Lil Uzi Vert's Stage Dive

About

Lil Uzi Vert's Stage Dive refers to jokes and photoshops made about a photograph of rapper Lil Uzi Vert jumping into the crowd during a show in Miami.

Origin

On May 7th, 2017, while performing at Miami's Rolling Loud Music Festival, Lil Uzi Vert jumped 20 feet off a structure into the crowd (shown below). It was a celebrated moment in the hip-hop community; NME^[1] called it "the stage dive to end all stage dives" and HotNewHipHop^[2] called it "The greatest of all stage dives."

Spread

Shortly after the clip hit the internet, it became the target of jokes online. Sean "Diddy" Combs joked about it on Twitter that evening, gaining 2,700 retweets and 4,300 likes (shown below). Many more jokes and photoshops appeared on Twitter and Instagram in the coming few days, leading to coverage from NME,^[1] Philly.com,^[3] and HotNewHipHop.^[2]

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