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Quit Playing! I Didn't Do This Stuff! is a memorable quote uttered by R. Kelly during his interview with CBS This Morning regarding the sexual assault and misconduct allegations made against him. After being confronted with accusations that Kelly had sexually abused and raped minors, he stood up and screamed, "Quit playing! I didn't do this stuff." In 2020, audio of Kelly saying the line became a popular audio clip for lip-sync comedy videos on TikTok.

Origin

On March 5th, 2020, R. Kelly participated in an interview with CBS This Morning's Gayle King regarding the allegations that he sexually abused and trafficked minors. In regards to the accusations, he said, "Quit playing! I didn't do this stuff." The following day, CBS News uploaded the video to YouTube, where it received more than 8.5 million views in less than two years (shown below).

On March 19th, 2020, TikTok user @coachreggie published a video using audio from the interview in a comedy sketch (shown below).

Spread

Over the next few months, people began using the sound in various comedy sketches. For example, on July 23rd, 2020, TikToker khadarelhodge posted a video about doing dishes. The post received more than 950,000 views, 249,000 reactions and 2,200 comments in less than two months (shown below, left).

In September 2020, the audio went spread on TikTok in larger volumes. For example, on September 3rd, TikToker @jaywill4real posted a sketch about getting into heaven that featured the clip. The post received more than 2 million views, 300,000 reactions and 4,500 comments in less than two weeks (shown below, center).

Throughout September, others continued to share variations of the meme (example below, right). That month, the website StayHipp^[1] published a report on the memes.

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