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Ian XXL Freshman Freestyle / Damn I'm On My Britney Shit refers to memes and jokes about American rapper Ian and his 2025 XXL Freestyle. The rapper's lines, "Damn I'm on my Britney shit, oops I did it again / Damn I'm on my DJ Khaled shit, we the best" / Damn, we rollin' hella deep, I feel like Adele," received ridicule on the internet, with people criticising him for not rhyming. Several TikTokers posted videos remixing and reaction to Ian's section in the video, while others began using the lines as a phrasal template to share their own lyrics, as seen in a post by X user @vampiric_shirin that read, "damn I’m on my indie shit, oops I sleazed again."

Origin

The 2025 XXL Freshman Class freestyles were released on YouTube^[1] June 27th, 2025, featuring the artists Ray Vaughn, 1900Rugrat, Loe Shimmy, Eem Triplin, Samara Cyn, BabyChiefDoit, Lazer Dim 700, YTB Fatt, Nino Paid, Gelo, Ian, and 10th spot winner EBK Jaaybo.

Ian appears to deliver his freestyle at the 1:14 timestamp. His segment is transcribed below:

(Mmm) Damn, I'm on my Britney shit, oops, I hit again
(Mmm) Damn, I'm on my DJ Khaled shit, we the best
(Mmm) Damn, we rollin' hella deep, I feel like Adele

On June 30th, TikToker^[2] @uknown._x0 reposted the clip of Ian's XXL Freshman freestyle, writing, "Ian gotta give it up after this," and gathering over 900,000 plays and 12,000 likes in three days.

Spread

On July 1st, 2025, TikToker^[3] @secretasian__6 posted a brainrot version of Ian's XXL Freshman Cypher, rapping, "Damn I'm on my Rizzler shit, oops I rizzed again / Damn I'm on my trick shotting shit, Faze Adapt / Damn we gooning everyday, streaming on OF." The post gathered over 1.7 million views and 200,000 likes in two days.

On July 2nd, TikToker^[4] @yodeege posted an animation of Ian doing his Freshman Cypher freestyle, gathering over 1.7 million plays and 200,000 likes in a day.

Memes about Ian's XXL Freshman freestyle spread to Twitter on July 2nd, with X^[5] user @vampiric_shirin writing, "damn I’m on my indie shit, oops I sleazed again / damn I’m on my LCD shit, Soundsystem / damn our strokes are hella deep, i feel like julien." The post gathered over 6,000 likes in a day.

Also on July 2nd, X^[6] user @terryspins posted a Genius lyric card with Ian's freestyle lyrics presented in front of several garbage cans. The post gathered over 1,600 likes in a day.

That same day, Ian posted a TikTok^[7] video reacting to the memes about his XXL Freshman freestyle, posting a skit where his mom messages him, saying, "my son is ahh 😭😭😭." The post gathered over 4 million plays and 900,000 likes in a day.

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