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Real RX or "12 Stout Street" is a song by rapper RX Papi featuring lyrics about the rapper's mother kicking him out of the house and turning to the gang life at an early age. The song was released in November 2021 and went viral on TikTok in May through June 2022, often used in videos about being depressed or in ironic meme videos. In June 2022, a sped-up version of the song went viral on the platform.

Origin

On November 18th, 2021, rapper RX Papi released the album Foreign Exchange, produced by Gud. The first song on the album is "12 Stout Street," a song where RX Papi raps about his mother kicking him out of the house, leading him to a life of petty crime to survive. The song was uploaded to YouTube^[1] that day, gaining over 1.2 million views in seven months (shown below).

I used to wake up in my room in the mornin'
Put on my dirty shoes in the mornin'
Heard mama cryin' last night
Think the lights finna go out
Only thing on my mind is hittin' a lick
Her nigga in prison for doin' some shit
Say I'ma go to prison for doin' some shit
Only thing on my mind is boomin' a bitch
12 Stout Street, I hated that house
I had to learn early on bein' a man about
My mama ain't never buy me shit
I sold drugs and robbed for all my shit

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On December 20th, 2021, TikToker^[2] @sheisty_4 posted a one-minute clip of the song showcasing the lyrics over the Thank God for My Reefer video, gaining over 700,000 views in six months (shown below).

The original sound saw occasional use that year, seeing an increase in use throughout the first half of 2022, often in videos about being depressed. On March 20th, 2022, TikToker^[3] @rc_follower posted a skit using the sound sharing his depression over being single, gaining over 800,000 views in three months (shown below, left). On May 10th, TikToker^[4] @yooperckin posted a video of a woman being pranked in an arguably over-the-top way, gaining over 2.4 million views in a month (shown below, right).

On May 25th, 2022, TikToker^[5] @shotbygeek posted an animated music video for the song using Grand Theft Auto, gaining over 1.2 million views in just under a month (shown below).

"12 Stout Street" Sped-Up

On June 2nd, 2022, TikToker^[6] @____spedup posted a sped-up version of the song, gaining over 162,000 views in two weeks. The original sound inspired over 11,000 videos in the same span of time. The majority of the videos are ironic jokes based on being sad. On June 8th, TikToker^[7] @.excluz posted a video captioned "bro summer's gonna be so lit" then a cut to him looking depressed, gaining over 800,000 views in a week (shown below, left). On June 11th, TikToker^[8] @tacobellcanada.ca posted a video showing a kid being pushed around at a party and then transitioning to the Gangnam Style dance, gaining over 855,000 views in a week (shown below, right).

Related Memes

Sad TikTok Slideshows / Sad Slideshow Audios

Sad TikTok Slideshows and Sad Slideshow Audios, also known as Depressing Slideshow Audios, Depressing TikTok Slideshows or Sad TikTok Photo Swipes, refers to a trend on TikTok in which creators make depressing sounds in CapCut using demotivational soundbites, clips and music so that others can use it to make a photo slideshow that romanticizes depression, loneliness, mental illness and suffering. The slideshows became a cliché on the platform as people either found them cringy or relatable and made parodies of them that used more obtuse or aggressive clips and soundbites. Phrases like Slideshows Boutta Go Crazy or Slideshows Gonna Be Crazy started trending in anticipation of the sound's usage by depressed others. Most of the sounds use the song "Inside Out" by Duster, however, many say that the trend started in late 2021 with the song "12 Stout Street" by RX Papi and Gud.

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