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Drake Yelling is an image macro of American rapper Drake yelling and pointing at a Toronto Raptors game in 2016 edited to make his mouth look bigger. The image which is used as a reaction image emoting angry and impatience first circulated on Twitter in 2017.

Origin

On May 23rd, 2016, Drake attending game four of the NBA conference finals and his reactions were captured during various moments of the game.^[1] On February 8th, 2017, Twitter user @justlnw^[2] posted the first edited version of a still of Drake and garnered over 500 likes and 300 retweets in two years.

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On February 20th, 2017, Twitter user @GirlsNoteBook^[3] tweeted the conversation "* me thinking * wow I'm being such a bitch for no reason, Him: you're being a bitch for no reason, Me: FIRST OF ALL" and attached the edited mage of Drake yelling (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 540 likes and 240 retweets in two years. On March 5th, Redditor ThaReal9God posted the image to r/Drizzy^[4] with a caption that related to the rapper (shown below, right). The post accumulated over 60 points (91% upvoted) in two years.

On August 18th, 2017, Twitter user @shanteIIcure used the image macro in reaction to @thegreatkhalid's tweet about pronouncing the name "Khalid" (shown below). The reply garnered over 630 likes and 80 retweets in two years.

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