t f**k with soulija boy B***hes!!!! or esle i will f**k ya up!!!!! about my nigga!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IamDyeverse/ IamDyeverse

    They otta protest whomever is allowing him to makes such ridiculous MONEY…

    “KISS ME THREW THE PHONE”

    Seriously….protest his PROMOTERS, MANAGMENT, and RECORD LABEL for allowing HIM to make money and IGNORING to realy artist on the SAME LABEL that sound so much better, but choose to make sense instead of Make MONEY!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gospel-Rapper/ Gospel-Rapper

    aww damn, I thought they were protesting him because he sucks!!!!!! What happened to REAL hip hop? -Shaguar

    I just wanted to repost Shaguar’s comment since it’s the Same Thing I was gonna say. Had to be said! :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Love_r_boy_95/ Love_r_boy_95

    Then they will have a riot if
    too short performs a song

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/187mafia_boi/ 187mafia_boi

    ppl always hating.. nigga making money… cant knock that n to people sayin where real hip hop at? umm. define what hip hop is first . and define whats the difference from yourself been a hater…. 2009 stop hating..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/uneeklady22/ uneeklady22

    What do u mean degrading women??? Soulja Boy is really a good singer/rapper.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Spann/ Mr_Spann

    So if somebody doesn’t like the crap this dude puts out, they’re a hater, and they don’t just have their own opinion? If they don’t like it, they don’t like it, IT DON’T MEAN THAT THEY HATING! Simple minded niggas. But I guess if I was raised up on shyt made by Soulja Boy, I’d be a simple minded nigga too.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Teshauwn3274/ Teshauwn3274

    This Kid is Horrible, I thought they protested due to his wackness. If you don’t like the content is one thing, but This cat is Horrible. Like Blow your brain out Horrible.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HeartofAKing1/ HeartofAKing1

    Give me a break.We have these sometimers who pick and choose who they protest against.If thats the case protest almost every rapper that comes to the school.We know thats not gonna happen.I’m not saying they are hating.But I think it has something to do with who he is too some extent and if it was some other rapper it would not have bene such a problem.I’m no souljah boy fan,but I’m pretty sure simple minded niggas aren’t the only ones listning to him.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tw0nn_Da_D0n/ Tw0nn_Da_D0n

    yeah u right people hate when other people r making money that happens everyday….but when u got lil kids ages 9,10 n up 2 16 yrs old tellin olda women they wanna supa soak dat hoe its disrespectful but hey dats da wolrd we live in 2day when a grown man or woman steps up as an adult n takes responsibility 4 their part in society n their part in 2days generation den u all can say oh he shouldnt be sayin dat or she shouldnt be strippin or shakin her ass do ur f**kin part wit da young 1s

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Spann/ Mr_Spann

    I never said simple minded niggas where the only ones listening to him. I’m just pointing out that just because somebody doesn’t like his music, they are deemed a hater. People just can’t have a difference in opinion without having that label thrown out at them. It’s clear that I’m not a Soulja boy fan, but that doesn’t make me a hater. It makes me a grown man that has my own opinion. And in my opinion, they should have been protesting garbage being passed of as music.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IWalkAlone247/ IWalkAlone247

    FINALLY a topic i can agree with….

    I fully support whatever group protested this cornball….

    To hell with all the debates about it starts at home, it’s about time responsibilty be shown for a change….yes that’s right, black people….I used the “R” word…the same word we run the f**k away from when it comes time to answer for our own bulls**t…..

    His lyrics ARE degrading….but then, so are the lyrics of virtually every other “rapper’ in the industry now…but I’m not gonna divert the attention to THEM, lets stick with the subject at hand…that’s right, black people, I’m doing something that we somehow REFUSE to do…I’m not pointing the finger away from certain subjects just to make everybody else feel bad about THEIR s**t…

    I never even knew who this clown was until i went to florida last year, and, sadly enough, ALL of my cousin’s 6-9 year old children knew all the lyrics, the dances, and MEANINGS to the s**t he was saying. Don’t give me the crap about it starting at home, because although it IS obvious in this case, i’m not taking it there right now. My point is, I would have NEVER known about this chump if it didn’t come to my attention from them….but I had to have someone explain to me exactly what the hell he was saying, doing, and everything else under the sun about this chump…so yeah, I fully support the protest….

    But i think the saddest part is that I’m seeing chicks…BLACK CHICKS…talking about leaving him alone ALL because of the usual reason…the wanna suck the dude off on a dance floor one time…now, had this been lesbo rapper, or hell, even a member of Kriss Kross with these lyrics, you broads would lose your freakin MINDS talking about “how dare they talk that way about females”….

    Ridiculous….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dafas/ dafas

    hell yes! “Music” today won’t change until the general public gets fed up and demands it. Trust, when them records sales start hurting, that type of music will change up in a heartbeat.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rtpas11/ Rtpas11

    WELL AIN’T IT ABOUT TIME!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pj584/ pj584

    YESSSSSSSS!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Little_dread757/ Little_dread757

    If it were Weezy or plies the same chicks that were protesting would have been singing the lyrics to lolipop or bust it baby along with him. I don’t care for soulja boy but if ur gonna protest him protest everyone that spit similar lyrics; which is almost every rapper in the game right now…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BiggBoipimpin/ BiggBoipimpin

    Little_dread757, ur rite man, and all the ppl that be hatein on him, talkin s**t bout him, i c he doin betta then yall n the music buz and im not really a fan but he doin the damn thing, he was killin the ringtone top list and hell i jam when ‘Gucci bandana’ comes on n the club, but all n all love him or hate him, he still gonna be on the list 2 watch out 4, he still gonna be doin his thing on u tube, wit his dance videos, and all the ppl who posted on this is a fan/admirer of him, if not, y did u click on the link???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rizingceleb/ Rizingceleb

    I love the stance that was taken. It is time to ttake in things of substance and not so depressing but I guarantee those were white people protesting! He rich cuz white people buy the real cd, black people burn!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Butterfly_Bowles/ Butterfly_Bowles

    WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THAT THE ONES WHO PROTEST, AND SAY THIS AND THAT ABOUT THE LYRICS ARE THE FREAKIEST ONES..IT MAYBE EXAGGERATED UPON A BIT, DO I FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY NO, BKUZ I DNT DISH MY BODY OUT TO ANYONE..JUST LIKE THAT, MAYBE BKUZ I HAVE 13 BROTHERS AND GREW UP WITH A DAD IN THE HOUSE I LOOK AT THINGS AS FAR AS FROM A GUYS PERSPECTIVE..THEY WOULDN’T CALL FEMALES W***ES/S**TS IF THEY DIDN’T ACT LIKE IT, THEN AGAIN EVERY FEMALES ISN’T LIKE THAT BKUZ I’M NOT, HOWEVER I’M NOT CLOSED MINDED…I THINK AND SEE BOTH WAYS..I SING AND LAUGH AT THEM HOES TOO..LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Monte_Brown/ Monte_Brown

    Seventy-Five percent of Hip Hop is consumed by teenage white boys. I do think that Souljah Boy can be a bit mosogynist, but the teenage white boys are the ones buying it. You can’t censor him. He is protected by the First Amendment. These dumb ass kids are still going to buy it so the Protesters need to just stop wasting their time. Frankly, I wouldn’t say those things, but I damn sure ain’t mad at Souljah Boy. He is awesome.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Monte_Brown/ Monte_Brown

    College kids should not request Souljah Boy. Mature adults don’t listen to that stuff. Teenage white kids who want to be black buy hipety hop and the more mosogynistic it is the more they will buy it. That is capitalism. It is what it is. You can’t censor him so just deal with it. Yes the boy has a filthy mouth and I wouldn’t let my daughter near him, but what can you do?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lil_dezy_31/ lil_dezy_31

    i am half white and black, my nephew’s are white and black (father white, mother Black) and the favorite rapper is soujah boy, y i dohn’t know, but his lyrics are nowhere as bad as other rapppers, but i agree if the kids voted for him then why protest people have beliefs so it is understood, and just like soujah boy, they have the right to freedom of speech.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jazmun360/ Jazmun360

    I like soulja boy…lil punk, hehe

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/M0M0_S0_PURDI/ M0M0_S0_PURDI

    soulja boy is my bf lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AJyAnt1/ AJyAnt1

    WELL the the whole planet of WOMEN should protest the hell out of….FILTHY MOUTH PLIES..his name should be FLIES. Cause he has a trash mouth toward the blackwoman…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NtelligentlyInclined/ NtelligentlyInclined

    It’s like this, I don’t listen to his dumb ass so why would I allow him to perform on my front yard? It’s the same thing. They arent fans of his so they dont want him at their school. I’m glad they protested him, everyone should. But it shouldnt stop there. Protest them all.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DITTTY2004/ DITTTY2004

    SOULJA BOY IS A PERFORMER, AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR OPINION OF HIM, BUT PEOPLE HERE COMMENTING ON HIM LET’S IT BE KNOWN HOW MANY PEOPLE GIVE HIM THE ATTENTION, WHAAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FAIL TO UDERSTAND IS THAT IF YOU HATE HIM THEN OTHERS ARE CURIOUS AND LUV HIM, HEY I DON’T REALLY CARE WHAT HE DOES, TO ME HIS MUSIC IS SILLY, BUT MY KIDS KNOW THEY CAN’T LISTEN TO SOULJA BOY, BUT I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ms_EnJoi50/ Ms_EnJoi50

    I like soulja boy and plies, some women like a filthy mouth man. It makes the excitement in the bedroom better.The whole time im listening to plies I think back to something me a my man has done or will be doing. its no degrading to me, because im comfortable with myself and my sexuality. I don’t think im trash this protest is only for people who aren’t comfortable with themselves. They are entertainers and Im sure rock bands talk about “w***es” too. Get a clue!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/honey_bun_2/ honey_bun_2

    I FEEL THAT EVERYBODY THAT HAS SOME TO SAY ABOUT SHOULD MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND GET A DAMN LIFE AND STOP HATING CUZ YOU AINT DOING SOMETHING SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE FOR YOURSELF. HELL SOULJA BOY CAME FROM NOTHING NOW HE’S GROWN UP AND GONE PLATINUM LIKE HE THOUGHT HE WOULD DO ANYWAY!!! HAHA FORGET YOU HATERS GET A LIFE!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigblkcookerman/ bigblkcookerman

    Who cares what white people think about hip hop.Their just mad that they didn’t invent it and can’t steal it.Like they do everything that people of color have ever made.And it’s Mn!!!

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