Monday, December 2, 2024

New Meme Alert: Roll Safe Is February’s Official Petty Meme

Late in 2015, comedian Kayode Ewumi and best friend Tyrell Williams uploaded the first episode of this web series they created. It was called “Hood Documentary.” In it Ewumi plays Roll Safe, an aspiring grime rapper.

R.S., as Roll Safe goes by for short, looks like Eddie Murphy from his Delirious tour and is so certain about his abilities. Quickly, we learn that R.S. is a little delusional and not that good. Yet he’s captivating his earnest foolishness nonetheless.

As Ewumi told Vice UK: “”Everyone knows someone like RS, no matter what context [it’s in]. He’s that guy in the hood convinced that he knows everyone and everything.”

BBC Three eventually picked up the web series and Ewumi has retired the character. But one indelible moment from the show has resurfaced online recently and inspired our culture’s highest honor: becoming a meme.

https://twitter.com/Kingwole/status/826485113731047426

Yes, Roll Safe has become the internet’s newest calling card in the land of petty memes. It’s about using circular logic to prove that it’s not your fault of why someone’s mad at you. Truth be told, most of these are pretty clever. Here are some of our favorites.

https://twitter.com/girlposts/status/825495363700277248

https://twitter.com/Trillxdadian/status/826194498740969472

https://twitter.com/RyanWindoww/status/823579333969252352

To cement its legitimacy, Roll Safe is joining Salt Bae in 2017’s official memes of the month. Roll Safe is part of our lives now.

https://twitter.com/LiliestBaby/status/826492476030599168

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