About

The Dabo Chopped Photo, also known as Young Dabo Chopped, refers to a photograph of YouTuber and streamer Young Dabo in which, according to viewers, he looked ugly or "chopped," mostly because of his skin that showed acne and scarring. The picture was taken from above, showing Dabo's left-side profile, seen with black headphones, a camo sweatshirt and a black bulletproof vest. It was sourced from a Plaqueboymax Twitch stream called "Rapper Bootcamp." The image was used to make fun of Dabo in January 2025 as it spread on Twitter / X, Reddit and TikTok, among other platforms, across a series of image macro and exploitable memes.

Origin

On January 25th, 2025, Young Dabo posted a livestream to YouTube^[1] that was his own upload of a Plaqueboymax Twitch stream called "Rapper Bootcamp" in which he faced off against other rappers and influencers, like Xaviersobased and Fruitsnacks, in a rapping elimination competition. The video received over 21,500 views in four days. At the video's 19:48-minute mark (shown below), the stream freezes on a frame of Dabo sitting down in front of a computer monitor.

On January 25th, X^[2] user @ssaturrnn tweeted an edited version of the abovementioned freezeframe, gaining over 26,000 likes in four days (shown below).

Spread

The abovementioned tweet was quote tweeted soon after, like one quote shared by X^[3] user @CookedByScott on January 25th, 2025, who attached a meme reading, "This how Darkskin niggas look when they turn 14," gaining over 58,000 likes in four days (shown below).

Also on January 25th, Redditor^[4] CartiVegan posted the image to /r/playboicarti, writing, "Dabo is so chopped bruh 😭😭." It received over 4,300 upvotes in four days (shown below).

The abovementioned Reddit post was reposted by Instagram^[5] user @dill.cheese on January 26th, 2025, gaining over 7,900 likes in three days.

The image then spread to memes on TikTok, like a photo posted by TikToker^[6] @5ivyboytb on January 26th, that joked about a girl asking, "Is your HB [homeboy] cute?" gaining over 206,000 likes in three days (shown below).

On January 28th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @ts_pmo_ts posted an AI video that animated the Dabo Chopped Photo, receiving over 396,400 likes in a day (shown below).

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