Marlon Wayans Says Soulja Boy Hasn’t ‘Been Relevant Since 2007’ After Rapper Calls His Trans Son a Homophobic Slur

Marlon Wayans is not standing for anything but support when it comes to his family.

The actor, who is father to 24-year-old son Kai, who he shared was transgender in 2023, snapped back at Soulja Boy in a post on X on Wednesday, Feb. 12 after the rapper called Kai a homophobic slur in a since-deleted tweet.

Wayans’s tweet included a screenshot of an older tweet from the rapper, 34, who had shared two headlines related to Wayans accepting and supporting his son following his transition, asking if it was something that “run[s] in the family.”

In response, Wayans wrote, “If @souljaboy had a career he could get cancelled for this type of slander. Luckily he ain’t been relevant since 2007.”

The White Chicks actor’s tweet came two days after Soulja Boy called him out in a Feb. 10 post, calling him a “b—-,” “not funny” and claiming he’s “selling [his] soul.”

Wayans and the rapper (real name DeAndre Cortez Way) have since gotten into a lengthy back-and-forth on the platform, trading insults.

Wayans revealed that his oldest child, who he shares with ex Angelica Zachary, along with 23-year-old Shawn, had transitioned during a 2023 interview on The Breakfast Club.

“I have a daughter that transitioned into a son. My daughter Amai is now Kai,” he said as he detailed how the experience inspired his comedy special Rainbow Child, which explored his “transition as a parent, going from ignorance and denial to complete unconditional love and acceptance.”

“I think there’s a lot of parents out there who need to have that message, and I know I’m dealing with it,” he said, revealing that it’s been “a very painful situation for me, but it’s one of the best, funniest hours [of comedy] I could ever imagine.”

He praised his son as “brilliant” and “the most well-read” and “smartest” of the family.

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Wayans told PEOPLE last year that Kai’s transition was also a transition period for him — as a father and a person.

“It took me all of a week, and in that week I grew the most that I ever did in my life,” he said, recalling his journey from “defiance to acceptance.”

“You understand the purpose of kids and the beauty of unconditional love. At the end of the day, in my heart, only thing that matters to me is that my child is happy.”