Soulja Boy is known to make outlandish claims about his influence on culture, but his latest assertion might just be his wildest yet.
Posting on his Instagram Stories on Wednesday (March 13), the “Crank That” rapper claimed that he is the reason the U.S. government is looking to ban TikTok.
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Big Draco posted a screenshot of what he made in a day on the social media app, revealing the total to be $32,183.77.
Suggesting the groundbreaking plot is a conspiracy against him and his lucrative earnings, he wrote: “I made 32k in one day this why they tryna ban TikTok.”
Soulja Boy, who is no stranger to flexing his financial muscle, claimed to have made roughly half that from the platform in a 24-hour period just last week.
Earlier on Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that could eventually lead to the banning of TikTok in America.
The House passed a bill that ordered TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell its controlling stake in the app or face being banned from the American market.
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ByteDance has been accused of being under the influence of the Chinese government, which it has long been denied.
The issue relates to privacy and security as Chinese companies have to share data with the government if requested.
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TikTok has stated that it protects the data of its users and is free from manipulation.
TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew warned that passing the bill could put thousands of jobs at risk and hand power to other social media companies such as Meta and X.
Former president Donald Trump, who is widely expected to be the Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election, has spoken out against the ban despite attempts while he was in office to take TikTok off the market.
President Joe Biden has said that he will sign the bill if it reaches his desk. The bill first has to pass through the Senate.
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TikTok has been encouraging its users to protest the bill and lobby their congressmen.
The Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson said: “Although the United States has never found evidence that TikTok threatens US national security, it has not stopped suppressing TikTok.
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“This kind of bullying behavior that cannot win in fair competition disrupts companies’ normal business activity, damages the confidence of international investors in the investment environment, and damages the normal international economic and trade order.”
TikTok is valued at around $268 billion which is speculated to make a sale very difficult.
