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Prodbyzaqq "Ye Da 🐐 No 🧢" or Ye Da Goat No Cap is a catchphrase popularized by Instagram user prodbyzaqq, who spam comments it on all of Kanye West's Instagram posts, often receiving one of the top most-liked comment spots. The phrase combines the slang "goat" for "greatest of all time" and "no cap" meaning "no lie." West's followers became increasingly aware of the comments in early 2022 as the rapper began posting more frequently during his divorce and feud with Pete Davidson, inspiring memes using the phrase. Prodbyzaqq is often criticized for the comments. He released a rap video titled "Da Goat No Cap" about his use of the phrase in February 2022 that was largely criticized.

Origin

Verified Instagram user prodbyzaqq^[1] is known for spamming Kanye West's Instagram comments with various phrases, often to hype him up. One of the most prominent is "Ye da 🐐 no 🧢," It's unknown when prodbyzaqq first posted "Ye da 🐐 no 🧢" on one of West's Instagram posts, but followers of West began noticing in mid-January 2022 as West began posting on the app more frequently, particularly about his divorce and feud with Pete Davidson. On January 14th, Twitter^[2] user @caucaflocka posted a screenshot of prodbyzaqq's comments on a recent post by West including the "goat no cap" comment, writing, "What type of dick riding is this???" (shown below). The tweet has since been deleted.

Spread

Prodbyzaqq and other spam commenters became an increasing subject of criticism in the Kanye West community. On February 1st, 2022, Redditor JWJT7 posted, "I actually hate these random verified people spamming in the comments," to /r/Kanye^[3] along with a screenshot showing spam comments from prodbyzaqq, gaining over 1,400 upvotes in three weeks. On February 4th, Redditor Blayze- posted a screenshot of prodbyzaqq spamming the comment along with one wishing Mac Miller "RIP" to /r/Kanye^[4] (shown below). Users of /r/Kanye and /r/WestSubEver began using the phrase ironically around the same time.^[5]

On February 11th, Redditor Flakeneedsanaccforp posted a screenshot to /r/WestSubEver of a Dolan Dark comment on West's Instagram parodying prodbyzaqq's comments, reading, "prodbyzaqq da 🗑️ no🧢" gaining over 460 upvotes in two weeks (shown below).

Da Goat No Cap Music Video

On February 14th, 2022, prodbyzaqq dropped a music video on YouTube for a song titled "Da Goat No Cap" featuring lyrics about his spam commenting, gaining over 17,700 views in a week (shown below). The video was largely criticized by viewers, achieving a negative like-to-dislike ratio in a week.

Continued Spread

On February 14th, 2022, prodbyzaqq posted a screenshot to Instagram^[7] showing that West posted one of his comments to Instagram (now deleted," gaining over 5,100 likes in a week (shown below).

On February 15th, Twitter^[6] user adet0lla posted a meme joking that prodbyzaqq would make the comment on a West post no matter how serious, gaining over 720 likes in a week (shown below).

Anthony Fantano's Reaction

On February 28th, YouTuber and music critic Anthony Fantano reacted to Prodbyzaqq's music video, calling prodbyzaqq a "dickrider" and generally making fun of the video throughout, gaining over 87,000 views in a day (shown below).

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