Big Boogie's fake $5M scholarship claim is going viral again

A viral clip featuring Memphis rapper Big Boogie resurfaced three years after his claim on the Bootleg Kev podcast on Feb. 17, 2023. In the exchange, Boogie said he had been offered a $5 million scholarship to be drum major at a “big college in Jacksonville,” which he claimed he turned down to focus on rap. After Bootleg Kev reacted, the amount shifted, first described as “somewhere...in the millions.” The segment also included confusion about whether Boogie was being paid “to play the drums,” despite his clarification that he was referring to a drum major role. The clip has been reposted repeatedly by clip-farm accounts and reaction pages, with some using the dialogue as material for sketches, including accounts portraying the offer as real.