Who Are the ‘Island Boys’ and What Is All the Fuss About?
If you’re on TikTok, it is most likely that these ‘Island Boys’ from South Florida popped up on your timeline. In October, they posted a video of themselves in a pool, freestyling a song called I’m an Island Boy. The now-deleted TikTok became viral, but not in a very nice way. Ever since the video came out, there have been lots of negative comments towards the duo. As if this is not enough, a few weeks earlier, they happened to be at a Jake Paul fight in which they were booed and mocked by the crowd.
About the ‘Island Boys’
The so-called ‘Island Boys’ are 20-year-old twin brothers whose real names are Franky and Alex Venegas. However, they prefer to go by Kodiyakredd and Flyysoulja. On October 12, they posted a TikTok freestyling to their song Island Boys in a pool. The video went viral and the song became a hit. The particular TikTok clip and the brothers got so many negative comments on several different platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, etc. The main reasons for the negative comments were their bad rapping and unusual hairstyle. The TikTok was then deleted, but the brothers released an official version of the song. I guess the song became some people’s guilty pleasure in spite of all the backlash, which led the brothers to take such an action.