Did Soulja Boy Pen Willow Smith's Whip My Hair?
Read on…this is interesting.
On Sunday, rapper Soulja Boy made a daring claim on his Twitter page that was soon re-tweet by his legions of fans. According to him, Willow Smith's hit song, Whip My Hair, which has catapulted into the pop charts, was actually all his doing. According to him, he wrote the song. On his Twitter page, he wrote:
"YES ITS TRUE I WROTE "WHIP MY HAIR" FOR WILLOW SMITH. THATS WHY SHE SAYS HOP OUT THE BED TURN MY SWAG ON. WE GETTING $$$ 2011 NO GAMES (sic)."
Now, here's why this story is interesting. As far as we know, Ronald Jackson and Janae Rockwell are listed as the songwriting team behind the track, not Soulja Boy. So why would he make such a claim to fame?
Because he might just cash in on the song, even if he didn't play any part in writing it. As we hear it, the rapper trademarked the phrase, "turn my swag on," after the song became a hit. This means that the song's producers would have had to compensate Soulja Boy for using it in Willow's song.
So maybe then he is getting $$$ in 2011, but not to the delight of anyone, but him.
The music biz can be tricky, tricky!
[Image via WENN.]
Tags: producers, rapper, soulja boy, tweet, whip my hair
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wow that kid got stupider looking
Who cares? I thought Soulja Boy was dead or in jail and Willow Smith doesn't need the money. Her Daddy made enough $$ ripping off more talented artists years ago.
Anyone who has "boy" in their name should not be taken seriously.
How do you trademark a phrase that is used by millions? I think I will go trade mark "I love you" and every time someone uses it I will get $$$ in 2011!
funny how soulja boy or as i call him fake ja boy is talking about or tweeting ( real gangster by the way )about writting lyrics !!!!! hey soulja sorry i mean fake ja boy why don't you tweet about how you stole lyrics and show time from Traces a much beter MC out of Norfolk VA. Yeah don't hear you saying much about that fake ja boy , thats because you know Traces is a much more authentic and better MC than your fake tweeting ass will ever be !!!!!! here some advice to fake ja boy fans if he says he wrote it he probly DIDN'T !!!!!!
No one should be allowed to trademark a phrase. Moronic if it is true. Just like when Mario here tried, tried, tried to trademark 'Perez', turned down for that one, because yes, there are establishments with that name out there. No, you trademark things like 'Big Mac' or 'McRib', or IPod, not 'turn my swag on'…uh oh, do I owe this douche money????
Re: Heather3 – I seriously doubt "millions" of people are using the phrase "turn your swag on." I have never heard that before, but in my defense I only listen to good music so I've never heard a song from either of these turds.
I don't think you can trademark something and then cash in on it's use before your trademark was issued. That's dumb.
He trademarked it after it became a hit song? Now he expects money for it? That's bullshit. I hope Willow's lawyers kick his ass in court.
Once again Perez is late as hell.. Media Take Out reported this like two days ago…. Snore… stop trolling other sites for your new Perez
First of all the song sucks. Second. Can't this person learn to speak English properly? He sounds like an idiot. Money does not buy intelligence.
The whole Willow Smith thing is so dumb and manufactured, it's pathetic all around!!
what a joke it is that this fugly little girl has a song that people actually think is good. It has got to be *THE* most annoying song I've ever heard and when it comes on the radio I change the station as fast as possible. This girl is no superstar just because her parents are famous and paid to get her song played doesn't mean we're all stupid enough to buy into it.
so THATS why i hate that song so much.