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DJ Khaled Instagram Live Twerking Reaction is a reaction and remix video series featuring a viral video of recording artist DJ Khaled reacting to a woman twerking on his live stream. Many have replaced the woman twerking with other videos.

Origins

On May 3rd, 2020, DJ Khaled posted a live stream in which a woman pours water on her buttocks and twerks for Khaled as he says "I can't. I got love." and "talk to me normal." The post received more than 6.5 million views and 922,000 likes in less than two months (shown below).

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That day, Instagram user @remixgodsuede remixed the video into a song. The post received more than 167,000 views and 18,000 likes in less than two months (shown below).

After the video went viral, people began making memes about his reaction. For example, on May 3rd, Twitter ^[1] user @YoYoSunnySengh tweeted the image and compared it to the meme Smithers Scared of Strippers. The tweet received more than 4,100 likes and 1,100 retweets in less than two months (shown below, left). Twitter^[2] user @FuckYeahGlenn posted a picture of Pepe the Frog covering his eyes. The post received more than 71,000 likes and 21,000 retweets in less than two months (shown below, right).

On May 7th, YouTuber Grandayy posted a remix of the replacing the woman with Alex Jones. The post received more than 230,000 views in less than two months (shown below).

Several media outlets covered the video, including Complex,^[3] VIBE,^[4] Vulture,^[5] BET^[6] and more.

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