About

I Got Like Hella Money is a viral video and song by producer and songwriter Kell Martin in which he sings and beatboxes in his car, "I got like hella money," and shows off that he has $5. Martin posted the video to his TikTok account @shutthekellup in early January 2026. It went viral and was popularized that month as the subject of lip dubs, dance videos and reactions, with the original sound surpassing 124,000 uses in two weeks. The song was further popularized on Instagram Reels. As the song became more prominent, a trend emerged based on a video of an Emoji moving its arms in a driving-like motion to the song.

Origin

On January 2nd, 2026, TikToker^[1] @shutthekellup posted a video of himself beatboxing and singing in his car. In the video, he sings a song consisting of the repeated lyrics, "I got like hella money," showing off a five-dollar bill in the middle of the video and saying, "I got like five bucks. Lincoln!" He ends the song, "You got like no funds. Poor!"

The video gained over 28.6 million views, 4.9 million likes and 87,400 comments in two weeks.

Spread

The song by Kell Martin went viral and began to inspire lip dubs, memes and other videos in early January 2026 as it spread.

For example, on January 8th, 2026, TikToker^[2] @lilypad0926 posted a video in which they move their cat's mouth to the song, making it lip sync the lyrics, garnering over 7.3 million views in a week.

That day, TikToker^[3] @yoonyumya posted a video using the audio alongside the caption, "Me when I get a random refund from Roblox," garnering over 4.2 million views in a week.

It was also posted to her Instagram^[4] page, garnering over 964,000 views in the same span of time.

On January 12th, 2026, TikToker^[5] @yummies95 posted a video where they make a cutout of an Emoji move its hands in a circular motion as the song plays, garnering over 6.2 million views in three days.

On January 13th, TikToker^[6] @ambrosiabrew posted a video recreating the Emoji video with a cup of boba, garnering over 20 million views in two days.

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