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Xzibit Yo Dawg

Xzibit Yo Dawg

Updated Apr 17, 2012 at 01:44AM EDT by Brad.  

Added by Jamie Dubs.

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Origins

Xzibit is the host of the MTV show Pimp My Ride and is well known for putting awesome things like fishtanks, clothes dryers, and even fireplaces in the back of your car. Pimp.

The “Yo dawg” or “Sup dawg” image macro first appeared on the ’chans in early 2007 and experienced a resurgence in late 2008 on Reddit, Tumblr, and other mainstream forums & blogs. It follows a simple format:

Standard: {yo,sup} dawg, I herd you like X, so I put an X in your Y so you can VERB while you VERB
Repetitive: {yo,sup} dawg, I herd you like X, so I put an X in your X so you can X while you X
Abstract: {yo,sup} dawg, I herd you like X, so I put an Y in your Z so you can VERB while you VERB

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The following image is widely considered the original image macro:

The photo used in the original macro is from this promo photoshoot for the movie “Gridiron Gang”

Trending

“yo dawg” (blue), “sup dawg” (red) “i heard you like”

Nesting, recursion

The Yo Dawg image macro has a unique characteristic in being recursive. This multi-layered structure in the Yo Dawg formula makes it reminiscient of the “strange loops” described in Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel, Escher, Bach.

Xzibit’s reaction

The explosive popularity of microblogging service Twitter has reached celebrities, Xzibit included.

In one of his first tweets he decries his embodiment as a meme: View Tweet

…which led to the creation of this image macro:

Several days later, he rescinded his criticism, saying “i’m not mad @ you”: View Tweet

In the final stage of celeb-o-meme -- “acceptance” -- Xzibit embraces the yo dawg, attempting to his own: View Tweet

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Top Comments

Black Joseph Ducreux

Jan 14, 2011 at 08:40PM EST+35

Yo dawg, I heard you’re gay, so we put a cigarette, and a dick in yo mouth so you can suck a fag while u suck a fag.

Black Joseph Ducreux

Jan 14, 2011 at 08:03PM EST+19

Sup dawg, I heard you like butterfly doors, so we painted butterflies on your butterfly doors so you can look like a faggot while you look like a douchebag.

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