
Jill Scott, Kaytranada, GoldLink & More Destroy The Roots’ Grammy Jam
Photo Credit: Vickey Ford of Sneakshot for Okayplayer
Photo Credit: Vickey Ford of Sneakshot for Okayplayer
When a video of Jill Scottsimulating a sexual act during a live performance hit the internet, viewers were divided.
Some were surprised that Jilly from Philly would imitate such an act during a show, while others referenced a handful of her songs that reflected the singer's unabashed sensuality.
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\u201cJill Scott got issues \ud83d\ude26\u201d— \ud835\udcc0\u212f\ud835\udcc3\ud835\udccf \ud83d\udc99 (@\ud835\udcc0\u212f\ud835\udcc3\ud835\udccf \ud83d\udc99) 1542115980
\u201cLol at y\u2019all Jill Scott newbies. Y\u2019all thought she was incense and sandals huh?\u201d— Plug 5. (@Plug 5.) 1542092454
\u201cPulling up to Jill Scott House Like\u201d— FYB TEVIN (@FYB TEVIN) 1542128590
Scott even addressed the video herself, taking to Twitter to write:
\u201cHi. I sing/act out all kinds of stories. You should cum to my shows. After a Jill Scott show, most people get splendidly laid by whoever they came with\ud83d\ude01\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffd\ud83c\udfb6\ud83e\udd2a\ud83c\udf89 #iftheydontFitup #stopfrontinusuckdicktoo\nThey also usually go on 2happier, more productive, focused, wealthy lives.\u201d— \u2b50Jill Scott\u2b50 (@\u2b50Jill Scott\u2b50) 1542095241
Shortly after the video surfaced, Scott spoke with Joe Budden about it and what inspired the action.
"It's for different purposes each time," the "A Long Walk" singer said, revealing that the video was taken during a concert she did in Nashville.
"That time was about the things you want to do but you have to save them for the right person. Not everyone can get your A game, you know?"
She also took the time to discuss how all of her shows aren't solely sexual.
"It's going to be a lot of feels, every show. This is what I do," she said. "I tell stories, I sing songs, I play music that invigorates, it sometimes stills people, sometimes I see them crying. It's a range of emotions, you just have to be there."
Scott also took to Instagram to speak on the video, writing: "I didn't post that old ass snippet. Piss on whoever did! I would've, at least, posted that damn point of it all. Trust, there's always purpose in what I do."
\u201cI ain\u2019t mad at all. I\u2019m glowing to work\ud83d\udc8bHave a fantastic day and get chu some Jill Scott. Makes the day go down a lil easier.\u201d— \u2b50Jill Scott\u2b50 (@\u2b50Jill Scott\u2b50) 1542283233
The viral video allegedly tripled Scott's music streaming numbers too.
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What makes Scott's meme that much better is just how unexpected it is. When the singer's name first started trending on November 13, surely the last thing users expected to see was a video of Scott pretending to give fellatio to her microphone. But the video also reflects how anything can gain relevance and virality in the internet age — no matter how old it is.
Aside from Scott's viral video there was another popular meme that made the rounds this month — this one of Migos' Takeoff.
\u201cWhen it\u2019s 3 am and your friend is trying to go to the afterparty\u201d— philip lewis (@philip lewis) 1542416693
The meme came about following Migos' appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden, where the Atlanta rap trio featured on the show's Carpool Karaoke segment. As James Corden drives the group around they sing, dance, and ad-lib to their hit songs "Bad and Boujee" and "Walk It Talk It." At one point, Corden suggests to the group that they incorporate other instruments into their music and begins handing them everything from a triangle to a kid's toy that makes a cat noise.
It is at that moment that the Takeoff meme was born, as the rapper looks on puzzled at Corden before joining Quavo and Offset in the humorous bit.
\u201cWhen the driver fall asleep a lil & you hear dat DDDZZZZDZSDSZRRR from them lil grooves on the freeway.\u201d— Mani \u23f0 (@Mani \u23f0) 1542235819
\u201cWhen your mama say you gotta go back to school after your doctors appointment \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\u201d— GMFB JohnnyBoy \ud83d\udda4\ud83e\udd85 (@GMFB JohnnyBoy \ud83d\udda4\ud83e\udd85) 1542295039
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The internet has given us countless Migos-related memes; this isn't even Takeoff's first viral meme of the year. In October, Quavo introduced the #DJTakeoffchallenge to promote his debut solo album Quavo Huncho. The challenge stemmed from an Instagram video Quavo uploaded that showed Takeoff DJ'ing the Quavo Huncho cut "Lose It." As Quavo happily dances to the track, Takeoff offers a blank expression as he fades the track in and out, bringing it back whenever the bass drops.
\u201cThis the best one yet \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude02 @ReggieCOUZ #DjTakeoffChallenge\u201d— Q (@Q) 1539903789
This recent meme of a badly photoshopped image of Michael B. Jordan deserves an honorable mention too. On November 24, Twitter user @BeeBabs (Bolu Babalola) posted the following image, which finds her standing alongside a clearly photoshopped picture of the Creed and Black Panther actor.
(She was mocking a tweet that went viral last week. In that tweet, user @briannacry tweeted out reuniting with a childhood friend. Twitter later helped the two reconnect.)
"It's upsetting me and my homegirls that people think this is photoshop. Please have some respect and stop being so cynical. Respect romance and stop trying to interrupt the course of true love," Babalola wrote following the post going viral. "What's understood don't need to be explained."
\u201cIt's upsetting me and my homegirls that people think this is photoshop. Please have some respect and stop being so cynical. Respect romance and stop trying to interrupt the course of true love. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udfff what's understood don't need to be explained\u2764. \ud83d\udcf8 @FUERTESKNIGHT\u201d— Bolu Babalola \ud83c\udf6f&\ud83c\udf36 (@Bolu Babalola \ud83c\udf6f&\ud83c\udf36) 1543138340
Ultimately, Babalola's viral moment came full circle when she met and took a picture with Jordan during a film screening of Creed II.
\u201cMs Steal Your Man. Case closed.\u201d— Bolu Babalola \ud83c\udf6f&\ud83c\udf36 (@Bolu Babalola \ud83c\udf6f&\ud83c\udf36) 1543138340
Here are some other notable memes that appeared in November.
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\u201cWhen you at Thanksgiving dinner with Chance The Rapper and he praying over the food https://t.co/53Yr9pyB0i\u201d— DDOT. (@DDOT.) 1542838410
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