Daddy, Am I Your Baby?

About

Daddy, Am I Your Baby? refers to a quote from a leaked prison call between rapper Young Thug and singer Mariah the Scientist in 2024, during Young Thug's then-ongoing RICO trial. The video of their prison call leaked on Twitter / X, TikTok and Instagram in January 2024, causing memes about the "Daddy, Am I Your Baby?" question which many thought was either sweet or cringe. In turn, memes were made that ironically used the phrase. Also, a TikTok photo slideshow trend emerged in which women texted their men "Daddy, Am I Your Baby?" to gage their response.

Origin

On January 24th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @jumpsuitpablo posted a video that was part 1 of 65 pieces of leaked footage from a jail call between rapper Young Thug and his girlfriend, singer Mariah the Scientist, gaining roughly 3.3 million plays and 357,500 likes in five days (shown below). At the end of the footage, Mariah the Scientist asks Young Thug, "Daddy, am I your baby?"

Spread

Soon after the post, the video spread via reposts across social media, like a Reel shared by DJ Akademiks on Instagram^[2] on January 24th, 2024, gaining over 128,000 likes in five days. Also on January 24th, the X^[3] account of XXL Magazine posted the clip (since deleted).

"Daddy, Am I Your Baby?" started to gain meme attention in the following days, evident in a post shared by X^[4] user @JumpShiveSlim13 on January 25th, 2024, who portrayed anger directed toward the question, receiving roughly 5,800 likes in four days (shown below).

“Daddy, am I your baby?” pic.twitter.com/xDqJ9YAcJR

— Bob Vance of Vance Refrigerations (@JumpShiveSlim13) January 25, 2024

Also on January 25th, 2024, X^[5] user @LAYSAINTLAURENT tweeted, "Ask your man 'daddy, am I your baby?' and post his response," receiving roughly 54,000 likes in four days (shown below).

In turn, many on X quoted and replied to @LAYSAINTLAURENT's tweet with text message screenshots. For instance, on January 25th, 2024, X^[6] user @yodaddyson10 posted a screenshot, showing that her man responded with, "dpmo," gaining over 14,000 likes in four days (shown below).

On January 27th, 2024, TikToker^[7] @eriseamado posted a photo slideshow that started with a screenshot of LAYSAINTLAURENT's tweet, followed by a screenshot of her man's response (shown below). The photos received roughly 1.1 million plays and 130,000 likes in two days.

Backlash

The video's leak was criticized by many online, including rapper Drake who commented on DJ Akademiks' Instagram^[2] Reel on January 25th, 2024, starting with, "This gotta be some form of jail misconduct…" The comment gained over 9,000 likes in four days (shown below).

Others criticized the outlets that posted the video, evident in a post shared by X^[8] user @ohfold on January 24th, 2024, who quoted XXL's tweet,^[3] writing, "xxl weird for posting this," gaining over 4,400 likes in five days. Soon after, XXL deleted its tweet.^[3]

Rapper Meek Mill also echoed concern about the video, writing to X^[10] on January 25th, 2024, "This a top tier lawsuit your personal call not suppose to be on the street!" The post received roughly 19,000 likes in four days (shown below).

News outlets like Complex^[9] then reported on the matter, stating that Young Thug and Mariah the Scientist could have grounds for a lawsuit.

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