About
Gekyume’s Circumcision refers to a series of jokes and memes about the circumcision ceremony for late-rapper XXXtentacion’s son, Gekyume.
Origin
On January 28th, 2019, XXXtentacion’s son, Gekyume Onfroy, was born.
The earliest known reference to the child’s circumcision, however, was posted in a meme by Instagram users @cumcell on February 2nd, 2019. That day, they posted an illustrated invitation to the ceremony, receiving more than 27,000 likes in less than one month (shown below).
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The following day, Twitter user @MurraCainan tweeted, “I can’t wait for #Gekyume ‘s #circumcision party.” The tweet included an illustration of XXXtentacion breastfeeding a child (shown below, left).
On February 4th, the invitation was posted on the /r/jahcoin subreddit by Redditor Jurderze.
Over the next few weeks, more people on social media posted various jokes about the ceremony. For example, on February 6th, Instagram user @epicdong posted a series of memes, including one comparing Gekyume’s circumcision ceremony to the inauguration ceremonies of Presidents “Barack Obama”:memes/people/barack-obama/ and Donald Trump. The post received more than 690 likes in one month (shown below, center).
On February 20th, Redditor Invincible_TKD posted a variation of the Pimples Zero meme using the Gekyume’s circumcision as a theme. The post received more than 470 points (99% upvoted) in 24 hours (shown below, right).
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External References
Source : https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gekyumes-circumcision