Paw Paw, the notorious boy character played by Osita Iheme has been going viral since 2002 after his first acting role with co-actor Aki played by Chinedu Ikedieze in Aki na Ukwa. Not only have they been hot on the Nigerian media scene, but also on the international scene as well. Three American singers have circulated Paw Paw’s videos in recent time.
Snoop Dogg is the third American singer to circulate a meme of pawpaw. 50 Cent and Chris Brown being the first two. On his Instagram page, Snoop Dogg uploaded the meme captioned “Me before I run back to the dance floor”
Watch the hilarious video below…
In the past couple of weeks, Aki & Pawpaw have taken over the meme rotation. Like with Spongebob Squarepants last year, Twitter users are creating memes out of a host of Aki & Pawpaw movie scenes, with each new one gaining more traction than the last.
walk walk fashion baby pic.twitter.com/RyUuSFiGKi
— nollywood (@nollywoodroll) May 22, 2019
So, from Aki’s iconic “I’m sure I have talent…” thought reel, to the Aki & Pawpaw-led footage for Santi’s “Murvlana”, here are a few of our favourite Aki & Pawpaw memes:
anytime diggy simmons posts pic.twitter.com/bRUEy42ppi
— efé (@omohsefe) May 15, 2019
me pretending I don't really care while getting served for the 3rd time at a wedding pic.twitter.com/Jnt9ooSmnV
— ᴛʜᴇ ᴇǫᴜᴀʟɪsᴇʀ ⚖️ (@TheDilichi) May 22, 2019
You put watermark on a video you downloaded off the internet ??♀️
It's all fun and games till
the copyright owner sue you.
That's someone's Nollywood film scene. https://t.co/dcjJ88tatr— Uche Jombo Rodriguez (@uchejombo) July 6, 2019
As expected, the meme went viral which continues to thrust Aki and Pawpaw into the zeitgeist. But Jombo calling out Bleacher was important because the meme was essentially copyright content. Granted, we all use movie-derived memes in our online conversations but Bleacher passing it off as theirs with the watermark was an infringement, and in saner climes that’s a ground to sue for intellectual theft.