Background

Hoodgenius vs. Homeland Security Twitter Beef refers to memes and discourse surrounding NBA commentary X / Twitter account (@HoodG3nius) entering into a back-and-forth with the official U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) X account (@DHSgov) in mid-October 2025. That month, @DHSgov reposted a video showing a TikTok in which user @Floridanamedjit wrote, "ICE we're on the way. Word on the streets the cartel put a $50K bounty on y'all." X user @hoodg3nius quoted the tweet, criticizing them for "spreading misinformation," and alleging that the video was edited to include an anti-ICE message, prompting the official Homeland Security Twitter account to double down on their accusations.

Hoodgenius continued to post tweets goading and baiting the Homeland Security account in subsequent days. Several internet users reacted to the official Homeland Security account repeatedly responding to a supposed "NBA troll" page, and posted memes and jokes about the state of American politics and the Trump administration's public communications policy.

Overview

On October 17th, 2025, the official Homeland Security Twitter / X^[1] account, @DHSgov, reposted a video seemingly posted by the now-deleted or renamed TikTok account @Floridanamedjit. The video showed a group of young Black men standing in a field and looking into the camera alongside text that read, "ICE we're on the way. Word on the streets the cartel put a $50K bounty on y'all." The caption on the video read, "FAFO. If you threaten or lay hands on our law enforcement officers we will hunt you down and you will find out, really quick. We’ll see you cowards soon."

FAFO.

If you threaten or lay hands on our law enforcement officers we will hunt you down and you will find out, really quick.

We’ll see you cowards soon. pic.twitter.com/KmxCp2IEKc

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 17, 2025

The TikTok was no longer accessible on @Floridanamedjit's TikTok^[3] page soon after the @DHSgov post, prompting several internet users to accuse the official Homeland Security Twitter account of spreading misinformation or doctored videos of young Black men and potentially endangering their lives.

Several internet users accused @DHSgov of posting an AI-generated video, including X^[4] user @tonydechino, who tweeted a screenshot on October 17th that read, "Al finna have black people at crime scenes they were never at. Watch," gathering over 200,000 likes in five days.

TikToker^[5] @mr.floridajhit reacted to the controversy surrounding @DHSgov's reposting of a video featuring him with an anti-ICE message, stating that, although he was pictured in the clip, he was not responsible for creating the caption on the video. The post gathered over 30,000 plays and 5,000 likes in five days.

The X^[2] account @hoodg3nius made one such post, writing, "Spreading misinformation especially as 'the department of homeland security' should cause for the abolishment of that said department," and gathering over 63,000 likes in five days.

The @DHSgov X^[5] account responded to @hoodg3nius's post, among others, doubling down on its accusation against the TikToker, writing:

WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS. This young man posted violent threats of murder against our law enforcement. He then deleted it when he was called out, and attempted to deny all wrong doing. We have the receipts, and the internet is forever. The willful ignorance and intentional blindness by leading Democrats to the massive increase in violent rhetoric against our agents due to their actions is both disgusting and disappointing. Violence against our agents and officers MUST STOP.

Developments

On October 19th, 2025, X^[7] user @hoodg3nius tweeted an IShowSpeed GIF to comment on Homeland Security replying to his tweets, writing, "I just realized the DHS called me a 'leading democrat' btw 😭😭😭." The tweet received over 5.6 million views and 51,000 likes in four days.

On October 21st, X^[6] user @DHSgov replied to a tweet by @hoodg3nius about becoming the "Face of Bucks Twitter," writing, "We hear you know ball." The post gathered over 14,000 likes in two days.

Online Reactions

Several internet users posted replies to the official Homeland Security account's tweet directed at @HoodG3nius on October 19th, 2025, writing, "the government is responding to nba trolls ok," and "DHS responding to hoodgenius and I’m supposed to believe we’re not in the US century of humiliation." Others posted memes mocking the Homeland Security account for replying to a meme page.

On October 21st, 2025, X^[9] user @mvp_wizz posted a tweet that read, "went from taking down Osama Bin Laden to replying to 'hoodgenius' on Twitter," gathering over 100,000 likes in two days.

Also on October 21st, Redditor Jjokes11 shared a Man vs. Giant meme to the subreddit^[10] /r/memes, referencing the beef under the title "Pissing off the government legally is so fun," receiving over 15,000 upvotes and 240 comments prior to its removal by moderators.

On October 22nd, 2025, X^[8] user @cclairemcd tweeted, "the nba: haha! basketball! /. hoodgenius side quest:" alongside a meme showing Twitter / X account @hoodg3nius's profile picture edited onto a person speaking at the U.S. Presidential podium. The tweet quoted a screenshot showing the official Democratic Party X account following @hoodg3nius. The post gathered over 38,000 likes in a day.

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