About
Rick Ross pears refers to a series of vines based off the phrase “I eat pears and shit like that” by American rapper RIck Ross regarding an interview about his recent weight loss, the phrase has spawned multiple vines and image shops regarding the barely coherent phrase, often mocking his pronunciation of the word “pear”.
Origin
The original video posted on May 21, 2014 is an interview by Tim Westwood with Rick Ross on the backstage of his London show regarding his weight loss, and his fitness program RossFit, as well as his eating habits.
on Oct 18, 2014[1], Vine user willyjoy posted a vine highlighting the phrase “i eat pears and shit like that, shoutout to all the pears” from the interview, in the next 2 months the Vine has gathered more than 24.101.200 loops, and 218.1K likes and 180.9K Revines, the same day the same vine was posted on youtube[2] by user Spencer Mutsch, it gathered 539,735 views and 3,731 likes
Spread
on the days following the video, multiple parodies began appearing on vine with the hashtags #Pears, ofter accompanyed by the hashtag #RickRoss, the videos consisted of certain subjects, sometimes music with sound-alike words, colliding with the word “pear” shouted by rick ross as well as parodies of gangsta rap music involving pears. on November 12, 2014 Vine Trends Compilations posted a compilation of all Rick Ross pears vines
on November 9 Youtube user Dirkaz posted a trap remix using the interview (shown below, left), on Nov 25 2014 another compilation by Vine Trends was posted including more vines (shown below, right) and on November 11, 2014 the internet news site Buzzfeed published an article about the Vine fad titled “People Can’t Stop Making Vines About Rick Ross Eating Pears”