Earlier this month, rapper Soulja Boy revealed his very own line of video game consoles. The fact that these consoles appear to be little more than emulators and some look similar to Nintendo products has earned them plenty of scrutiny online, with people expressing their criticism directly to Soulja Boy on Twitter. This came to a boiling point yesterday, with Soulja Boy releasing a series of now-deleted tweets defending the consoles from their Nintendo similarities and using homophobic language in the process.

After being taunted by people on Twitter claiming that Nintendo was going to lawyer up and come after him, Soulja Boy called one individual a "f***** ass nerd." He also said that he is not afraid of possible legal action from Nintendo, stating, "I'm not scared of Nintendo or none of u f***** nerds making YouTube videos eat a d*** and thanks for the free promo."

Soulja Boy went on to claim that people were against his consoles because they don't want to see "a black man get money." The rapper also dismissed the possibility of Nintendo pursuing legal action against him. "If Nintendo was gon do something they would have the first day. My console not going anywhere everything I'm doing is 100% legit stay mad and I'll keep getting richer." Soulja Boy then deleted the tweets, and posted this one instead:

While Soulja Boy seems to be sensitive about the questioned legitimacy of his consoles, that hasn't stopped him from continuing to pursue the video game market. Not long after his initial batch of consoles, Soulja Boy released two more, the SouljaGame Fuze and Retro SouljaBoy Mini. Whether or not these consoles are a success has yet to be proven, though Soulja Boy claimed in one of his deleted tweets that the consoles have already sold over 5 million units.

Meanwhile, Soulja Boy has expressed a desire to start his own eSports franchise in 2019. Whether or not that actually comes to pass remains to be seen, but it seems like Soulja Boy has no plans to stop his ventures into the gaming market.

Source: Metro

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