About
Squatting Anthony Fantano is an exploitable image series based on a photograph of Internet music critic Anthony Fantano squatting. The exploitable is often used on various album covers for humorous effect.
Origin
On October 30, 2013, music news magazine Greenroom Magazine published an interview with Fantano on their website, which included a photograph of Fantano doing a rap squat in their eponymous green room.[1]
Spread
One of the first instances of the exploitable first appeared on 4chan’s /mu/ (Music) board on November 10, 2013; its earliest variants were simple gifs of the image.[2] The first thread focused on inserting Fantano into album covers was posted to /mu/ on August 25, 2014.[3] This thread reached over 300 posts and 150 images before it was archived. A thread for the exploitable was created on the forums for the lyric site Rap Genius in 2014.[5] There is also a Twitter based on examples of the exploitable.[4]
Official Response
On August 30, Fantano tweeted a link to an Imgur folder containing the edits from the /mu/ thread. This tweet inspired the creation of the previously mentioned Rap Genius thread.
OH MY GODhttp://t.co/sOUMaSO4AR
— Anthony Fantano (@theneedledrop) August 30, 2014Template
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Example Images
Search Interest
References
[1]Greenroom Magazine –
Interview: Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop
[2]Rebecca Black Tech – /mu/ – Music
[3]Rebecca Black Tech – /mu/ – Music
[4]Twitter – @AnthonySquats
[5]Rap Genius – Anthony fatano on classic album covers