My Man Kevin on the Ledge and Shit

About

My Man Kevin on the Ledge and Shit is an image macro of a teen boy hanging from the banister of a stairwell with the phrase "My man Kevin on the ledge and shit" as a caption. The image inspired a series of recursive memes (similar to Revolver Ocelot) and parodies.

Origin

The earliest available version of the meme was posted on March 18th, 2017 by Instagram ^[1] user @jollyplankton (shown below). However, it is unlikely that this is the exact origin of the photograph as the page labels it a "repost."

Spread

On April 10th, 2018, Tumblr ^[2] user golfgalaxy posted the image with the caption "when osmone asks if im ok." The post received more than 28,000 notes in less than two years (shown below, left).

Months later, on September 6th, Redditor ^[3] Indusia postd the image on /r/me_irl subreddit. The post received more than 1,700 points (99% upvoted) in less than two years.

On October 17th, Instagram^[4] user @gucci.dogger posted the image with the caption "My man Kevin on the ledge and shit." The post received more than 12,000 likes in less than two years (shown below, center.

Two weeks later, on November 2nd, Redditor^[5] Cam_1337 shared a recursive version of the meme, in which the phrase "My man Kevin on the ledge and shit" repeats several times over the image. The post received more than 8,900 points (98% upvoted) and 150 comments (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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