Soulja Boy plays with Xbox 360 Special Edition Sidekick LX, pleads for attention on video

Why lust after a Zunephone when you can have an Xbox 360 Sidekick LX? Based on an admittedly bizarre and entirely painful-to-watch video posted up in the read link, Soulja Boy is seen spazzing out over what appears to be a special edition Sidekick LX. The unit is branded (at least in the software) with Xbox 360 logos, and there's also a copy of Resident Evil: Genesis on there that he toys with momentarily. So, the question here: is this thing legit? On one hand, Danger does have a thing for pumping out limited run Sidekicks like they're going out of style, and plus, it would probably have a hard time convincing an A-list rapper to carry a prototype Sidekick. On the other, we're really inclined to believe this is just a sad way for Soulja Boy to fill up his inbox with soulless emails. "[e-mail] -- holla atcha boy!"

[TheGeektoriousBIG @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:25PM]

It's sad that this kid will be doing infomercials in 25 years promoting QVC's top 10 hit's. But much success to him. Yaahhhh Bitch Yaaaahh!

[Flashpoint @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:44PM]

I'd just like to thank all the people on Engadget calling Soulja Boy "dumb" and disrespecting him.

Too bad he has more money than MOST OF YOU WILL EVER SEE.

and how did he get it? He came up with a niche performance while the rest of you sit on the internet arguing about which is better Mac or PC.

[blizz419 @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:46PM]

i'd rather be broke than become that stupid piece of shit.

[From My Cube @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:56PM]

flashpoint = soulja boy



now superman that hoe!!!

[Andir3.0 @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:58PM]

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it apparently buys respect.

[Flashpoint @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:06PM]

"i'd rather be broke"

TOO LATE.

"stupid piece of shit"

alot of people call George W Bush an idiot and a fool, etc,etc. But when you think about it, HE'S WALKING OUT OF OFFICE WITH ALL YOUR MONEY AND ALL YOUR FREEDOMS.

Who's the bigger fool?

Solja Boy would kick your ass by the way you fat computer nerd.

[ben @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:06PM]

Soulja Boy's music is for teenage girls. Proof that he sucks: google "stallman soulja boy", and watch the freetard Richard Stallman and a bunch of MIT students dance to it.

[Richard Lai @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:14PM]

@Flashpoint: "He came up with a niche performance while the rest of you sit on the internet arguing about which is better Mac or PC."

And you're better than us because you're trolling?

[Billy Fiul @ Aug 22nd 2008 8:18PM]

You're the real fat computer nerd, flashpoint.... you eat too many cheesy poofs. LOL

[blizz419 @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:22PM]

damn you must be pretty fuckin stupid Flashpoint claiming assumptions as fact, soulja boy is lil bitch not too difficult of task i wouldn't think and I'm nothing like the person you imagine me to be i can guarantee that why you would defend someone like soulja boy so much boggles my mind you must be a teenage girl, i can care less if he has money i would never sell my beliefs for money, money does not make you a better person that shit only impresses mindless sheep.

[benny boy @ Aug 22nd 2008 2:00PM]

"and how did he get it? He came up with a niche performance while the rest of you sit on the internet arguing about which is better Mac or PC."

What are you talking about? All he did was shout his name over and over again with a few lines in between saying how he spunked all over a girls back, then put a sheet on it and waited for it to dry so that it stuck to her back like a superman cape.

He doesn't actually deserve any money. Anybody could have come up with that "song" but I don't think any artists thought that anything like that would become so succesful.

I still can't understand what he is saying half the time.

[zephead @ Aug 22nd 2008 2:36PM]

@Flashpoint

Since when does making money make you smart? There are plenty of rich people who are dumber than a box of rocks.

[hickhamt @ Aug 22nd 2008 7:45PM]

uh... not to stop the boring flow of morals, money, and morons, but since this is a gadget site, i wanted to proposet that possibly that special edition sidekick = sidekick running an xbox theme... ???? maybe?? like from a site like this: http://www.sk3themes.com/


just a thought....

ok!!! back to you guys fighting about people with money being bitches or being able to kick fat, nerdy guys' asses.... thanks

[waiownsyou @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:25PM]

I thought it was @tmomail.net.

Oh well, either way, that guy cannot rap. Period. I've seen aluminum foil that can wrap better than this guy.

DARN KIDS

[Lowest Ranked @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:42PM]

It takes no skill to wrap. Anyone can do that.

[Adam @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:03PM]

Really? 'cause all those greasy kids at Wendy's to a MUCH better job than I do.

[Lowest Ranked @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:18PM]

That is sad to hear.

[Eric @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:40PM]

it is username@tmail for sidekicks, and number@tmomail for pretty much every other phone.

[Valgas @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:28PM]

This kid the smartest dumbass on the planet.

[bob @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:28PM]

YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU don't have much respect for soulja boy

[Evan @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:36PM]

nor should anyone.

[Ed @ Aug 22nd 2008 4:57PM]

Soulja Burn.

[xcrunk @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:30PM]

Can you blame guy?

He probably got some Fanta grape soda and a pack of Newports for his record contract.

Dude needs some sort of pop. Let him baste in his flailing stardom.

[scott @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:06PM]

more like his own clothing line and white out and sunglasses. har har har

[Evan @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:31PM]

A-List Rapper?

That's the most disgusting thing I think I've ever read on E.

[Hung @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:06PM]

"it would probably have a hard time convincing an A-list rapper to carry a prototype Sidekick"

I'm pretty sure that Engadget is saying that rather than giving it to an A-list rapper, Danger instead gave it to Soulja Boy. Is everything right with the universe again?

[Evan @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:44PM]

Universe: Corrected.

[Adisharr @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:31PM]

That kid is dumber that a box of pet rocks.

[Zeus.:God @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:39PM]

Yet smarter than the person who owns those pet rocks...

[Bassir @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:31PM]

This kid knows how to make money, is all I'm saying.

[Adisharr @ Aug 22nd 2008 2:11PM]

wut wut?

[Platinum_Skeet @ Aug 22nd 2008 2:24PM]

Agreed he used his fame to get sponsors and everytime someone watches a video on his site he gets .15 cents a view...

So random people that talk bad about him and watch his videos are just adding fuel to the fire...

[justin @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:33PM]

That sounds like an invitation to get hacked to me. I can't wait to read those text messages.

[blizz419 @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:33PM]

Soulja boy is a disgrace to hip-hop even more so than most these wack ass rappers on radio these days.

[RockStarr @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:34PM]

So he colorwared a lx and loaded a (shitty) 360 theme on it. And left the shitty system sounds on it.

[Joe Anstine @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:35PM]

YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Warren @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:44PM]

Coming soon

Soulja boy Sidekick Special Edition with Permanent Ring tone set to "Crank Day Soulja Boy"

Other Special Edition action sounds such as

"YOOUUUUUUU Got an new Email"
"Yahhh TEXT Yahhhhh "
"Crank Dat Missed Phone Call "

All for the low low price of FAIL.99

[Richard Lai @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:16PM]

I look forward to the Soulja Boy Edition TomTom.

[slyd3z @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:58PM]

I'm sending you the bill for my new keyboard! LOL

[yoyodude64 @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:44PM]

no one has mentioned it yet...but microsoft bought danger this year. and it was announced that danger would be folded into the same division that xbox is in (i cant remember the name but its the one that makes xbox, zune, and other hardware stuff). therefore, i think this is legit

[RockStarr @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:53PM]

No, just no.

[Warren @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:45PM]

With a 2 year contract of couse!

[decadeofevil @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:52PM]

that guy needs sub-titles like don vito !!

[transws6am @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:58PM]

OK, jack azz... we get it, the screen flips. You keep telling us to look, then you keep flipping the screen back and forth. You come of as one dumb azz monkey.

[Christopher @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:59PM]

Agreed.

[db @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:01PM]

its a stupid theme, jesus people http://www.sklxthemes.com/theme/6519

[Kris @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:08PM]

This was obvious. Not sure why Engadget reported in the way they did. Oh well.

[scott @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:13PM]

lol yup...i'm sure a real xbox sidekick would have more than just a white body and theme....he just used colorware and a theme.

[Kris @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:02PM]

Can you say... spam sign-up?

[Itechie @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:08PM]

"i'd rather be broke than become that stupid piece of shit." Hey Bilzz 419 is that because he is black?