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Gekyume's Circumcision refers to a series of jokes and memes about the circumcision ceremony for late-rapper XXXtentacion's son, Gekyume.

Origin

On January 28th, 2019, XXXtentacion's son, Gekyume Onfroy, was born.^[1]

The earliest known reference to the child's circumcision, however, was posted by Instagram ^[7] user @clout.jemima posted an illustrated invitation to Gekyume's circumcision ceremony. The post received more than 530 likes in less than one month (shown below).

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On February 2nd, 2019, Instagram ^[2] user @cumcell posted a cropped version of the Invitation, receiving more than 27,000 likes in less than one month (shown below).

The following day, Twitter ^[4] user @MurraCainan tweeted, "I can’t wait for #Gekyume ‘s #circumcision party." The tweet included an illustration of XXXtentacion breastfeeding a child (shown below, left).

On February 4th, the invitation was posted on the /r/jahcoin subreddit by Redditor^[3] Jurderze.

Over the next few weeks, more people on social media posted various jokes about the ceremony. For example, on February 6th, Instagram^[5] user @epicdong posted a series of memes, including one comparing Gekyume's circumcision ceremony to the inauguration ceremonies of Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The post received more than 690 likes in one month (shown below, center).

On February 20th, Redditor^[6] Invincible_TKD posted a variation of the Pimples Zero meme using the Gekyume's circumcision as a theme. The post received more than 470 points (99% upvoted) in 24 hours (shown below, right).

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