About

Well It's My Turn Pops refers to a viral video of a Black woman, Nicole Paris, beatboxing on The Jennifer Hudson Show in 2023, which became an exploitable video and audio element in a series of brainrot edit memes on TikTok in November 2025. In the original video, Paris is engaged in a beatbox battle with her dad, Ed Cage, and says, "Well, it's my turn, pops," when addressing him mid-performance. Well It's My Turn Pops became a meme predominantly due to the TikTok Niche Community.

Origin

On February 2nd, 2023, the YouTube^[1] channel of The Jennifer Hudson Show uploaded a clip from its most recent episode,^[2] in which father and daughter beatboxing duo, Ed Cage and Nicole Paris, returned to do a beatboxing battle. The video gained over 4.1 million views and 101,000 likes in two years.

At the video's 1:42 timestamp, Paris begins her beatboxing. She's heard riffing on the line, "Well, it's my turn, pops," which she says outright at the 1:50 timestamp.^[3]

Spread

On February 7th, 2023, The Jennifer Hudson Show posted the clip to TikTok,^[4] gaining over 649,100 likes in two years.

The clip didn't gain memetic spread, however, until April 10th, 2025, when TikToker^[5] @pearywearywoo69 reposted the clip, gaining over 28,500 likes in seven months.

On September 16th, TikToker^[6] @teddthenedd resurfaced the meme in a NicheTok format with a text overlay caption following the How I Feel Being On X phrasal template and referencing the Totr meme. Over two months, the video received over 750 likes.

On November 9th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @tomatojyice posted a similar video meme with a caption about how it felt being on Well It's My Turn Pops while others were still on Chicken Stars. Over 15 days, the video received over 10,200 likes.

On November 19th, TikToker^[8] @highhonorchip shared a video that followed the same format as the Big Forehead Homers Guide and Domer memes, instead using the Well It's My Turn Pops audio. Over five days, the TikTok received roughly 228,600 likes.

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