4 Surprisingly Smart Business Tips I Learned From Watching The Island Boys
No, for real. They might be onto something.
If you are a fan of social media personalities, you’ve heard of the Island Boys. The two aspiring twin brother rappers, Kodiyakredd and Flyysoulja, are pretty notorious for…
Uh…
Erm…
Well…being kind of awful.
Their entire social media presence focuses on the following:
They make notoriously bad music. A bad freestyle clip of them in the pool was what launched them to fame. Objectively speaking, you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone willing to support their music online.
They wear outfits that are worth several thousand dollars, hang out in mansions, and drive fancy cars. Like, those hoodies they are wearing? Those are Bape, I’m pretty sure.
They make out with each other…a lot. No, like they have a porn service where you can see them make out and be naked. Yes, they actually are related. That’s why they look like carbon copies of each other. The incest porn is a thing they do. No, I do not condone this.
Beating on women, other men, and basically anyone around them. One of them was arrested for DV. There are tons of fights they have online. Occasionally, it seems that one of the women the straight one is involved with beats the crap out of him too. I also do not condone the violence—let’s get that straight.
At one point, having Sideshow Bob hair. No, really. Look at that link about bad music. It’s actually like seeing real-life Sideshow Bobs.
So, I’m going to point out that I am, in fact, fascinated with them.
Did you ever like, watch a group of people that are so much of a trainwreck that you can’t look away? A lot of the time, that’s me and some of my wilder friends at a rave. This time, I get to watch others be that person in the comfort of my own home.
Not going to lie, it’s quite refreshing. I don’t even have to clean up vomit, worry about whether I beat someone up without remembering anything, or worry about a police presence when I watch them. They destroy their own crap and get arrested elsewhere.
And you know what? Some of their clips are fucking entertaining as hell.
Like it or hate it, the Island Boys have managed to monetize a lot of the stupid, dumbass shit I did in my 20s better than I ever will. And you know what? In a weird, roundabout way, that is kind of smart. Credit where credit is due.
Believe it or not, I actually started to study them to figure out if I could learn anything from them. Surprise! I actually did. Here’s what I learned.