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On tap for Soulja Boy - hot wings, Gatorade and $28,000 (w/contract)

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A $28,000 check isn't the only perk Soulja Boy will receive for his performance at Legion field this evening.

He'll also get Hi-C Fruit Punch, a fruit tray and a platter of hot and mild wings - which must be served hot - according to his contract.

"I'm a little surprised by the list," said freshman Laura Claire Whatley of Decatur, who said she thought the list would have included "girls, liquor, weed and some honey buns....

E

posted 4/09/09 @ 9:34 AM EST

"liquor, weed, and some honey buns"?
Guess soulja boy failed to fit her stereotype, huh?
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Weed?

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:47 PM EST

"liquor, weed, and some honey buns"?
Wow Laura...way to sound ignorant
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yikes

posted 4/09/09 @ 6:22 PM EST

Originally posted by

E

 "liquor, weed, and some honey buns"?
Guess soulja boy failed to fit her stereotype, huh?


Wow...couldn't agree more. Thank you, Laura, for being such an outstanding ambassador of our University. I'm proud that that was the first thing that came to your mind.
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Ashley Maher

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:03 AM EST

So THIS is where that 100 bucks went last semester, to promote terrible "music." Great job spending wisely, UGA.
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erin

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:46 AM EST

Originally posted by

Ashley Maher

 So THIS is where that 100 bucks went last semester, to promote terrible "music." Great job spending wisely, UGA.


Direct your concerns to Student Union, not UGA.
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UGA Money

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:48 AM EST

Originally posted by

Ashley Maher

 So THIS is where that 100 bucks went last semester, to promote terrible "music." Great job spending wisely, UGA.



I would agree that this isn't wise spending from the $100 increase, but the money that pays for Union Entertainment comes from a completely different student fund. Each student pays X amount of dollars in their student fees that goes to pay for all the entertainment acts that year. Still, I wonder where the $100 went...
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FreeOnlineVideoPokerGames

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:19 AM EST

hahaha, indeed..
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K

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:33 AM EST

Rappers make their own stereotype, it's hard to cry racism when she expects a rapper to want the things they rap about.
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ummm

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:41 AM EST

No...I'd say hot wings and fruit punch fits just about everyone stereotype out there

hahaha OF COURSE they have to be hot
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Henry

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:45 AM EST

well soulja boy can not ask for any liquor or smoke that ganja weed, he is out on bond for a shooting him and his boys did a few months back. but the fact that freshamn said that was worth the lol
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Justin

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:56 AM EST

Guess some things will never changed!
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Christn

posted 4/09/09 @ 11:24 AM EST

Just because soulja boy is a black rapper doesn't mean he's going to want weed and honey buns. Stereotyping people is ignorant...but I guess some things will never change
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Get over yourself

posted 4/09/09 @ 11:36 AM EST

Originally posted by

Christn

 Just because soulja boy is a black rapper doesn't mean he's going to want weed and honey buns. Stereotyping people is ignorant...but I guess some things will never change


Please, the guy fits his own stereotype by asking for:

Hot wings, fruit punch, gatorade, and sprite...

Who the hell cares about stereotypes?
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Aaron N.

posted 4/09/09 @ 11:36 AM EST

Why is everybody mad that Soulja Boy is coming? The last time i checked the event was being sponsered by the Black Student Union so they can pick who they want to perform. Shannon Otto said something that kinda made since but was kinda stupid. She said let the students vote on who should perform. In theory thats a good idea but when you look closly at it its not. UGA is 6% black, which is roughly 1800 black students, compare to the over 20,000 white students. If there was a vote, we would be having country artist perfrom until the day that I graduate.
Stop complaining so much, if you dont wanna go to the concert dont go.
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Jordan

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:41 PM EST

Originally posted by

Aaron N.

 Why is everybody mad that Soulja Boy is coming? The last time i checked the event was being sponsered by the Black Student Union so they can pick who they want to perform. Shannon Otto said something that kinda made since but was kinda stupid. She said let the students vote on who should perform. In theory thats a good idea but when you look closly at it its not. UGA is 6% black, which is roughly 1800 black students, compare to the over 20,000 white students. If there was a vote, we would be having country artist perfrom until the day that I graduate.
Stop complaining so much, if you dont wanna go to the concert dont go.


Sweet Jesus, would someone like to talk about stereotypes? Last time I checked, not all white people like country music, just as all black people don't like ignorant, meaningless music written by "artists" like Soulja boy.
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not sponsored by Black Student Union

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:49 PM EST

Originally posted by

Aaron N.

 Why is everybody mad that Soulja Boy is coming? The last time i checked the event was being sponsered by the Black Student Union so they can pick who they want to perform. Shannon Otto said something that kinda made since but was kinda stupid. She said let the students vote on who should perform. In theory thats a good idea but when you look closly at it its not. UGA is 6% black, which is roughly 1800 black students, compare to the over 20,000 white students. If there was a vote, we would be having country artist perfrom until the day that I graduate.
Stop complaining so much, if you dont wanna go to the concert dont go.



The concert is NOT being sponsored by the Black Student Union. It is being sponsored by CBCP, The Committee for Black Cultural Programming. The BSU is a completely different organization.
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hmph...

posted 4/09/09 @ 7:10 PM EST

Originally posted by

Aaron N.

 Why is everybody mad that Soulja Boy is coming? The last time i checked the event was being sponsered by the Black Student Union so they can pick who they want to perform. Shannon Otto said something that kinda made since but was kinda stupid. She said let the students vote on who should perform. In theory thats a good idea but when you look closly at it its not. UGA is 6% black, which is roughly 1800 black students, compare to the over 20,000 white students. If there was a vote, we would be having country artist perfrom until the day that I graduate.
Stop complaining so much, if you dont wanna go to the concert dont go.


In correct information. This event is NOT sponsered by the Black Student Union to any extent.

Thank You,

Member of the Black Student Union.
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hahaha

posted 4/09/09 @ 11:38 AM EST

soulja boy stereotypes himself --- his songs about hos and and his report card with all F's on it do all the damage he needs to do to the African American male.

I'm sure the real black leaders of today like Obama and Michael Jordan are going to rush to his defense soon...right, they won't. Because he is a disgrace to them - represents everything they are trying to put to rest in young black men
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noo..

posted 4/09/09 @ 11:50 AM EST

Don't worry Aaron...to argue against your point, we wouldnt bring in only white, country singers. I like to think UGA is very diverisified and we would have a slew of different people.

Maybe the Black Student Union could bring Darius Rucker...hahaha

who doesnt love some hootie?
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wow

posted 4/09/09 @ 12:14 PM EST

We would have green day or heavy metal :)
UGA is not for fun, it is for education.

Word.
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Ignorance

posted 4/09/09 @ 12:19 PM EST

"Girls Liquor Weed and Honey Buns." ??? Laura Whatley may be the most ignorant person i've ever quoted.

Bottom line. The fees we pay for activities are not just for this soulja boy concert. UGA has events going on throughout the whole year..Dawgs After Dark (that's not free) && plenty of other concerts geared toward the white community also...So if you want to choose where your money goes then vote.. Address the BSU, they are open to any ideas. Until then don't write articles about it after the fact. Use your free time to write a petition or the artists and activities that you do want to see.
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NP

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:33 PM EST

Originally posted by

Ignorance

 "Girls Liquor Weed and Honey Buns." ??? Laura Whatley may be the most ignorant person i've ever quoted.


Apparently, you're the ignorant one. Soulja Boy does sing about Liquor, weed, and honey buns...

Urban dictionary: Honeybun = One Hundred Million Dollars, thanks to Jay-Z.

With songs titled: Wit my Yums on, Turn my swag on, and shoppin spree...I think we all can conclude that Soulja boy sings about liquor, weed, and honeybuns.

So before you go shooting off your mouth about ignorance, you should consider that you have no idea what you are talking about.
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NP

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:34 PM EST

Originally posted by

Ignorance

 "Girls Liquor Weed and Honey Buns." ??? Laura Whatley may be the most ignorant person i've ever quoted.


Oh, and lets not forget Honey Bun used as a reference to women....
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Ignorance

posted 4/09/09 @ 12:45 PM EST

Ignorance will always exist. That's not the problem here. The problem is that the Red and Black had no reason to print this on the front page. It seems as though the title of the article as well as the quote by the student were printed solely as an attempt to poke fun at African American stereotypes and encourage ignorance.
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Sam

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:16 PM EST

I may not necessarily agree with this line of thinking, but it's worth a venture:

We live in one of the most thriving college music scenes in America, yet I'll bet that less than half of our campus has experienced it. We're about an hour from Atlanta and tons of the big name acts that cut through there.

Which makes me venture to say...do we need the the Union to bring ANY artist to campus? Like, would people REALLY notice/care if no one came on to campus to play for us?
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sad reader

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:21 PM EST

"girls, liquor, weed and some honey buns."

- thats so offensive it made my stomach churn. shame on the ignorant student who said that and the reporter who wrote this and subsequently the editors who ran this.

"Ignorance will always exist. That's not the problem here. The problem is that the Red and Black had no reason to print this on the front page. It seems as though the title of the article as well as the quote by the student were printed solely as an attempt to poke fun at African American stereotypes and encourage ignorance."

this reader could not have said it better. red and black do a better job of covering up your racism.

and just for the record soulja boys fanbase is mainly white boys who want to be black
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Pissed

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:28 PM EST

How in the world did the editor let this freshmen's comment be published within the paper? Not only did it make herself look ignorant, but it just made our school appear to live up to its racist standards that I hear from the Athens-Clarke County community everyday. Let's not forget, this concert doesn't only reach out to the students on campus, but to those in Athens as well. Hmm...the majority of people who live in Athens is African-American. Wow..and they are actually paying to come out to see T-Pain, Yung Joc, and now Soulja Boy. So UGA is making money! Isn't that a bonus!?!? I hear middle school kids excited about this man coming into town. But hey, if only those little kids knew that there was a girl (I wonder what her race is?) who thinks so low of him..which can lead to her whole perspective of black people. So this just goes to show you that maybe that's how the majority really thinks about the black community here at the University of Georgia - not worthy of anything.
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Jay

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:28 PM EST

hahaha..what a dumb young freshman comment...definitely made me laugh
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really??

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:34 PM EST

what does this have to do with race!?! Any artist like that would want those things. Its focusing on how soulja boy isnt requesting them . Damn anytime u get pissed off you always scream racism.
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Nana

posted 4/09/09 @ 1:44 PM EST

"honeybuns" wtf...seriously...i need this person to come out of that little bubble that they live in and realize that stereotyping people is ignorant...
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dre

posted 4/09/09 @ 2:09 PM EST

As an African-American, I am not offended. I do not think this is a race issue. She said a casual quote that, frankly, has nothing to do with race. If we are going to move beyond stereotypes, we cannot always blame everything on race.
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yeah

posted 4/09/09 @ 10:20 PM EST

Originally posted by

dre

 As an African-American, I am not offended. I do not think this is a race issue. She said a casual quote that, frankly, has nothing to do with race. If we are going to move beyond stereotypes, we cannot always blame everything on race.


amen.
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published ignorance, whats new?

posted 4/09/09 @ 2:29 PM EST

The quote is ridiculous and Laura Whatley should be ashamed the rest of her time here at UGA for saying something so ignorant. I hope her parents read that.

The Red and Black should take better care of who writes and edits their stories - they are letting a whole lot of sh** through.

Moving beyond that though, someone go and keep tabs on who shows up to the concert tonight. There's probably going to be half, if not more, white students out there. Research shows that white, teenage boys are the main and majority consumers of rap anyways.
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that's not totally true

posted 4/09/09 @ 6:19 PM EST

Originally posted by

published ignorance, whats new?

 Research shows that white, teenage boys are the main and majority consumers of rap anyways.

I like rap and I'm a girl. I'd go to the concert, but I have another concert that I have to be at.
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mdawg

posted 4/09/09 @ 2:59 PM EST

The Soulja Boy concert was not planned by the BSU (Black Student Union) but rather by CBCP (Committee for Black Cultural Programming).

There are people on this committee from all different races.
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Clearly....

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:09 PM EST

It's funny how people can say it's not racist or what she said is not a stereotype. Until you sit in a classroom where every time they talk about the hood or the ghetto your entire class looks to you for a response because you are the only black person and I guess (dumb ass) logic tells them you lived there (when in actuality you HAVE NEVER LIVED IN THE HOOD/GHETTO in your entire life because you come from an upper middle class family) you cannot say what it is like to be in my shoes and therefore you cannot tell me how I feel.
Until you are the most uncomfortable person in the class every time the discussion of slavery or the civil rights movement comes up... SHUT UP!
It's not up to YOU to tell ME if something is racist or not. If I feel it is racist guess what... THAT IS THE WAY I FEEL.
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Aaron N.

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:40 PM EST

I feel you on everything you said. I come from a all black high school and when I came here it was a total shock. Last year I got in a agruement w/ two white guys about HBCUs and Afrimative Action. I told those idiots that whites could go to black schools and they could teach there as well. I told them that every other school is a "HWCU" b/c at first only whites could attend. The said that Affirmative Action isn't fair cause there are whites who have higher gpas than blacks but get accepted here. I told them that affirmative action is the same as getting into Ivy League schools b/c of yo family's legacy (i.e George W. Bush)


It is sad that in this day and age there is still so much ignorance around.
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D-Fresh

posted 4/09/09 @ 5:34 PM EST

Originally posted by

Clearly....

 It's funny how people can say it's not racist or what she said is not a stereotype. Until you sit in a classroom where every time they talk about the hood or the ghetto your entire class looks to you for a response because you are the only black person and I guess (dumb ass) logic tells them you lived there (when in actuality you HAVE NEVER LIVED IN THE HOOD/GHETTO in your entire life because you come from an upper middle class family) you cannot say what it is like to be in my shoes and therefore you cannot tell me how I feel.
Until you are the most uncomfortable person in the class every time the discussion of slavery or the civil rights movement comes up... SHUT UP!
It's not up to YOU to tell ME if something is racist or not. If I feel it is racist guess what... THAT IS THE WAY I FEEL.



I feel that this comment is racist. It IS THE WAY I FEEL.
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Jah Ramsey

posted 4/09/09 @ 9:51 PM EST

Originally posted by

Clearly....

 It's funny how people can say it's not racist or what she said is not a stereotype. Until you sit in a classroom where every time they talk about the hood or the ghetto your entire class looks to you for a response because you are the only black person and I guess (dumb ass) logic tells them you lived there (when in actuality you HAVE NEVER LIVED IN THE HOOD/GHETTO in your entire life because you come from an upper middle class family) you cannot say what it is like to be in my shoes and therefore you cannot tell me how I feel.
Until you are the most uncomfortable person in the class every time the discussion of slavery or the civil rights movement comes up... SHUT UP!
It's not up to YOU to tell ME if something is racist or not. If I feel it is racist guess what... THAT IS THE WAY I FEEL.


This exactly what I wanted to say, THANK YOU!
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Pissed of Student

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:23 PM EST

I am so sick of the stereotypes. It's 2009 and it's sad to see that so many people still have the ignorant racist mindsets that existed many decades ago. I am appalled that the Red and Black would even publish such a racist comment. It's nice to know that all black people smoke weed and drink liquor. I wonder how Ms. Claire would feel if someone said that all white people were nothing more than poor white pieces of trash that smoked cigarettes.
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lando 4rm across da street yall kno me

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:31 PM EST

Hmmmm jus dnt kno what to say about this topic!!!! Is why is this "little freshman"girl is downing a african american male doing some with his life..if rapping your life den let him be and if going to school your life then go to school..everybody has different things in life they wanna do...but whoever trying to make black folks stereotypes look bad in the paper ...the hell with you but just because soulja boi black doesn't mean he wanna smoke that gangsta weed and pop bottles..man still a kid ..he wanna drink hi ci and eat honey buns tooo
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Grad student

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:33 PM EST

are you serious???? No one said all black people smoke weed and drink liquor! No one said that! Stop using outrageous assumptions with NOTHING to back it up as an excuse! They never said all black people do that!! Get a grip!!
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To: Grad Student

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:41 PM EST

Originally posted by

Grad student

 are you serious???? No one said all black people smoke weed and drink liquor! No one said that! Stop using outrageous assumptions with NOTHING to back it up as an excuse! They never said all black people do that!! Get a grip!!




Welcome to 2009, graduate. No one just says clearly cut racist remarks anymore (well I've heard a few). They come in the form of ignorant racial slurs.

If you can't catch on to this, be thankful someelse can because its a problem.
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ac

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:37 PM EST

$28k for just a song that actually made it to radio. I hope he made some investments becuase he is going to be a bigger one hit wonder than vanilla ice!
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B YOUNG

posted 4/09/09 @ 3:50 PM EST

WOW WE (AUBURN) only paid him 7500 yall are Crazy for paying him $28,000 WTF lol!
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L

posted 4/09/09 @ 4:09 PM EST

Originally posted by

B YOUNG

 WOW WE (AUBURN) only paid him 7500 yall are Crazy for paying him $28,000 WTF lol!


Lol, y'all must have got him when he first came out. He was never that cheap....not even a year ago. Lol and why are you even on UGA newspaper website?
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Publius

posted 4/09/09 @ 6:10 PM EST

Originally posted by

B YOUNG

 WOW WE (AUBURN) only paid him 7500 yall are Crazy for paying him $28,000 WTF lol!


He is checking the R&B because he is from Ga. Don't you know that everyone that wants to go to UGA but can't get in can easily go to Auburn? :)
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Ronnie

posted 4/09/09 @ 4:19 PM EST

Ok so this kid sings about ho's, liquor, weed, and honeybuns on his albums right? Then this girl who listens to the album is told what he requested and is suprised because he didn't want any of the stuff that for what an hour long album he references that he wants to get? And all of y'all think she's a racist? Please, somebody explain that because I guarantee if I put on a 10 gallon hat, some paint on jeans, boots, and country up my accent a little ya'll would think I'm a card carrying redneck. Sterotypes exist and we all prejudge people it's just a fact of life, but it's not racist to be suprised that someone who writes a WHOLE album about girls, liquor, weed and honeybuns and then doesn't request them at his concert. If she's a racist then you would have to agree that soldja boi(because correct spelling is soooo uncool) is a complete POSER! When you decided to come down off your crosses please use the wood to build a bridge and get over yourselves.
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Annie

posted 4/09/09 @ 4:55 PM EST

when i first read the freshman's comment i was extremely offended at its blatant racism. but now that i think of it, what was she supposed to think he would request? she wasn't talking about any random black man - she was talking about a man who has written songs that discuss girls, liquor, and weed extensively. i honestly don't understand the honeybuns comment, but there you go.

i think the more racist act is the fact that this article was published in the first place. why in the hell would the r&b publish an article that merely states that soulja boy likes chicken and fruit punch? what is the point?
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Steve

posted 4/09/09 @ 5:19 PM EST

"liquor, weed, and some honey buns"
Funniest thing I've read...probably ever. That quote is classic. For all the people bitching about stereotypes, do you not realize that he is a walking stereotype???? Look at what he DID request. Hot Wings and Hi-C. Is that not the MOST stereotypical thing he could ask for besides fresh watermelon?
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