Soulja Boy in Hot Water Over Upcoming Gig with Bow Wow at SeaWorld Abusement Park
For Immediate Release:
July 10, 2025
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David Perle 202-483-7382
Following his recently being found liable in a Santa Monica courtroom for sexual assault, disgraced rapper Soulja Boy will find himself in more hot water—this time with PETA. Holding signs declaring, “Soulja Boy: YOUUUUUUUU Should Boycott SeaWorld” and “Bow Wow: Don’t Support SeaWorld’s Cruelty,” PETA supporters will rally against Soulja Boy’s concert with Bow Wow at SeaWorld on Saturday, calling out the rappers for taking a paying gig at the abusement park despite being informed that dolphins and whales at the facility are denied everything that’s natural to them, and dolphins are sexually abused and sometimes drugged so they can’t fight back in its breeding program.
Marine mammals have long been sexually exploited at marine parks. PETA notes that Corky—the longest-held captive orca in the world—currently languishes at SeaWorld San Diego after being taken from her mother and ocean home off the coast of British Columbia in 1969. She was used for years as a breeding machine, but none of her calves survived past 47 days. Her last pregnancy ended in a miscarriage when her dead baby was found at the bottom of a concrete tank at SeaWorld.
“SeaWorld drags dolphins out of the water and forcibly inseminates them, all so the next generation can be forced to perform degrading tricks and die early,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is urging Soulja Boy and Bow Wow to face the music and stop promoting this cruel marine prison until it releases Corky and other long-suffering marine mammals to seaside sanctuaries.”
Where: 400 Sea World Dr., San Diego (at the intersection of Sea World Way and SeaWorld Drive)
When: Saturday, July 12, 6:30 p.m.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
