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#EarlyBirdGetsDaWorm refers to a mock Instagram story from a Druski sketch video showing Druski with glasses and a hashtag text caption reading, "#EarlyBirdGetsDaWorm." The original video is called, "Dudes that think Money can UNLAME them," and Druski's character is supposed to be corny. The screenshot of the #EarlyBirdGetsDaWorm story became a reaction image online in a series of tweets and other memes.

Origin

On December 18th, 2024, Druski posted a video to Twitter / X ^[1] called, "Dudes that think Money can UNLAME them 😂," parodying men who are objectively corny but think that having money automatically makes their personality cool. The video amassed over 49.2 million views and 316,000 likes in a month (shown below). At the video's 0:33-minute mark, an Instagram story posted by Druski's character is shown that reads, "#EarlyBirdGetsDaWorm." The character's username is "6est9osition."

Dudes that think Money can UNLAME them 😂 pic.twitter.com/EFXA5C0jcS

— DRUSKI (@druski) December 19, 2024

If you snooze you lose. Could never be no sucker and fall victim to anything y'all nigga be having going on. Motion is the key. First thing first in the morning, you gotta get up and get you some money and if you ain’t…

On December 20th, X^[2] user @funnyhoodvidss tweeted a cropped screenshot of the #EarlyBirdGetsDaWorm Instagram story, gaining over 102,000 likes in a month (shown below).

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On December 21st, 2024, musician Steve Lacy reposted the cropped screenshot on Instagram,^[3] gaining over 258,300 likes in a month.

On December 22nd, X^[4] user @OvOBrezzzy tweeted the image, captioning it, "MFs after getting their first minimum wage job check," amassing over 11,000 likes in a month (shown below).

On January 9th, 2025, X^[5] user @moristiko tweeted a black and white version of the meme, captioning it, "How it feels to wake up before 12 pm," receiving over 167,000 likes in six days (shown below).

On January 11th, TikToker^[6] @jaxonhenderson317 posted a video of himself recreating the #EarlyBirdGetsDaWorm meme, gaining over 166,300 likes in four days (shown below).

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