Abdul Cisse

About

Abdul Cisse is a content creator best known for his beatbox and singing videos on TikTok where he beatboxes and sings original songs, covers and parodies of popular songs, often from video games. Cisse also regularly participates in Open Verse Challenges. Cisse posted his first video to TikTok in early 2020 and started uploading content to YouTube in late 2021. As of May 2022, he has 2.7 million followers on TikTok and has created several viral memes, including FNAF Beatbox and the Fortnite Battle Pass Song.

History

On April 26th, 2020, Abdul Cisse posted his first video to TikTok.^[1] In the video, he beatboxes and vocalizes to the American national anthem, gaining over 89,000 views in two years (shown below, left). On August 7th, 2021, he posted a video to TikTok^[2] beatboxing the Among Us theme song in his car, gaining over 116,000 views in nine months (shown below, right).

FNAF Beatbox

On August 13th, 2021, Cisse posted a video to TikTok^[3] (shown below) wearing a yellow shirt and chinos, sitting in his car, beatboxing to the FNAF fan song by The Living Tombstone titled "Five Nights at Freddy's 1 Song," a popular song with over 241 million views on YouTube.^[1] The song became known as the FNAF Beatbox.

The original sound for @abdul_cisse's video became popularized on TikTok^[4] over the following months, inspiring over 48,000 videos in nine months. In the following months, it inspired animations and edits on YouTube and across social media (examples shown below). On December 21st, Cisse started posting videos to YouTube.^[8] On December 23rd, YouTuber^[5] Lessons In Meme Culture posted a video about the meme

Fortnite Battle Pass Song

On February 1st, 2022, Cisse posted^[6] a TikTok Duet to an Open verse Challenge video by @salemilese where she sings about the Us or PS5 video. Cisse's verse is about buying the Fortnite Battle Pass, starting with the lyrics, "Fortnite Battle Pass, I just shit out my ass." The video gained over 13 million views in two weeks (shown below). On February 2nd, he reuploaded the video to TikTok^[7] as an original sound, gaining over 2.7 million views in a comparable span of time.

The original sound inspired over 43,000 videos in three months (examples shown below) and spread across social media in video edits.

"Bite Of '87" With CG5

On March 18th, 2022, Abdul Cisse's beatboxing featured on the song by CG5 titled "Bite Of '87," based on the Five Nights at Freddy's meme Was That The Bite Of '87. The music video, which also features Cisse throughout, (shown below) gained over 4.1 million views in two months (shown below).

On the same day, CG5 uploaded a behind-the-scenes video about the recording of the song and music video, gaining over 473,000 views in two months (shown below).

Online Presence

On March 17th, CG5 collaborated with Cisse on his YouTube channel for a variation of a Laugh You Lose challenge, gaining over 1.5 million views in two months (shown below, right).

Interview With Abdul Cisse

On February 3rd, 2022, Know Your Meme uploaded an interview with Cisse focusing on the success of FNAF Beatbox (shown below).

Search Interest

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