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"&lt;img alt=\"0730_soulja_boy_g5_3\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/07/30/0730-soulja-boy-g5-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/soulja-boy/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Soulja Boy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; -- along with several members of his inner circle -- perpetuated a lie about purchasing a $55 million G5 jet ... at least that's what a spokesperson for Soulja is now saying.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier this week, TMZ spoke with Soulja, a member of his management team named Shai Storm and Soulja's assistant -- who all verified Soulja &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/07/28/soulja-boy-55-million-private-jet-birthday-customized-leather-interior-record-company/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;dropped the cash&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on the private jet as a 21st birthday gift to himself.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, Soulja even went on a radio show yesterday in Miami -- after TMZ's story posted -- and when asked if he bought the plane, coyly told the DJ he was \"G5 status\" ... but never said the story was false. &amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, Soulja's \"spokesperson\" Greg Miller has issued a statement on behalf of the rapper ... saying the \"elaborate rumors\" are \"not true.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funny, because when our reporter spoke with Soulja earlier this week -- and asked him directly, he responded, \"Hell yeah ... I bought it.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, so did we.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since Miller's statement, TMZ has made dozens of calls to Shai Storm -- but he hasn't picked up. Storm did return a text message saying he was instructed that all media relations are now going through Miller. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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