Soulja Boy is positioning himself as an innovator who got overlooked by history. He's claiming Halloween 2009 legacy, framing his three mixtape drop as a pioneering move that Drake simply replicated years later without giving proper credit.
The internet ruthlessly fact-checked him within hours. X Community Notes exposed that Gucci Mane actually released three projects two weeks before Soulja Boy back in 2009 to celebrate 1017 Day, completely destroying Big Draco's 'first' claim. Fans piled on, mocking that nobody remembers these 2009 mixtapes.
Drake dropped three albums May 15, 2026: Iceman (rap main attraction), plus surprise releases Habibti and Maid of Honour. Soulja Boy claims he released three mixtapes on Halloween in 2009 — but X Community Note confirms Gucci Mane beat him by two weeks with his Cold War series for 1017 Day.
Soulja Boy's track record of questionable claims just added another chapter, and this time the receipts proved fatal. When you claim 'first' status against Drake while beefing over old interpolation drama from 2010, you'd better make damn sure nobody did it before you.
Soulja Boy is not letting Drake have his moment in peace. After Big Draco dropped a surprise triple album release on Friday (May 15) with Iceman serving as the rap-heavy main attraction alongside Habibti and Maid of Honour, Soulja Boy rushed to social media claiming he actually accomplished this feat first — only to get thoroughly fact-checked by the internet within hours. "I was the first rapper to drop three projects in the same day.
Btw," Soulja Boy wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday (May 17), drawing immediate backlash from fans who flooded his mentions with mockery. The "Crank That" rapper's claim stems from releasing three mixtapes all on Halloween in 2009, a milestone he clearly believed would go unchallenged. Instead, an X Community Note quickly intervened to explain that Gucci Mane actually dropped three projects two weeks prior to Soulja Boy in celebration of 1017 Day, with the trilogy arriving as part of his Cold War series.
The receipts didn't stop there — fans also pointed out that nobody particularly remembers these allegedly historic 2009 mixtapes from Big Draco. This latest social media stunt fits into a years-long pattern of Soulja Boy engaging with Drake. These two have been circling each other since the early portions of their careers, collaborating on "We Made It" in 2014 while simultaneously building toward an increasingly bitter rivalry behind the scenes.
In an interview with Nick Cannon earlier this year, Soulja Boy admitted he actively enjoys trolling Drizzy, stating: "I just think it's funnier 'cause it's like you stole my s–t, so now I can just troll you." He added: "I think he was trying to shout me out. But it's like, man, you did too much." The root of Soulja Boy's obsession with Drake traces back to 2010 and Drake's debut album Thank Me Later, which featured "Miss Me" with Lil Wayne containing an interpolation of Soulja Boy's "What's Hannenin." Big Draco famously went off on Drake about this during a heated 2018 interview with The Breakfast Club, expressing frustration that his contribution to the track was never properly acknowledged.
That beef has apparently only intensified over the years rather than cooling down, manifesting now in petty competition over who can claim credit for music industry milestones first. Drake's May 15 triple release marks another massive commercial moment for the Canadian star regardless of Soulja Boy's objections. The Iceman project serves as his rap-heavy main attraction while Habibti and Maid of Honour appeared as surprise companion pieces — a rollout strategy that clearly triggered Big Draco's competitive instincts despite failing to deliver any actual credibility boost. With this fact-check now permanently attached to his social media claim, Soulja Boy joins the long list of artists who have attempted to rewrite history regarding Drake, only to find the internet keeps receipts better than anyone expected.
