Ty Dolla $ign's XXL Freestyle
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About
Ty Dolla $ign's XXL Freestyle became the subject of memes and discussions in mid-2024, with people commenting on rapper Ty Dolla's acapella rendition and his seemingly awkward lyrics and appearance. The viral video was shared on X / Twitter in April 2024 and continued to appear in exploitable memes, lip dubs and skits in subsequent weeks.
Origin
On May 14th, 2014, XXL magazine posted a video of Ty Dolla $ign's Freshman Freestyle to their YouTube[1] channel, gathering over 800,000 views in ten years (seen below).
Spread
The video was reposted to X / Twitter on April 7th, 2024, by X[2] user @ShottaSV. The original post gathered over 8,000 likes in almost two months and sparked reactions and memes in subsequent weeks. For instance, on April 8th, X[3] user @fortunetellaaa quoted the video with a comment on Ty Dolla $ign's hairline, saying that his "forehead just kept going we aint see a hairline once," and gathering over 100,000 likes in two months (seen below).
nigga forehead just kept going we aint see a hairline once https://t.co/80IjtaCo77
— mayhem🥠 (@fortunetellaaa) April 8, 2024
On April 23rd, the Instagram[4] page @pastor.flacc posted an edit of the video that turned Ty Dolla's freestyle into an old-timey black-and-white silent film, gathering over 800 likes in a month (seen below).
On May 22nd, 2024, X[5] user @husbandu posted an edit in the style of Apple Music's 100 Best Albums list, gathering over 48,000 likes in a week (seen below).
wow… real music really won today! thank you apple music 🙏 pic.twitter.com/tv9Z26vnx1
— danny ★ (@husbandu) May 22, 2024
On May 27th, 2024, R&B artist Steve Lacy posted a video parodying Ty Dolla's freestyle to his Instagram stories, as seen in a repost to X (shown below).
Steve Lacy got me dying 💀 pic.twitter.com/Snl9VqWthk
— ry (@RyanNice) May 27, 2024
Various Examples
i feel everything except apologetic for making this. ty dolla sign midwest emo pic.twitter.com/fA9On3MA8E
— luna! (@lesbiansexboobs) June 1, 2024
@ph33n11x #fyp #persona #persona3 #persona3reload #tydollasign #tydollasignxxlfreestyle #xxl #vultures ♬ キミの記憶 Reload– Azumi Takahashi / ATLUS Sound Team / ATLUS GAME MUSIC
@beetleplex This is the man who dropped a collab album with kanye west #beetleplex #memes #hoodirony #brainrot #freestyle #tydollasign #kanyewest #vultures #funnyvideos #fanumtax #sketch ♬ original sound – Beetle Plex
Search Interest
External References
[3] X – fortunetellaaa
[4] Instagram – pastor.flacc
