DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper. In September 2007, his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He produced his whole album Souljaboytellem.com using just FL Studio.

At age six, Way moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he developed a love for rap music alongside his then life partner Young Kwon, who taught him how to make annoying repetitive beats and record himself saying the same thing over and over and introduced him to snap beats, according to Way. While in 8th grade, he moved to Batesville, Mississippi with his father. He now resides in Batesville, where he occasionally attends the football games at his old high school, South Panola High School.

Way returned to Atlanta in 2004, after having success uploading his shit on the Internet and establishing his record label Stacks on Deck Entertainment, where he paired up with Atlanta-based manager Michael "Mr. Collipark" Crooms, who had been responsible for such successes as the Ying Yang Twins. Way had his first live performance at the age of 15, at a teen nightclub in Indianapolis, Indiana. His first album named Souljaboytellem.com was released under Interscope Records on October 2, 2007.

simply Soulja Boy, like many other crunk and snap music rap artists from the south, has come under criticism for his musical style. Similar to those other artists (such as D4L and Dem Franchise Boys), the main criticisms have been that his songs are low in quality lyrical content and have no real meaning or purpose. This is especially prevalent from the "Hip Hop is Dead" movement who think that modern crunk and snap music does not live up to the many great artists of the past.

simply Soulja Boy has also come under criticism for his sexual innuendo of "Superman dat hoe" which is defined by Urban Dictionary as "when you ejaculate on a girls back then put a blanket on her so when she stands up the blanket sticks therefore making her look like she has a cape." Despite that his songs are in rotation on Radio Disney, although his songs on that station are edited and clean.

Nobodysmiling.com said, "Think of simply Soulja Boy as sort of a Lil Jon for teenagers and pre-teens, that means don't expect to hear much in the way of metaphors and narratives just crunk-ass music.". The Daily Yo also says, "If anyone has not yet embraced the fact that hip-hop, through a main-stream perspective, is a dying breed; after listening to the musical styling of simply Soulja Boy in his debut album, Souljaboytellem.com., I'm sure that the truth will become evident.". The Review says "simply Soulja Boy seems to think irritating repetition mixed with loads of moans and groans are enough to replace any skillful presentation of words.", and "simply Soulja Boy, making no effort to persuade his audience otherwise, offers little diversions from stereotypic garbage rap lyrics." Many other critics dub simply Soulja Boy the "Nickelback of hip hop". Although his debut album, Souljaboytellem.com, had a somewhat positive review (All Music Guide gave it 3.5/5 stars), in general it has not been received well by critics. TheDailyYo gave it 1/5 stars, 411Mania 3/10, NappyAfro 1/5, Okayplayer 1.5/5, Rap Reviews 3/10, and The Review 0.5/5.

He is often criticized because he produced his whole album using FL Studio.