Ludacris Corrects Soulja Boy After ‘Crank That’ Artist Claims to Be ‘First Rapper to Fly an Airplane’

Soulja Boy is typically one to brag about being the first rapper to do something, but he’s had to retract one of his latest claims.

On Oct. 12, Big Draco posted a clip to social media of himself in the cockpit of a plane with a pilot gearing up for takeoff. “I was the first rapper to fly an airplane. Let’s go, we bout to get in the air,” he said in the video. “You ready to do this? Let’s do this.”

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The “Crank Dat” rapper must’ve not been familiar with Snoop Dogg’s pilot work as Captain Mack in 2004’s Soul Plane.

Ludacris, who has posted clips of himself flying planes while working on his pilot license dating back to 2021, hopped into Soulja Boy’s comments section with a simple message to correct his fellow rapper, leaving a thinking emoji with the hand over its chin. Plenty of fans backed up the rapper-turned-actor’s claim and Soulja took note. Big Draco did some research and bent the knee to Ludacris while handing over the rap pilot title belt.

“I just saw ur video you did it first,” Soulja Boy wrote back to Luda with a gold medal emoji.

Back in June 2021, Ludacris joined The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where he cleared the air about his flying videos and clarified that although he owns a plane, he doesn’t have a pilot license.

“That’s something that’s called a ‘nickel ride.’ That term goes back to the military days. So, it’s my first time actually flying,” he told the comedian at the time. “I actually own a plane, but for all of these years, I’ve never wanted to become a pilot, because you can’t drink alcohol within eight hours of flying. Who would want to go on a vacation and not drink before they leave?”

Ludacris continued: “Long story short, that’s the first of many, but I do plan to get my pilot’s license soon. It’s a work in progress, it takes some time.”

Watch Soulja Boy’s video of himself in a plane’s cockpit below:

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