Soulja Boy says money made him unhappy

July 4, 1:04 AMNY Hip-Hop Music ExaminerSamantha Greaves

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Soulja Boy arrives at the 9th Annual BET Awards. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

Soulja Boy Tell 'Em made headlines earlier this week when he decided to go on a twitter-rage about the music industry and how it has sucked him of all of his passion. Now, Soulja has gone on record to explain why he said the things he did.

Soulja Boy catapulted to success like an overnight celebrity with his smash teen hit "Crank That". With the success of that song, Soulja Boy's name quickly became a household name now allowing him to take his family out of their hard living lifestyle and introduced them to the luxurious lifestyle.

Wednesday night (07.01), Soulja Boy took to his twitter page to get a few things off of his chest. Because of his rants, bloggers and columnist a like have responded to it as a meltdown and he has also been labeled as a racist.

Thinkin about taking all my money and leaving. F**k having a Million followers f**k putting out music.. why?

My music dream was THE S**T 2 years ago before I was signed. It was everything I could ever imagine. Then I get signed. this is where my dream slowly died.. these c*****z wanna criticize a ni**a. Take REAL SH*T and turn it to trash. Water down my music and my appearance and make me look like something I’m not. THESE C******S DONT KNOW WHO THE F**K I REALLY AM!!! I go to the studio make new music for my fans to enjoy and party to. They take my s**t hate on me. Make me look ignorant in the media. It’s all bulls**t. Like WHY do I have to put up with this? because it’s my dream? that s**t died when crank that went #1

I know what you thinking. But SOULJA BOY its the American dream your rich I would kill to be in your shoes. thats what you THINK its all BS! They say soulja boy u changed. soulja boy u hollywood I ain’t ask for this SH*T!!!!!! I want it to go back to how it was before i was signed I might be soundin crazy now.. I don’t really know about alot of things these days. But I just want EveryBODY to know this s**t. Just KNOW that i’m only 18 man… And it’s only so much I can do. It’s only so much I can take. If your really fans and love and support me. You would hear me out and help ya boy get thru this sh*t.. I know everybody is gonna have opinions on the things that i’m saying right now.. but there it is. I’m not perfect.
 

To clear things up, Soulja Boy decided to take to his blog on Global Grind to set the record straight about his controversial tweet-rage, further explaining that the grass is not quite greener on the other side.

A lot of people talking about what I twittered the other night…so I want to address it, now that I have had some time to do some thinking. At 18 years, having grown up in the Mississippi Delta, I never thought my life would take me to where I am now. All I wanted to do was make music. All I thought I loved was music. I would die for that motherfu**in music. But, once I got a record deal and all these people around me trying to tell me who to be, what to do and how to do it, I realized that I wasn’t making music any more for the love. I got into this weird place where I began making music for the money. And I was making a lot of money…more money than I could ever imagine. And with that money, of course, I could buy a lot of things…but to be honest, you can only drive that brand new phantom around the corner oh so many times… and when you are done driving, it really don’t mean s**t. I thought money was gonna bring me happiness. And that is the farthest thing from the truth. Money f**ks you up.

I know I might sound crazy, because a lot of you who are reading are probably like, I wish I had this ni**a’s money. But, the truth is that money got me twisted. All I want to do is go back to making music for the love of it. The accolades and the awards are for everyone else. The music is for me. The music is my happiness. So, of course I am struggling in my mind right now…cause I wanna get back to place where I woke up, thinking about what I was gonna write that day. Where I went to sleep ready to dream about what I was gonna write the next day.

I know my fans. And I know they will understand this. This ain’t got nothing to do with y’all. Oh yeah... sorry to all my white peeps out there. I'm not racist :) But I guess time will heal all wounds…
 

Soulja Boy, who is preparing to celebrate his 19th birthday on July 28th, is currently gearing up to release his third album "The Deandre Way" later this year.