All kinds of historek, which are in some way connected to the co-founder and former boss of the company Apple Steve Jobs, has been circulating on the Internet for years. Some of them are familiar even to those who are not fans of Jobs and the Cupertino company, while others are something many of us are hearing or reading for the first time. In the past, you could read a number of different stories in which he appeared on the pages of our magazine. Steve Jobs, but today's one is presented here for the first time ever. The narrator of this story is rapper Soulja Boy, who stated that he was the first rapperem, who received the first in 2007 iPhone, from Steve Jobs himself.
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RappSoulja Boy states that he was the first rappthe one to whom Steve Jobs himself gave the first iPhoneThe handover was supposed to take place during the filming of one of theappSoulja Boy claims that while he was filming his music video for a song called Crank That in 2007, a team from the company visited him. Apple led by Steve Jobs: "It was while filming the Crank That video in 2007. He came up to me Steve Jobs with the team Applu. I was at the pool showing people how to dance, and they came and brought me iPhone,” Soulja Boy said during his podcast interview titled “Million Dollaz Worth Of Game.” The editors of Cult of Mac decided to try to verify the truth of the rapper's claim.
The truth is that Soulja Boy did indeed meet with representatives of the company during the filming of his music video for the song Crank That Apple. However, the video was filmed on July 17, 2007, about two weeks after the first iPhone officially began selling in the United States. So Soulja Boy was most likely not the first rappthe one who received the first iPhone. But it is not excluded that he was among the first. In the history of the company Apple we can find a number of examples of cooperation with well-known personalities, but mostly these are cases where celebrities appeared in advertisements for Apple products. But what about donating? Apple products to celebrities for promotion?
Fast Company published in 2012 message about it, as society Apple mastered "the art of saying 'no' to people who are used to being loudchat just 'yes'". Apple has never officially commented on the gifting of its products to celebrities, but from time to time, some of the famous personalities speak out on the subject. Former basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, for example, admitted years ago that he once begged Steve Jobse, whether he could dedicate the first one to him iPhone, but Jobs refused: "When the first one came out iPhone"I called him every day," Shaq admitted, adding that his pleas with Jobs never met with a positive response: "He said, 'Shaq, I can't, I can't, I can't.'" For example, neither journalist Bradley Frank, who, in turn, sought to iPhone 4 for their celebrity clients.
