About

Unc Still Got It refers to a viral video of an older Black man, called an "unc" in the original caption, skipping over a jump rope while sitting down on pavement and lifting off his rear end. The clip had the caption, "Unc still got it," inferring that the man was still good in old age at the odd jump roping technique.

The video became a prevalent reaction video and GIF as it was used in viral tweets and GIF caption memes to joke about someone who is seemingly past their prime but still has skills in their field of expertise. The video and GIF also became an exploitable, as meme creators replaced the man with other people, mostly using Viggle AI, and recaptioned the original caption to fit other scenarios. The meme was particularly popular among sports fans of the NBA, NFL and association football (soccer) to make fun of players who were performing better than expected despite their age.

Origin

On June 28th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @giovanni.jackson8 posted a video of himself jumping rope while sitting down and swinging the rope clockwise underneath himself. The video amassed over 222,400 likes in a year. It has since been deleted.

After the video by TikToker @giovanni.jackson8, Instagram user @meme.metro reposted the original video on August 7th, 2024, with a Snapchat text caption that read, "Unc still got it." The post received over 116,300 likes and 680 comments in roughly a year.

A repost of it was then shared by X^[2] / Twitter user @VideoReacts on September 14th, 2024, garnering over 102,000 views, 710 likes and 18 replies in roughly a year.

Spread

The Unc Still Got It video spread via reposts on Instagram^[3] soon after.

On September 29th, 2024, X^[4] user @stymead reposted the video, captioning it, "Derrick Henry 87 yard rushing touchdown in 2024," referring to the NFL running back. Over one year, the tweet gained over 7,400 likes.

On November 23rd, X^[5] user reposted the video, captioning it, "Chris Paul 1st year on a new team glitch still working in 2024," referring to the NBA player. Over 11 months, the tweet received over 20,000 likes.

Use of the video on X continued heading into 2025. For instance, on July 20th, 2025, X^[5] user @phonybone tweeted the video, captioned, "Eddington got the biggest gasp I’ve heard in a theater since Hereditary," referring to the 2025 film and the 2018 film. Over two months, the post received roughly 3,000 likes.

On August 10th, X^[6] user @dirlewanker tweeted, "26 years old and still getting mad at video games," and attached a GIF of the Unc Still Got It video. The tweet received over 59,000 likes in a month.

Various Examples

Template

Search Interest

External References