Meghna Grover
Sociology 167
The “Imma Let You Finish” meme featuring Kanye West came about after the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video award for one of her songs, but Kanye West came up on stage and took the microphone from her. He infamously said, “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you. Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.” Because so many people watch the MTV Video Music Awards and were tweeting about it, it is no wonder that it became a meme.
Google Insight says that the Kanye West Meme became the most popular in September-October 2009, which makes sense because the MTV Video Music Awards were on September 13th that year (Know Your Meme). Also, it shows a search of 100 (which is the highest) on Google Insight. It also became a trending topic on Twitter the night of the awards. It went viral, and many memes came about from it (from areas of politics to entertainment).
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The meme itself features the image of Kanye West with the microphone from the music awards. It is usually combined with another picture, of whoever he is “interrupting.” The text is usually “Yo (person he is interrupting), Imma let you finish but (another person) had the best (whatever connects the two).”
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