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Rapper Soulja Boy spends $55M on private jet

ATLANTA — Hip-hop artist Soulja Boy celebrated his birthday Friday by giving himself a lavish gift — a private plane worth $55 million.

The 21-year-old “Crank That” MC bought the opulent G5 jet this week, his management told TMZ.

The craft itself cost $35 million, but Soulja Boy — born DeAndre Way — paid for $20 million in improvements, including custom Italian leather seats, flat-screen TVs, four liquor bars, a special travertine tiled floor and Brazilian hardwood cabinets.

He is also dropping a comparatively paltry $300,000 on a birthday party at a Miami nightclub Friday. Dwight Howard, Bow Wow and Sean Kingston all are expected to attend.