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Ludacris' Big Shoe Stomp or Big Shoe Lmfao refers to a viral video clip of rapper Ludacris stomping twice in an oversized white Nike sneaker while surrounded by a crowd of people from the 2003 music video for his song "Stand Up." The reaction clip became the subject of video and GIF caption memes throughout the 2020s.

Origin

On August 19th, 2003, Atlanta-based rap artist Ludacris released the song "Stand Up" alongside a music video.^[1] At the 2:24-minute mark in the music video, Ludacris stomps twice while wearing a large white shoe (shown below).

On February 7th, 2020, Tenor^[2] user coolgreysoul posted the clip as a GIF (shown below).

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On May 22nd, 2021, Tenor^[3] user ayxdo posted an image macro using the GIF captioned, "big shoe lmfao" (shown below). In November 2021, a YouTuber^[4] named Rizzy commented on a reupload of the GIF as a video claiming to have made the original GIF, although this is unconfirmed. The comment is pinned to the upload. On February 3rd, 2022, Redditor Tromebone_On_A_Desk posted the meme to /r/riskofrain,^[5] gaining over 2,300 upvotes in two months. On July 17th, Twitter^[6] user @LmfaoWith posted the original GIF, gaining over 37,000 likes in a week.

On July 22nd, 2022, Instagram^[7] user bruhloon posted a collection of four original memes using the format, gaining over 11,200 likes in three days (shown below).

On July 23rd, Twitter^[8] user @TheFunny_mp4 posted the "big shoe lmfao" meme, gaining over 33,500 likes in three days. On July 24th, Instagram^[9] user gayluigi.exe posted the same image macro, gaining over 24,000 views and 6,800 likes in two days.

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