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The dance. Inspired by recent dance crazes that had popularized some rappers from Atlanta, Soulja Boy (DeAndre Way) and his friends invented the dance moves that gave rise to "Crank That": As summarized by The Wall Street Journal, "dancers bounce back on their heels, ripple their hands, crank their wrists like motorcyclists, then lunge into a Superman pose".
DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), [1] [2] known professionally as Soulja Boy (formerly Soulja Boy Tell 'Em), is an American rapper and record producer.He rose to prominence with his self-released 2007 debut single, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", which peaked the Billboard Hot 100 for seven non-consecutive weeks. [4]
Pages in category "Soulja Boy songs" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Crank That (Soulja Boy) D. Donk (song) E. Everyday Is Money; G.
The album's first original single was intended to be "iDance", which was released online back in 2008. However, the song was dropped from the album for unknown reasons, with the possibility of "Bird Walk" catering more than towards Soulja Boy's original breakout single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)".
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" – Debut single by American rapper Soulja Boy (2007) accompanied by the "Soulja Boy dance". The song is recognized by its looping steel drum riff. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. [218] As of February 2018, the video had over 330 million views on YouTube.
The discography of Soulja Boy, an American rapper and producer, consists of ten studio albums, three compilation albums, 71 mixtapes, 14 extended plays (EPs), 55 singles (including 19 as a featured artist), and 38 music videos.
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Atlanta hip-hop producer Greg Street created a remix of the song on 2009, combining Keri Hilson & Yung L.A.'s freestyles with the Soulja Boy original, which reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2010 following a cover by Cher Lloyd during the audition process of the seventh series of The X Factor UK.