Wesley Snipes Crying

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About

Wesley Snipes Crying refers to a memorable moment from the 1991 dramatic film New Jack City in which the character Nino Brown points a gun at his best friend Gee Money and cries. Online, the image has come to express the feeling of rejecting something one formerly honored.

Origin

On March 8th, 1991, the film New Jack City was released in the United States.^[1] In the film, the character Nino Brown points a gun at his best friend Gee Money (portrayed Wesley Snipes and Allen Payne, respectively) and cries (clip below).

On August 30th, 2015, Twitter ^[2] user @breexnichole retweeted a since-deleted tweet by the @NoChillPosts Twitter account that reads, "WHEN YOURE ABOUT TO UNFOLLOW SOMEONE YOUVE BEEN FOLLOWING SINCE DAY 1" (shown below).

Spread

On September 7th, Tumblr ^[3] user pudonkers shared the post. In a little over four years, the post received more than 296,000 notes (shown below).

Three years later, on July 26th, 2018, Redditor ^[4] READMYSHIT shared the image with the caption "when your best friend messages you asking what ligma is." The post received more than 810 points (96% upvoted) in about a year and a half (shown below, center).

On September 18th, 2019, Twitter^[5] user @GeorgeResch tweeted the image with the caption "Me killing a spider even though I know they serve a very important function in the ecosystem." The tweet received more than 4,000 likes and 500 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right).