Soulja Boy Claims He Is The New Owner Of Atari: I’m The First Rapper To Own A Video Game Company + Atari Seemingly Denies Rapper’s Statements

Soulja Boy Claims He Is The New Owner Of Atari: I’m The First Rapper To Own A Video Game Company + Atari Seemingly Denies Rapper’s Statements

Could Soulja Boy really be the new owner of Atari?

Yesterday (Thursday, Aug. 19th), Soulja Boy (real name DeAndre Cortez Way) announced he was the new owner of Atari. The iconic company was founded back in 1972, and it was a pioneer in the development of various early video game consoles and arcade games.

Soulja Boy claims the company reached out to him due to the success of his video game console, SouljaGame. He made the big announcement on Instagram Live, saying:

“They signed me to a deal to Atari. Big shoutout to Atari, to the whole staff. I’m about to revamp the company. We gon take Atari to the next level. Everybody go follow @Atari. I am now the owner of Atari. I own the video game company Atari. They was real proud of me and what I did with the Souja Boy Game console. I blew Soulja Boy Game up. We about to sell the company, I think Imma get $140 million. I’m finna get $140 million from Soulja Boy Game, so Atari reached out and I just signed a deal with Atari. I signed two deals with Atari. First rapper to own a video game company.”

Soulja Boy (@souljaboy) announces he is the new owner of Atari and is going to sell his gaming company for $140M. pic.twitter.com/DKg3Ni3XVr

— THHGURU (@THHGURU1) August 19, 2021

However, despite Soulja Boy‘s claims of owning Atari, the brand has come out to seemingly say otherwise. In a statement made through its official Twitter account, Atari representatives wrote:

“We know that CEO of Atari is a dream job, but that honor belongs to Wade Rosen.”

Resultingly, it’s unclear what role Soulja Boy will have with the company, if any at all.

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