Crank That Soulja Boy
Added 15 years ago by Jamie Dubs • Updated 5 months ago by Kevinvq2
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Type: Dance Song Viral Video
Tags: rap catchphrase celebrity youtube hip hop soldier boy album
Additional References: Encyclopedia Dramatica Urban Dictionary Wikipedia
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About
"Crank That" is a viral dance craze started by DeAndre Cortez Way, AKA Soulja Boy Tell 'Em; a young rapper who managed to turn his MySpace[1] and Youtube[2] fame into a music entertainment career.
Origin
Soulja Boy first started uploading his music to SoundClick in 2005, but it was his single "Crank That" recorded in March of 2007 that started his rise in popularity.
The original instructional video has been taken off Youtube, but a number of reuploads are still available.
Various Examples
Search Interest
Significant search volume for "Crank That" began in April of 2007, the month following the song's recording. In May, Soulja Boy met with Collipark Records to sign a deal with Interscope, gaining mainstream distribution. The search trends peak in September of 2007, the month that the song hit the Billboard Top 100.
External References
[1] Myspace – Soulja Boy
[2] YouTube – Soulja Boy
[3] AZ Lyrics – SOULJA BOY LYRICS
[4] Wikipedia – Crank That
[5] Urban Dictionary – crank dat
[6] Song Facts – Crank That
Entry Editors ( 12 )
Recent Videos ( 20 )
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SOULJALOVANIA
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One-Cranked Gangnam (Soulja Boy vs. PSY vs. Yoko Shimomura, Nobuo Uematsu)
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Soulja Style (PSY x Soulja Boy)
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SouljaPlanes
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If only there was someone out there who loved you....
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Crank that Brigade
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Crank That Kosha Boy by Eric Schwartz aka Smooth-E
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Know Your Meme: Soulja Boy
Comments ( 45 )
THIS IS POISON TO OUR INTERNETS!!!
How is this memetic? yea there are a bunch of videos of kids doing the dance, but by that definition nearly all youtube fads could be memes.
why the hell isnt this in deadpool?
all those in favor of creating a time machine and making it so he was never born, say AYE.
aye!
I signed up just to ask, "What the **** are you thinking"!?
This is NOT a meme!
IMHO, this site loses a LOT of credibility by claiming that this is a meme.
Shame on you!
why is this still here? why was it here in the first place? BLAM BLAM BLAM
Soulja Boi is less of a meme than Millhouse.
soulja boi really? ಠ_ಠ
…im gonna go kill myself brb…
Yep, not a meme
YOOOOouoooo
Found this: Crank dat + ran ran ru:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwD8gY7_h1s
Here's the Nigerian version, Naija Boy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfEC6RfueE
deadpool it.
Not a meme. If this is a meme, so is the chicken dance, electric slide, any combination of rap/dance moves, etc.
NOT A MEME.
NOT A MEME.
Jamie, or any admins, si there a way to settle this once and for all ?
You made the video and the article, but most of the comments are in favor of it not being a meme.
There must be a way to prove that it's indeed a meme, maybe just like Jumpstyle is a meme because it used the Internet to spread ?
AYE!
Ok, there are derivatives, and the derivatives need the internet for popularity. It's a meme.
Need an episode tag here!
by god. I hate this song so much. Kill it KILL it. KILL IT!!!!
Kill it with fire.
Sage.
+1 Deadpool
What is this I dont even?
Deadpool.
Not a meme…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA78MQf-kMY&feature=fvw
Funnier than it is good.
Shut down EVERYTHING.
not only is this a terrible meme… but its non-existent anymore.. DEADPOOL PLOX
Male Goblins, in World Of Warcraft:Cataclysm will be doing the Souja Boy as their racial dance.
I must admit that this behemoth went REALLY viral…
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but this is not a meme…
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KILL IT WITH FIRE CUZ FORCED MEMES BE FORCED!!!!
Uuuh, didn't we all agree that songs aren't a meme?
The description says: 'Crank that' is a viral dance', but the title says the name of the song.
So if they are talking about something that is not a meme, and something that (maybe) is in one entry, does that make it a meme?
If this is allowed to be a meme, then the 'Milhouse is not a meme' meme is no longer a meme and Milhouse is now a meme.
Crank dat Pikachu is better.
Stupidity is on Soulja Boy's side right now.
As much as I hate to say it, this probably was a meme at one time-- the girls at my work used to do this dance and I wanted to murder them but it's illegal in the States.
That makes me wish Soulja boy was illegal in the States.
great meme….why are people not talking about it right now?
idk lol
That makes me wish Soulja boy was illegal in the States.
idk lol
The Dora video is the best one.
Thanks to SilvaGunner, this meme is still going places.
It had already been on Soundclown for a while.
It had already been on Soundclown for a while.
10 years old next year
Classic SiIvagunner meme.
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