About

NBA YoungBoy Singing Opera refers to a highly edited video of rapper NBA YoungBoy singing opera with multiple CapCut effects like laser eyes and flame explosions. NBA YoungBoy is not actually singing opera in the video, which originally showed him singing into a mic without autotune. People thought that his singing was bad, so they used the video as the base for a series of Artists Who Can Sing vs. Artists Who Can't Sing memes that ironically powerscaled him against other artists who were better vocalists. The trend led to a meme comparing YoungBoy to singer-songwriter Beabadoobee who addressed the memes in a viral video that she received backlash for because people thought she was overreacting.

Origin

On November 21st, 2023, Complex shared a video to YouTube^[1] in which the site went to NBA YoungBoy's home in Utah to interview him, receiving over 2.1 million views in two years. At the video's 4:52-minute mark, NBA YoungBoy can be seen rapping without autotune into a large microphone (shown below).

On November 30th, Instagram^[2] user @iamtrapvip clipped the abovementioned video and shared it as a Reel, gaining over 850,700 likes in two years.

On April 3rd, 2024, TikToker^[3] @thangverse posted a video that powerscaled rappers Rod Wave and NBA YoungBoy in a "Rappers who can sing vs. Rappers who can't sing" video, ironically identifying NBA YoungBoy as the rapper who can sing, using the clip of him from Complex's video. The TikTok received over 699,300 likes in 10 months (shown below).

On July 16th, Instagram^[4] user @w0w_ma0 shared a Reel that followed the same "Rappers who can sing vs. Rappers who can't sing" format, however, when it showed NBA YoungBoy as the "can sing" option, the video played the sound of a man singing opera music, gaining over 176,800 likes in eight months.

WowMao also shared the video to YouTube^[5] on July 16th, gaining over 10,000 likes in eight months (shown below).

Spread

In the following months, similar videos that showed NBA YoungBoy singing opera surfaced online. For instance, on December 2nd, 2024, Instagram^[6] user @g_oat shared an iteration, gaining over 377,500 likes in two months (shown below).

On January 8th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @dgm shared a video that said that singer-songwriter Beabadoobee "can't sing" but NBA YoungBoy can, using a video of him singing opera with laser eyes and other CapCut effects. Over a month, the video gained roughly 549,900 likes (shown below).

Beabadoobee then posted a TikTok Story in February 2025, referencing the videos and comments she'd received that joked about her not being able to sing.

Her rant went viral on Twitter / X when X^[8] user @VenandrVT reposted it on February 21st, writing, "Beabadoobee crashed out and posted a weird video ranting about men because people made a meme comparing her to NBA Youngboy singing opera," gaining over 117,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Beabadoobee crashed out and posted a weird video ranting about men because people made a meme comparing her to NBA Youngboy singing Opera

I like her music but this is insane 😭 pic.twitter.com/C5rPLwPzFq

— Ven 𓅢 (@VenandrVT) February 21, 2025

On February 22nd, 2025, X^[9] user @imsogxne tweeted an Are You Ready for Your Lesson? meme that joked about Beabadoobee and other pop artists needing an "opera lesson" from NBA YoungBoy, gaining over 183,000 likes in two days (shown below).

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References