Soulja Boy made a stunning announcement to his legions of adoring fans on Wednesday.
“I am now the owner of Atari,” the rapper revealed on Instagram.
He also disclosed that the company was set to buy his owngamingbusiness for a cool $140 million. TheCrank Datsongwriter said Atari was “real proud” of his work with theSouljaGame consoles:
I just signed two deals with Atari. I’m the owner. The first rapper to ever own a video game company.
It looked like a match made in heaven. A struggling gaming firm had found a celebrated entrepreneur with the industry credentials to return it to past glories.
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Unfortunately, cracks have already appeared in the relationship.
In a tweet apparently referencing Soulja Boy’s comments, Atari said the title of CEO “belongs to Wade Rosen.”
We know that CEO of Atari is a dream job, but that honor belongs to Wade Rosen
— Atari (@atari)August 20, 2021
Admittedly, Soulja Boy has ahistory of making outlandish claims. He also says he came up with the idea of Facetime and was the first rapper on YouTube.
But in this case, Soulja Boyhas the receipts.
Soulja Boy pulls out receipts after Atari went out their way to say Soulja Boy was not the CEO ????pic.twitter.com/kGifmNQJA5
— ???? (@lowlifejoe_)August 20, 2021
At the time of writing, Atari had produced no evidence that Soulja Boy does not own the company. We’ll update this story if that changes.
HT —GamingBible.
Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.
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