About

Chopped Chin or I've Been Running Into You In My Head is a series of memes based on a viral video of former WNBA player Renee Montgomery dancing courtside with high schooler Angel Wiley (her adopted son) referred to as "chopped chin" for the appearance of his chin, at an Atlanta Dream basketball game. The video was originally uploaded to the Atlanta Dream Instagram page in August 2023. It became the subject of memes in December 2024 when Instagram user halal_man_2 began consistently posting motivational and emotional quotes over the video, inspiring ironic memes set to the song "Bring Me Back (Enox Mantano Remix)" by Miles Away, which refer to Montgomery's cousin as "chopped chin." In this case, "chopped" is being used as slang meaning "ugly." "Chopped Chin" is also used to refer to halal_man_2's account. The videos sparked a slew of brainrot, lobotomy videos in the Hood Irony community in January 2025, which spliced Chopped Chin with other trendy memes like I Bought a Property in Egypt, Eye of Rah and Luke Belmar's "Johnnie Walker in the War Room With Tristan Tate," among others. The meme also spread to TikTok that month.

Origin

On August 6th, 2023, the atlantadream Instragram^[1] page posted a video of former WNBA player Renee Montgomery dancing courtside at an Atlanta Dream game with her adopted son, Angel Wiley, garnering over 8.2 million views in a year.

His name is Angel Wiley, per Instagram^[9] posts and Reels shared on his own Instagram^[10] accounts @wil3y_records and @jr_r3cords.

On December 3rd, 2024, Instagram^[2] user halal_man_2 posted a Reel attaching the quote, "Sometimes I'm not angry, I'm hurt and there's a big difference," over the video, garnering 20 likes in four weeks. On December 5th, the same Instagram^[3] user posted the video again, this time set to the song "Bring Me Back (Enox Mantano Remix) by Miles Away,^[4] this time attaching the quote, "Don't cry someone who killed your smile," garnering no notable interactions in the same span of time (embed unavailable).

Spread

Instagram user halal_man_2 continued to post content using the same video under different emotional or motivational quotes over the following weeks, some garnering significant popularity. For example, on December 22nd, the user posted a version of the meme to Instagram^[5] reading, "Why is it so easy to fall asleep in class then in bed?" garnering over 141,000 views in a week.

Some commenters began referring to the video and the man in the video as "chopped chin" due to the appearance of his chin in the video.

As halal_man_2's videos continued to appear on people's Instagram feeds, it became the subject of memes. On December 29th, Instagram^[6] user choppedchinfan posted their first video, consisting of a distorted version of the video, garnering over 4,000 likes in two days. On the same day, the same Instagram^[7] user posted a meme captioned, "If you had one day left how many times would you goon to chopped chin," garnering over 123,000 views in two days.

On December 30th, Instagram^[8] user choppedchinfan posted a video reading, "Attention we are leaving Chopped Chin in 2024," garnering over 217,000 likes in a day.

Spread to TikTok

In January 2025, the meme garnered notable popularity on TikTok. Many examples of the meme combine it with other brainrot memes, such as the "I bought a Property In Egypt" and Eye of Rah formats, while others point out "side characters" present in the Chopped Chin video.

For example, on January 4th, 2025, TikToker^[11] @b.hassy posted a video referencing the meme captioned, "Pov: Me and bro after we both boughtapropertyinegypt," garnering over 1.5 million views in two days.

On January 5th, TIkToker^[12] @just.what.the.flip posted a video pointing out a person in the background of the video, writing, "Why is nobody talking about the guy who is chewing gum One of the most underrated side person Chopped gum chewer He is chewing ts gum so nonchalant and how he looks just wow. Respect to my guy Is he the saleman that sells propertys in egypt?" garnering over 2.5 million views in a day.

Related Memes

I Bought A Property In Egypt / They Give You the Property

I Bought a Property in Egypt refers to a viral video posted by grindset influencer Cam Easty, also known as Cameron Eastwood or CamEasty, in which he says, "I bought a property in Egypt and what they do for you is they give you the property." The sentence's redundancy sparked memes that mocked hustle culture in December 2024. The videos spread on Instagram and TikTok heading into January 2025 as they were combined with Chopped Chin and Luke Belmar memes to form brainrot, lobotomy or sludge content videos popular among Instagram's Hood Irony community.

Eye Of Rah

Eye of Rah, also known as Eye of Ra, refers to an image of a Black man with red hair photoshopped to have one eye like a cyclops, which became popularized across a series of Hood Lobotomy videos on TikTok and Instagram Reels. The man's real name is Rashad Bowens who posts on TikTok at @lilbotheme and on Instagram at @bothemess. He's known for his reaction stitches and iconic red dreads that sometimes stick straight upward. Instagram user and TikToker Jeremiah Springfield created the original edit that gave Bowens one eye, akin to the Hood Cryptids trend. Viewers dubbed the meme the "Eye of Rah," likely riffing on the precursor Curse of Ra. As it trended in early January 2025, Eye of Rah memes were often combined with other then-trending memes like Chopped Chin and I Bought a Property in Egypt.

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