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Snoop Dogg Instagram Meme are a series of images posted by Californian rapper Snoop Dogg on social media site,Instagram, with the captions involving the term meme, and asking whether or not the pictures can become “memes”. The images are often posted on cringe threads and act as examples of lack of knowledge of meme culture.
Origin
On November 1st, 2014, the rapper posted a selfie to his Instagram[1] with the caption “meme”, followed by more similar selfies with snoop dogg making faces. In February of 2015, Imgur user hashtagyoureit posted an album featuring all the selfies with the caption “meme??” On January 28th, 2015, news site The Berry made an article featuring all of the photos titled “Snoop Dogg really wants to be a meme”.[2]
Spread
Although the images had little exposition when they first appeared, they quickly gained popularity in 2015 on sites like Tumblr[3] with multiple photoshops of his face in the selfies on images related to memes.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Instagram – Somebody make a meme out of this pic
[2]The Berry – Snoop dogg really wants to be a meme
[3]Tumblr – search for snoop dogg meme