

Her account, which has amassed over 200,000 followers since January, was created after she discovered the actors from Ikedieze’s famous Vine. Nicole, a Brazil-based woman behind the Twitter account is largely responsible for Iheme and Ikedieze’s meme-star status. They’re two of the most sought-after actors in Nigeria for comedic roles, and they rose to fame by playing mischievous children under the moniker “Aki and Pawpaw.” Don’t be fooled by Iheme and Ikedieze’s size - they’re both grown men (Iheme is 37 and Ikedieze is 41). Ikedieze is also the crying guy from the Vine. The “boys” in these viral videos are the Nigerian comic-film duo Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze. 1Ki8圎bosE- nollywood July 9, 2019īut for those well versed in movies from the Nigerian film industry, a.k.a. Like the Vine that preceded them, the origin of these videos has remained obscure. THIS VINE OF AN AFRICAN KID CRYING WITH A MACHETE WILL NEVER GET OLD HAAHAHHA /jO5DaBhUOY- Rhinestone Cowboy January 13, 2017įast-forward to a post-Vine 2019, a world where short videos of two small boys doing decidedly grown-up things like smoking cigars, pranking adults, and successfully wooing a number of women with their boisterous, high-pitched voices began to pick up in popularity on Twitter. The looping effect of Vines made it impossible to stop watching it, but the origin of the clip was largely a mystery.


You can feel the pain in his voice when he says, “Mama, tell him!” In a sudden burst of exasperation, he throws down the machete and sits with his bowed head in his hands, defeatedly hissing, “Oh my God.” This video quickly became the go-to reaction meme for expressing frustration, annoyance, or disappointment. With a mix of tears and sweat falling from his face, the young man cries to his mother, whom we can’t see in the video. In the good old days of Vine, one of the most popular clips was that of what appears to be a kid holding up a machete. Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze in Intelligent Students.
