Webstar and Young B Chicken Noodle Soup Video

Webstar, the teen behind the hit single "Chicken Noodle Soup," is gearing up for the release of his debut album, Caught In The Web, on Tuesday (September 26). And on the same day of the release, he plans to throw a free block party in Harlem, New York to celebrate.

"Chicken Noodle Soup" was inspired this past spring by a dance of the same name. When 19-year-old Troy "Webstar" Ryan and 16-year-old Bianca "Young B" Dupree began experiencing the craze, they teamed up to write the music and lyrics of the track. The result combines a thumping bass drum beat, an air raid siren, and Young B's girlish style with the lyrics, "Chicken noodle soup, chicken noodle soup, chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side."

At a moment when most of hip-hop's dance records are coming from the South, Webstar and Young B have created one that stands has become a national underground phenomenon, generating over 8,000 videos and over 1 million views on YouTube.com.

"Every generation or so, the way we create, market, sell, and buy music changes," states Kirk Burrowes, deal broker and co-executive producer of "Chicken Noodle Soup." "This record is a new media phenomenon. Webstar, Arthur Smith and the Scrilla Organization are leading the pack. I am proud to deliver this cultural movement, just as I was proud to deliver the Bad Boy cultural movement in the 90's."

"Chicken Noodle Soup" had already taken off at the uptown parties where Webstar deejayed, but it shifted into overdrive on June 22 when he played it at Rucker Park in Harlem during its yearly basketball tournament. The crowd in attendance went crazy when they heard it and Hot 97's DJ Enuff said, "I need that record." Six weeks later, "Chicken Noodle Soup" was playing on hip-hop mix shows from coast to coast, including New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston, and San Diego.

Although Webstar is only 19, he is already a veteran DJ and party promoter in the teen scene, having played parties in Harlem, the Bronx and throughout the tri-state area since 2001. Now, with the success of this new single, he has taken his movement to Universal Republic, secured his own Fontana distribute label launching Scrilla Hill Entertainment.

"With the success of 'Chicken Noodle Soup' on the internet and in the streets of New York, we were able to create a unique situation with Universal Republic and Fontana," said Scrilla Hill co-label head, Arthur Smith. "Not only do we have a label where we can develop new upcoming acts, we have the ability to upstream any projects that are taking off, like 'Chicken Noodle Soup,' on Universal Republic."

- Miles Bennett