“Crank That” rapper files lawsuit against celebrity vlogger as well as reality TV star William the Baddest, who made claim of “alleged intimate moment”
Soulja Boy has filed a lawsuit against Tasha K — the same celebrity vlogger previously sued by Cardi B and Kevin Hart — over a since-deleted podcast episode that claimed the rapper had a sexual encounter with a man.
In May, Latasha “Tasha K” Kebe interviewed reality TV star and musical artist William the Baddest, who revealed that he had a brief physical relationship with Soulja Boy.
The “Crank That” rapper denied the claims soon after on social media (“On my life, God strike me down send me to hell right now, on my soul, on everything I love, that dude is lying,” Soulja Boy said at the time) and has now further fought back with the lawsuit — filed Tuesday in Los Angeles and first reported by TMZ — against both Kebe and William the Baddest.
In the lawsuit, Soulja Boy’s lawyers say William the Baddest’s claim of an “alleged intimate moment” brought the rapper “embarrassment and disgrace that can cause fans to abandon and withdraw from supporting him.”
The interview between Kebe and William the Baddest was deleted from YouTube after Soulja Boy’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the oft-sued celebrity blogger. However, the interview itself generated headlines and articles summarizing the situation that remain on the internet. “Plaintiff will forever be damaged by the publications never being removed from the web,” the lawsuit states.
Soulja Boy is seeking $16 million in damages from the defendants. That’s just a quarter of the $4 million a jury ordered Kebe to pay Cardi B at the culmination of that rapper’s legal battle against the vlogger over “false and defamatory” and “disgusting lies,” including that she engaged in prostitution, has herpes, has HPV, used cocaine, committed adultery or “performed a debasing act with a beer bottle.”
In December 2023, Kevin Hart also sued Kebe for extortion over a “defamatory” interview she had with the comedian’s ex-assistant, but a month later, Hart’s efforts to have that video removed from the internet was dismissed.