I Just Lost My Dawg

Submission 6,100

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About

I Just Lost My Dawg, also known as I Just Lost My Dog and continued And My Brother Taught Me How To Chase the Bag or And My Brother Showed Me How To Chase the Bag, refers to lyrics from the song "Ricch Forever" by Roddy Ricch and its poorly covered versions on TikTok from TikTokers TRINITY (@trinitystreet) and Don Blanco (@donblancoaventuras). TRINITY and Don Blanco posted their covers in mid-2024, which led to their audios becoming TikTok sounds for shitposts and photo slideshows. Many of the video memes referenced the Zawg / Schlawg meme. I Just Lost My Dawg and "Ricch Forever" were originally used in the Gojo Backshots meme. Overall, the satirical usage of the song likened it to meme rap. Roddy Ricch's other songs gained memes prior to "Ricch Forever," such as "Ballin,'" which gained notoriety because of the Animan Studios meme.

Origin

Roddy Ricch's "Ricch Forever" was released on September 27th, 2018.^[1] An unofficial music video was posted to YouTube^[2] on October 24th, 2018, amassing over 27.6 million views in six years (shown below). The song's opening hook is, "I just lost my dawg (yeah) / Nigga, my brother taught me how to chase the bag."

I just lost my dawg
Nigga, my brother taught me how to chase the bag
Get right in the field, I had to make a bag
The day he lost his soul, wish I could take it back
I just wanna go get one more bag with my nigga
Wanna be rich forever for my dawg
Supposed to take you on yo first trip on a private jet
I vow to always ball until I fall

Currently, the first discovered post to spawn memes with Roddy Ricch's "I just lost my dawg" lyric was a video posted by TikToker^[3] @hav7x on March 3rd, 2022. It was a screen-recording of their own SoundCloud^[4] remix of "Ricch Forever" that increasingly sped-up the "I just lost my dawg" lyric. Over two years, the video amassed roughly 1 million plays and 153,900 likes (shown below).

Spread

Going into 2022, TikTokers started using the abovementioned video's TikTok sound^[5] for their content. For instance, on March 15th, 2022, TikToker^[6] @parapqa posted a video that used the sound, amassing over 11.3 million plays and 2.1 million likes in two years (shown below, left).

Usage of the sound continued in 2023, transitioning to memes about glazing. For instance, on October 1st, 2022, TikToker^[7] @sethd33 posted a video about the NFL glazing Taylor Swift, gaining over 6.5 million plays and 397,800 likes in 10 months (shown below, right).

Gojo Backshots

Starting in August 2023, fans of the manga and anime Jujutsu Kaisen on TikTok started spreading a meme called Gojo Backshots in which it appeared that the character Satoru Gojo was giving backshots to other characters. The videos predominantly used Roddy Ricch's "Ricch Forever," centering on the "I just lost my dawg" lyric.

For instance, on August 17th, 2023, TikToker^[8] @cheekymoneky7 posted a Gojo Backshots meme with the "I just lost my dawg" lyric as the TikTok sound,^[9] receiving over 2.4 million plays and 271,900 likes in a year (shown below).

TRINITY's Cover

On July 10th, 2024, British TikToker^[10] @trinitystreet posted a black-and-white video of him singing "Ricch Forever," particularly the lyrics, "I just lost my dawg / And my brother taught me how to chase the bag." In a month, the video received roughly 8.5 million plays and 922,800 likes (shown below).

I just lost my dawg
And my brother taught me how to chase the bag.

In the following weeks, multiple TikTokers used the abovementioned video's TikTok sound^[11] for memetic content. For instance, on July 11th, 2024, TikToker^[12] @ghosty_009 posted a shitpost video with the sound that gained over 7.7 million plays and 1.2 million likes in a month (shown below).

Don Blanco's Cover

On July 23rd, 2024, TikToker^[13] @donblancoaventuras posted a video of himself covering "Ricch Forever," singing, "I just lost my dog / And my brother showed me how to chase the bag." Over 20 days, the video received roughly 3.7 million plays and 345,400 likes (shown below, left).

On August 5th, TIkToker^[14] @donblancoaventuras posted another cover of "Ricch Forever," singing more emotionally, "I just lost my dog / And my brother showed me how to chase the bag." In a week, the video gained roughly 3.7 million plays and 452,900 likes (shown below, right).

I just lost my dog
And my brother showed me how to chase the bag.

In the following weeks, TikTokers used the TikTok sounds^[15]^[16] of both abovementioned videos for memetic content. For instance, on July 24th, 2024, TikToker^[17] @donpollostudios used the first video's sound,^[15] gaining over 1.1 million plays and 171,100 likes in 19 days (shown below, left).

On August 5th, TikToker^[18] @noraeteev used the second video's sound,^[16] receiving over 1.6 million plays and 244,000 likes in a week (shown below, right).