What's The 'What's A Father' XXXTentacion Meme? The 'Corny' Interview Clip Of The Late Rapper Explained

An interview clip with late rapper XXXTentacion has resurfaced this week, and it's making people cringe, hard. In it, the interviewer asks, "Do you have any relationship with your father?" to which the then-19-year-old responds, "What's that? What's a father?"

There's a growing perception online that XXXTentacion was "corny." People are rewatching his old videos and rolling their eyes, realizing that he was kind of fake deep in his heyday. This "What's a father?" clip is at the heart of this discussion. It's gone viral on Twitter / X and TikTok lately, quickly becoming a viral meme.

However, it's somewhat hard to find the original video. Others are confused as to why this is even relevant in Big 2025, many years after his death. Let's explain what's going on.

What's The Original 'What's A Father' Video With XXXTentacion?

In 2017, The Fader interviewed Jahseh Onfroy, better known by his stage name XXXTentacion. A year later, Onfroy was murdered outside of a motorcycle dealership in Florida.

The Fader didn't release the interview until 2022, as part of their two-part docuseries on the life of Onfroy. The first film, Look at Me: XXXTentacion, used clips from the interview but the second one, In His Own Words: XXXTentacion, focused on the interview in its entirety. In the latter, the clip of Onfroy saying, "What's that? What's a father?" is included.

Where Did The XXXTentacion 'What's A Father' Meme Come From?

Memes about the XXXTentacion clip surfaced en masse this week when an Instagram Reel was posted by a user named @mistxxked. The Reel showed the clip in full and added a slowed remix of Onfroy's song "I Don't Wanna Do This Anymore."

The Reel was seen as overly emotional and "fake deep" by many in the comment section. "Bro, I'm sorry but this is corny as hell," said one user whose comment received over 65,000 likes since being posted.

The "XXXTentacion was corny" discourse then spread to X where a quote tweet shared by user @dearwfe furthered the its virality.

like bruh. https://t.co/V6ZWO7S7DL pic.twitter.com/xN496SgEZ5

— Face of Unemployment (@dearwfe) January 31, 2025

Why Is The XXXTentacion 'What's A Father' Meme Relevant Today?

It's been seven years since XXXTentacion passed away, and hindsight is 20/20. People are starting to rewatch his viral moments, like his infamous XXL Freshman Cypher, and wonder, "What the hell was he talking about, man?"

what the hell was he talking about man pic.twitter.com/8QxX8o896M https://t.co/9gpoMN0Bas

— Jozu 🇵🇦 (@thaboyjozu) February 1, 2025

This meme has a lot of potential. It's already become a snowclone, evident in memes like this one in which Onfroy is asked, "Do you know who Big Chungus is?"

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For the full history of "What's That? What's a Father?" XXXTentacion, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's entry for even more information.