While streamingWorld of Warcrafton Twitch, Soulja Boy encountered his own iconic dance moves in the game. The famous rapper’s reaction to the discovery inWorld of Warcraftwas as funny as it was wholesome.
DeAndre Cortez Way, better known as Soulja Boy, is a famous star who stormed onto the rap scene in 2007 with his hit debut single “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”. The song had such a profound impact on the cultural zeitgeist of the time thatWorld of Warcraftused dance moves from the iconic music video in the /dance emote for the male Goblin characters added in the 2010Cataclysmexpansion. Since then, Soulja Boy has found further success in nearly a dozen albums, film and music video appearances, and as arecently-unbanned Twitch streamer.
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During a recent stream, Soulja Boy started playingWorld of Warcraft. While exploring Orgrimmar on a Blood Elf character, one of his viewers found him inWorld of Warcrafton a Goblincharacter and began dancing in front of him. Shock and excitement overcame Soulja Boy as he quickly recognized the moves this character was performing as his own. Fans can watch the clip of his reaction on Twitchhere.Warning: Soulja Boy’s excitement causes him to use some profanity.
Soulja Boy’s fans got a kick out of his reaction at discovering his own dance inWorld of Warcraft. The friends and fans in his voice chat during his discovery can be heard laughing along with his excitement. “You gotta play a Goblin now, bro,” one person said. “Get a race change! You gotta play a goblin for sure.” Another pointed out how funny it was that Soulja Boy didn’t know the “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” moves were addedback inCataclysm. “Blizzard went crazy, bro. That’s 2010 too, bro.” However, from his chat, it seems plenty of Soulja Boy’s fans who are less familiar withWorld of Warcraftdidn’t know either.
According to his recent stream, Soulja Boy was enjoying his time inWorld of Warcraft. He completed the Exile’s Reach starting experience fromShadowlands, and then proceeded to explore in Zandalar for several hours alongside members of his audience. He claimed he wanted tocheck outWorld of Warcraft Classic, but players will have to see if he ends up continuing his journey in Azeroth during future streams.
There is plenty of stuff forWorld of Warcraftplayers to do right now.Dragonflightrecently dropped its biggest content patch withEmbers of Neltharion, with the new Aberrus raid opening on May 9. If Soulja Boy eventually reaches max level, perhaps he can stream his own attempts at challenging these difficultWorld of Warcraftencounters.
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