About

The "Notti Bop" Dance or Notti Boppin' is a dance popularized on TikTok set to the diss track "Notti Bop" by Kyle Richh where the dancer mocks punching themself in the ribs rhythmically as the lyrics, "Notti Boppin, punchin' my hips" play. When done in a group, the other members of the group often also mock punching the dancer in the ribs as they fall to the ground. The song, which references the death by stabbing of 14-year-old drill rapper Notti Osama, was previewed by Richh in October 2022 in a video where he also does the dance for the first time. The dance, which mocks the way Notti died, spread over the course of October, with TikTokers often doing it with authority figures who are unaware of its context.

Origin

On October 3rd, 2022, rapper Kyle Richh uploaded a video previewing his upcoming song "Notti Bop" to TikTok,^[1] teasing a Friday release date, garnering over 790,000 views in a week (shown below). In the video he dances to the song with other rappers, at one point mock punching his own hips as the lyrics, ""Notti Boppin, punchin' my hips," plays. The song begins with a sample of The Backyardigans song "Castaways".

The full song was released on October 8th on YouTube^[2] along with a music video, garnering over 1.1 million views in four days (shown below). According to Genius,^[3] the song is a diss track about the death of 14-year-old rapper Notti Osama, who was fatally stabbed in July.^[4] The lyrics "punching my hips" are allegedly a reference to the way Osama died by stabbing, the dance move meant to mimick a stabbing motion.

Spread

The dance spread throughout October as TikTokers posted videos performing it. Some of the most popular videos have TikTokers doing the dance with authority figures like teachers, police officers or principals, who appear to be completely unaware of the context of the song. For example, on October 6th, 2022, TikToker^[5] @killa.marii posted a video doing the dance with a teacher, garnering over 996,000 views in a week (shown below).

On October 9th, TikToker^[6] @_mhadyyy posted a video doing the dance with a group of people, garnering over 950,000 views in four days (shown below, left). On October 11th, TikToker^[7] @xx_legend_xx13 posted a video doing the dance with a policeman, garnering over 1.1 million views in a day (shown below, right).

On the same day, TikToker^[8] @lobtuff posted a meme video compiling videos of people doing the dance, captioned, "POV: Notti seeing people dance to a trend that mocks his death," garnering over 700,000 views in a day (shown below).

The same day, YouTuber DatzWild posted a video compiling clips of people who knew Notti Osama reacting to the dance and song, garnering over 130,000 views in a day (shown below).

On October 16th, TikToker @.blackboywithdreads posted a video seemingly from a hospital bed where he claims that Notti Boppin' got him beat up and put in the hospital, garnering over 2.3 million views in two days (shown below, left). That same day, he posted a video admitting it was a troll, garnering over 167,000 views.

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