# Conceited Reaction Conceited Reaction is a reaction image showing New York battle rapper Conceited pursing his lips and cutting his eyes off camera during a 2013 rap battle. The clip went viral as a GIF on Black Twitter in September 2016 and spread to Reddit as shorthand for awkwardness, anxiety, or quiet disapproval. ## Overview Conceited Reaction is a reaction image and GIF of New York battle rapper Conceited pursing his lips and cutting his eyes off camera while an opponent raps at him[1]. The clip gets paired with captions about awkwardness, low-key anxiety, secondhand embarrassment, or polite disapproval, usually of something someone else just said or did[2]. The face is instantly readable, which is why it caught on as a shorthand reaction on Twitter and Reddit rather than staying inside battle rap circles[3]. It sits in the same family of Black Twitter reaction GIFs from the mid 2010s that pulled expressions out of rap footage and interviews[2]. ## How It Spread On September 15, 2016, Twitter user Bekgurk posted a GIF of the Conceited moment captioned with a joke about the gap between how you look in your mirror versus your iPhone front camera[1]. Conceited himself, tweeting from @ConceitedNYC, retweeted it the same day, and the post pulled in more than 32,500 likes and 27,400 retweets within about two months[2]. On October 10, 2016, Twitter user @WiseGuy_wes27 reposted the GIF alongside a mock exchange about a white person being asked whether they would swap skin with a person of color[5]. The next day, Redditor MGLLN screenshotted the tweet to r/BlackPeopleTwitter, where it climbed past 4,500 votes at an 82% upvote rate[3]. Across the rest of October 2016, image macros using the Conceited face regularly hit the front page of r/BlackPeopleTwitter, and on October 22 Redditor Black_Gotenks flagged the trend in a post to r/MemeEconomy noting it was gaining steam on Black Twitter[2]. ## How to Use The format is simple: drop the Conceited GIF or a still frame under a tweet, screenshot, or scenario you find awkward, cringe, or mildly offensive[3]. Captions typically set up a situation in the first line, then use the image as the wordless punchline reaction, often for things you cannot politely respond to out loud[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Conceited Reaction? It is a reaction GIF and image of battle rapper Conceited pursing his lips and glancing off camera, used to signal awkwardness or disapproval[1]. ### Where did Conceited Reaction come from? The footage is from a URL Battle League rap battle between Conceited and Jesse James, uploaded to YouTube by G-Unit Asia on January 13, 2013[4]. ### What does Conceited Reaction mean? It reads as a silent, side-eye reaction to something cringey, uncomfortable, or worth judging without saying anything out loud[2]. ### How do you use Conceited Reaction? People post the GIF or a still frame as a reply to tweets or screenshots they find awkward, often after setting up the situation in the caption[3]. ### Is Conceited Reaction still popular? It is a classic Black Twitter reaction GIF from the mid 2010s that stayed in circulation after breaking out on Twitter and r/BlackPeopleTwitter in late 2016[2]. ## References 1. [https://x.com/i/status/776627850292047872]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/conceited-reaction]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/user/GUnitAsia]() 5. [https://twitter.com/WiseGuy_wes27]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/conceited-reaction Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library