Kanyewestlover911

About

Kanyewestlover911 is a TikTok account whose admin is a known die-hard fan of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and who has defended him following every controversy in 2022 and became known for commenting "Kanyewestlover911" on almost every Kanye-related TikTok. Amid Ye's anti-Semitism controversies and following his appearance on Infowars with Alex Jones in which he praised Adolf Hitler, discourse and memes about Kanyewestlover911's imagined reaction trended en masse. Many imagined how Kanyewestlover911 would defend Ye, similar to memes made about the phrase "He Made Graduation."

Online History

On June 27th, 2022, the TikTok^[1] account Kanyewestlover911 posted its first video, simply showing a zoom-in of Ye on a mountaintop and ending the video with the account's name overlayed in text. Over the course of six months, the video received roughly 1.2 million plays and 197,600 likes (shown below, left). The account continued to earn viral engagement in 2022. For instance, on July 17th, 2022, the account posted a TikTok^[2] that referenced Kanye vs. Pete Davidson and the nickname "Skete," earning roughly 559,900 plays and 93,300 likes in five months (shown below, right).

At the same time as the account grew followers through its videos, it also garnered attention for its habit of commenting "Kanyewestlover911" under most Kanye-related videos. Many TikTokers started to reference the phenomenon in their own videos starting in mid-2022. For instance, one of the first known videos was uploaded by TikToker^[3] epotty_ on July 18th, 2022, who wrote in text overlay, "Me trying to explain to my friends who have lives, jobs, and purpose what it means that kanyewestlover911 commented on my tiktok," gaining roughly 63,500 plays and 10,900 likes in five months (shown below).

In late 2022, content started referencing if Kanyewestlover911 would keep sticking by Ye, predominantly following his growing anti-Semitism. For instance, on October 10th, 2022, TikToker^[4] av5oatj posted a video that referenced an imagined Kanyewestlover911 reaction to Ye's "Death Con 3 on Jewish People" tweet, earning roughly 954,700 plays and 92,000 likes in two months (shown below, left). On December 4th, 2022, TikToker^[5] hifabian posted a video that showed Saul Goodman defending Ye in court with an image of his InfoWars appearance, earning roughly 892,500 plays and 231,100 likes in one day (shown below, right).

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