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He's a 2010s era, weird part of YouTube shit poster. Started out with edgy/crass/racist vlog style videos. He popped off when he introduced pink guy. With his newfound success he spread out into a ton of different types of videos ranging from music videos, Japanese lessons, topical comedy, weird sketches, satire, public pranks, low budget gross-out jackass style stunts, an entire cinematic universe, and creating the Harlem shake. All while still staying wildly racist and playing into the edgy humor that was so popular at the time. It does not hold up well haha
The guy seems to be speedrunning career.
The Harlem Shake has been around since the 1980s (originally called the Albee after the creator Al B). To credit this degenerate with it is an insult to hip-hop and popular culture.
The meme, not the true thing
Yeah, even the meme was around (though obviously in different forms). Honestly, this just makes me sad tbh bc it reinforces how invisible non-white non-internet culture is for most white people. We were memeing/harlem shaking for decades, yet most kids today attribute it to this racist degenerate.
Hey, no, not the same Harlem shake. I agree with your sentiment on all other fronts, but in this case: this producer stole the name of the dance and used it as the name of his song, and then Joji made this stupid meme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJiSSAMNWw
Don't worry. No one knows who this dude is.