Rapper Soulja Boy arrested on suspicion of weapons charges in LA
The 35-year-old built a following off the back of the track which was attached to a popular dance trend at the time.CBS - the BBC's partners in the US - have contacted the rapper's representatives for a comment.
Separately, in April this year, Soulja Boy was ordered to pay $4.25m to a woman who accused him of sexual battery and abuse.The unnamed woman sued the star saying he regularly raped her and beat her and sometimes kept her as a prisoner after she was hired as his assistant.Way had denied abusing her and said their relationship was consensual - but a jury in a civil trial found him liable for sexual battery, assault and gender violence.
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