Last year, everyone and their mom was doing the Soulja Boy dance! But the 17-year-old Internet phenom's story doesn't end there. After selling over 800,000 copies of his debut album and scoring a Grammy nod, Soulja Boy Tell'em (whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way) still doing his thang and prepping for album #2. Find out how he rose to fame, what he loves watching on YouTube, and more!

How did you come up with your nickname?
My momma gave me the name Soulja Boy when I was young, and I basically just kept it and ran with it. When I started rapping, in every song I'd say, "Soulja Boy Tell 'em" in the beginning of the song and that really just stuck with me. My fans called me that. So basically I just kept that name when I got signed.

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