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Quick DD Hit 'Em With a Scream refers to lyrics in the drill rap song "EVIL EMPIRE" by Lil Mabu and DD Osama which released in 2024. Lil Mabu tells DD Osama to "Hit 'em with a scream" and then DD Osama screams, "Ah!" The clip from the music video trended on TikTok in April 2024, becoming a viral TikTok sound and TikTok meme as users set other screaming videos to the audio.

Origin

On April 4th, 2024, Lil Mabu and DD Osama posted the music video for their song "EVIL EMPIRE" to Mabu's YouTube^[1] channel, gaining over 3.8 million views and 138,000 likes in a week. At the video's 2:40-minute mark, Lil Mabu tells DD Osama, "Quick, DD hit 'em with a scream" (shown below).

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On the day of the song's release, viral videos reacting to it were posted to TikTok, like one shared by TikToker^[2] @cloutynaz on April 4th, 2024, gaining over 249,600 likes in a week (shown below, left).

Also on April 4th, 2024, TikToker^[3] @nylamonettt posted a video of her dancing to the song, receiving over 113,100 likes in a week (shown below, right).

Lil Mabu also promoted the song on his own TikTok^[4] account.

Memetic usage of the song predominantly started when TikToker^[5] @19alazo posted a Minions meme on April 10th, 2024, that used the "Hit 'Em With a Scream" soundbite, gaining over 1.7 million likes in two days (shown below, left).

On April 11th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @biily_69 posted a similar meme, showing a kid screaming into a microphone along with the soundbite, gaining over 379,700 likes in a day (shown below, right).

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