Ty Dolla $ign's XXL Freestyle

About

Ty Dolla $ign's XXL Freestyle became the subject of memes and discussions in mid-2024, with people commenting on rapper Ty Dolla's acapella rendition and his seemingly awkward lyrics and appearance. The viral video was shared on X / Twitter in April 2024 and continued to appear in exploitable memes, lip dubs and skits in subsequent weeks.

Origin

On May 14th, 2014, XXL magazine posted a video of Ty Dolla $ign's Freshman Freestyle to their YouTube^[1] channel, gathering over 800,000 views in ten years (seen below).

Spread

The video was reposted to X / Twitter on April 7th, 2024, by X^[2] user @ShottaSV. The original post gathered over 8,000 likes in almost two months and sparked reactions and memes in subsequent weeks. For instance, on April 8th, X^[3] user @fortunetellaaa quoted the video with a comment on Ty Dolla $ign's hairline, saying that his "forehead just kept going we aint see a hairline once," and gathering over 100,000 likes in two months (seen below).

On April 23rd, the Instagram^[4] page @pastor.flacc posted an edit of the video that turned Ty Dolla's freestyle into an old-timey black-and-white silent film, gathering over 800 likes in a month (seen below).

On May 22nd, 2024, X^[5] user @husbandu posted an edit in the style of Apple Music's 100 Best Albums list, gathering over 48,000 likes in a week (seen below).

On May 27th, 2024, R&B artist Steve Lacy posted a video parodying Ty Dolla's freestyle to his Instagram stories, as seen in a repost to X (shown below).

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