About

Obama Have Dih is a TikTok parody based on a misreading of the Arab language song "Hadal Ahbek" by Issam Alnajjar. In July 2025, TikTokers began posting memes featuring a slowed-down version of the song, joking about how the lyrics sound like "Obama have dih" in reference to former U.S. President Barack Obama, as well as the dih slang and memes that went viral in 2025. The meme is often paired with a low-quality animated video of Obama dancing next to an American flag while dressed in a purple suit. Commonly quoted misheard lyrics are "Kindly put it in Mbappe, Obama have dih" or "Kinda gooned to Mbappe, Obama have dih." TikTokers then continued to post brainrot style meme videos featuring Barack Obama, Kylian Mbappe and Druski into late July 2025.

Origin

The animation of Barack Obama dancing in a purple suit next to an American flag comes from a game called Talking Obama: Terrorist Hunter, created by Anuloid Games^[3] for iOS and originally released on December 2nd, 2014. The app contained a minigame showing Obama dancing next to the American flag in a purple suit.

The song "Hadal Ahbek" was released on YouTube^[2] by Jordanian musician Issam Alnajjar on September 27th, 2020. The video gathered over 170 million views in five years.

An early meme misinterpreting the lyrics of the song "Hadal Ahbek" for "Obama have dick" is an iMessage screenshot that reads, "Hey bro help me find this song sth like: Obama have dick… Obama have dick." While the origin of the screenshot is unknown, it was reposted to iFunny^[9] on January 29th, 2021, by the user Cleepus.

Another early reference to the lyrics of the song "Hadal Ahbek" being mistaken for the line "Obama have dick" is a May 5th, 2021, post on the subreddit /r/NameThatSong,^[8] in which Redditor /u/Tom3123 wrote, "Need help finding a tik tok song. It's not obama have dick." The post gathered 13 upvotes in four years.

The earliest known meme edit jokingly presenting the song "Hadal Ahbek" as "Obama have dih" is a March 21st, 2025, post by TikToker^[1] @lost_thethird, who gathered over 400,000 plays and 30,000 likes in three months.

Spread

The "Obama Have Dih" meme saw a resurgence in July 2025, with TikToker^[4] @scuploads.4 posting a sped-up version of the animated Obama Dancing video and the song "Hadal Ahbek" on July 10th, 2025, gathering over 800,000 plays and 120,000 likes in two weeks. The post also notably made use of the Dead Rose / Wilted Flower Emoji.

On July 13th, TikToker^[5] @ttortaclappa posted a video showing the text "Obama Have Dih" placed over a video of the former President giving a speech. The post gathered over 1 million plays and 230,000 likes in a week.

On July 19th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @lamppa99 posted a video editing together clips of professional soccer player Kylian Mbappe and Barack Obama, writing, "I kinda put in Mbappe, Obama have dih." The video gathered over 2 million plays and 300,000 likes in two days.

On July 20th, TikToker^[7] @secretasian__6 posted an ironic brainrot style cover of the "Obama Have Dih" meme, gathering over 2 million plays and 200,000 likes in a day.

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