I Will Not Rap In Class

Submission 56

Part of a series on Bart Simpson's Chalkboard Parodies. [View Related Entries]

About

I Will Not Rap In Class, also known as I Will Not Jugg In Class, refers to a race swapped fan art drawing of a Black Bart Simpson from The Simpsons in school, smoking a joint after having written "I will not rap in class" five times on the classroom chalkboard. The Bart Simpson Chalkboard Parody was created by artist Bboygraphx and posted to ArtStation in 2018. The image was reposted across social media platforms in the following years, making it moldy and low-quality over time. The image became an exploitable in the 2020s, predominantly trending in 2024 when a recaptioned version reading, "I will not jugg in class" went viral on TikTok. TikTokers showed themselves writing the phrase in their classrooms thereafter.

Origin

On April 18th, 2018, Instagram^[1] user Bboygraphx (@bboygraphx) posted original artwork of a Black Bart Simpson in a classroom, smoking a joint after having written "I will not rap in class" five times on the chalkboard. The original post received 67 likes in six years (shown below). Bboygraphx also posted the drawing to his ArtStation^[2] account where he also goes by his full name Adonis Williams.

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On January 27th, 2020, Redditor^[3] keep_it_4_real reposted the image to /r/CartoonGangsters, gaining over 1,400 upvotes in four years.

On February 1st, Redditor^[4] elidebrooks shared a parody Demotivational Poster to /r/ironicmemes which referenced lyrics from the Fetty Wap song "Trap Queen," reading, "1738, ay. I'm like, 'Hey, what's up? Hello'" and, in another frame, the poster jokes about Bart Simpson smoking what looks like the chalk. The meme received 123 upvotes in four years (shown below).

In the following months, posts on Reddit^[5] and Instagram^[6] shared a cropped version of the abovementioned image, showing only the inner frame. It's currently unknown if the inner frame came first because Redditor^[4] elidebrooks' post is the earliest discovered upload of a 1738 iteration.

On May 19th, 2020, iFunny^[7] user @Hotfix shared a video that added the Fetty Wap song to the image, gaining over 3,200 smiles in four years (shown below).

On November 6th, 2022, a moldy version of the image was posted by Redditor^[8] Prestigious_Cheek_97 to /r/okbuddyretard, receiving over 2,000 upvotes in two years (shown below).

I Will Not Jugg In Class

In late 2024, a recaptioned iteration of the meme that read, "I will not jugg in class" went viral on TikTok.^[9]^[10] It's currently unknown who posted the viral meme first as two iterations of it surfaced during the same timeframe (shown below). One used Instagram story text with a white background and the other used Papyrus font. The earliest known uploads were on TikTok^[10] and Instagram^[11] on October 31st and November 1st, 2024.

A few days prior, on October 26th, TikToker^[12] @i_.hatety posted a video of the I Will Not Jugg In Class meme drawn in their notebook without the source image visible. The video's caption referenced the My Coworker Be Losing His Mind Bro meme. Over 13 days, it received over 62,100 plays and 12,000 likes (shown below).