About

You Know They Got Your Mans refers to a viral video made by American comedian and content creator Lou Ratchett in which he can be seen walking into a store and saying, "Ayy, you know they got your mans, they got your mans on sex assault charges." The video came to be used as a reaction video in 2023 and 2024, notably used in relation to the Diddy Human Trafficking lawsuit and the Kendrick-Drake Rap Feud.

Origin

On January 7th, 2023, TikToker^[1] @beedivar (aka Lou Ratchett) posted a sketch in which he walks into a store and points to the cameraman saying, "Ayy, you know they got your mans, they got your mans on sex assault charges." His friend then chimes in, saying, "Heard you grew up with him."

The post gathered over 1 million plays and 130,000 likes in a year (seen below).

Spread

On November 23rd, 2023, TikToker^[2] @whyzhi reposted the video with a text overlay that read, "OKC fans when they see Chet and SGA anywhere in the city," gathering over 1 million plays and 280,000 likes in seven months (seen below).

On March 25th, 2024, X^[3] user @BattleRapBum posted a frame from the clip converted into video game art, to which X^[4] user @havmerxi added a dialogue box. The post gathered over 12,000 likes in two months (seen below).

On May 12th, X^[5] user @Brosnan_in_1997 posted an edit in which Lou Ratchett appears in the New York-Dublin Portal, gathering over 36,000 likes in 10 days (seen below).

https://t.co/2kliW2C4C9 pic.twitter.com/PwjTSov8RY

— The Venom Snake Affair (@Brosnan_in_1997) May 12, 2024

On May 15th, 2024, X^[6] user @strad404 posted images of the graffiti jacket Lou Ratchett was wearing in the original video, and an emoji pointing at the reader, gathering over 22,000 likes in five days (seen below).

Various Examples

All Megan thee stallion needs to do is posts this and its a wrap for Nicki Minaj pic.twitter.com/52vjgfqfHp

— إدريس (@TheArabMclovin) January 28, 2024

.@JoeBiden https://t.co/mkHDgNfm3W pic.twitter.com/O3Acx8S7hR

— Hurt CoPain (@SaeedDiCaprio) May 20, 2024

Search Interest

Unavailable.

External References