Soulja Boy Says He's 'First Rapper to Fly an Airplane,' Then Rescinds Claim After Ludacris Responds

Soulja Boy, no stranger to claims of the “first rapper to do this” category, has jokingly walked back the most recent instance of this decidedly headlineable tendency following a playful reaction from Ludacris.

As you may have noticed over the weekend whilst scrolling endlessly to combat the creeping sense of doom we all share as hapless humans, Soulja shared a short video to his Instagram showing him in the cabin of a not-yet-in-the-air plane, seemingly at the controls alongside a uniformed pilot.

“It’s your boy Soulja Boy. You know what’s going on,” the Swag Season artist told fans in the clip. “I was the first rapper to fly an airplane. Let’s go. We about to get in the air. You ready to do this? Let’s do it.”

In the caption, Soulja echoed the “first rapper to fly an airplane” claim, ultimately spurring a response from Luda, who quite memorably made headlines back in 2021 with footage of himself in pilot mode.

“If you don’t evolve, you’ll evaporate,” Luda told fans at the time.

In response to Soulja’s flight-focused claim, Luda offered a simple but effective emoji suggesting he was questioning the veracity of the statement. Soulja ultimately caught wind of this, opting to rescind the claim.

“I just saw your video,” Soulja said. “You did it first.”