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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".
Soulja Boy originally self-promoted the song on the video-sharing platform TikTok by doing an assortment of short dances to the beginning of the song, [8] eventually fleshing out the dance and starting a viral trend on both the TikTok and Triller platforms, accumulating millions of views on both the original videos and various user-made video replies.
"Bird Walk" is the first single from Soulja Boy's 2008 album ... The song was performed on the first YouTube Live on November 22, 2008, with an introduction from ...
The music video is in black and white showing friends of Soulja Boy doing the "Pool Palace", and girls dancing. At the end of the clip, it shows a sample of Soulja Boy and his friends all by a car singing a track on the album, "Snap and Roll." Cameos are made by S.O.D. Money Gang member Arab, and Collipark artist Hurricane Chris.
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. [ 3 ]
"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. [220] As of February 2018, the video had over 330 million views on YouTube.
The title of the song was revealed on May 5, 2022, along with the involvement of Soulja Boy and DeVita. [12] A music video was released on May 13, 2022, at 00:00 KST, prior to the release of the single. It presented an alternative version of the song that excluded the verse from Soulja Boy, and only included DeVita's contribution.
The video features V.I.C. and Soulja Boy Tell 'Em "getting silly". It premiered on BET's 106 & Park on February 14, 2008, and was added to his official YouTube channel on February 26, 2008. [1] A video by V.I.C. teaching the "Get Silly" dance appeared a few weeks later. [citation needed]