I'm Mad, But I Ain't Stressin'
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About
"I'm Mad, But I Ain't Stressin'" is a memorable lyric from the 2015 hip-hop single "King Kunta" by American hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar, from his third studio album To Pimp A Butterfly.[1] The lyric, paired with a screenshot of Lamar reciting the line in the official music video, has become an image macro / reaction image similar to Panik Kalm or an inverse of Squidward's Lounge Chair.
Origin
On March 15th, 2015, Kendrick Lamar's third studio album To Pimp A Butterfly was released. The album attained #1 on the Billboard Weekly Top 200.[2] On April 1st, the music video for "King Kunta", the third track from said album (shown below), was uploaded to YouTube by Kendrick Lamar's official YouTube channel. The music video garnered nearly 140,000,000 views and 820,000 likes in five years.[3]
Spread
On April 9th, 2016, iFunny user deadgamerxd_2015 uploaded an image featuring the aforementioned lyrics (shown below). The post received nearly 140,000 likes and 1,700 comments in four years.[4]
On February 24th, 2019, an unknown Reddit uploaded a template to r/MemeTemplatesOfficial (shown below).[5]
On March 4th, 2019, Reddit user /u/ThemViolentNitemares posted an iteration to r/Slipknot (shown below). The post gained over 190 upvotes in one year.[6]
External References
[1] Genius – Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta Lyrics
[2] Wikipedia – To Pimp A Butterfly
[3] YouTube – Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta
[4] iFunny – Picture memes jhdb0ISm3 by deadgamerxd_2015
[5] Reddit – I’m mad! But I ain’t stressin : MemeTemplatesOfficial
[6] Reddit – Pretty much me, after the initial disappointment : Slipknot
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