Adida / DaBaby Shoe Throw

About

DaBaby Shoe Throw refers to a viral video of American rapper DaBaby getting a shoe thrown at him during a performance at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens. The incident became a viral subject of discussions and memes online in late July 2021, with the thrown shoe referred to as Adida, a singular of Adidas.

Origin

On July 25th, 2021, American rapper DaBaby performed at Rolling Loud Festival 2021 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. During the concert, Twitter user @bobbymooks threw his right Adidas sneaker at the rapper,^[1] with DaBaby dodging the throw and proceeding to ask the crowd who threw it, correctly identifying the brand.

Who the fuck threw that motherfucking busted-ass goddamn Adida?

The incident was livestreamed by the Rolling Loud YouTube channel. On the same day, Twitter^[2] user @shugknite uploaded the clip of DaBaby getting shoed (shown above), with the clip gaining over 2.5 million views through multiple reposts.

Spread

The video received multiple reposts on Twitter, including July 25th reposts by Twitter^[3][4] users @beeaaaanzz (3,900 retweets and 19,800 likes) and @safetyncts (15,500 retweets and 116,200 likes).

On July 26th, responding to an identification inquiry by @safetyncts, Twitter^[5] user @bobbymooks posted a photograph of his legs with one shoe missing, writing, "It was me." The tweet received over 13,700 retweets and 94,100 likes (shown below).

The incident became a viral subject of discussions and memes online, primarily on Twitter. For example, on July 26th, Twitter^[6] user @boytwtt posted a GIF of Megan Thee Stallion captioned "Megan leaving rolling loud after she threw the busted adida at dababy." The tweet received over 620 retweets and 6,700 likes (shown below).

In the following hours, both DaBaby and Adida trended on Twitter^[7][8] in the United States, reaching #4 and #15 ranking, respectively.

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