Xaviersobased

About

Xaviersobased is an American, New York-based rapper most known for his internet-inspired music and aesthetics. Xaviersobased started uploading music to Soundcloud as early as 2016, predominantly gaining traction in the underground scene from 2021 to 2023. Xaviersobased gained a cult following on social media sites like Instagram and TikTok and made viral waves on X / Twitter in late 2023 because of a viral video of him dancing on stage with fellow underground rapper Nettspend.

Online History

Xaviersobased uploaded his first song ";;;;;;;;;;" to Soundcloud^[1][2] on June 8th, 2016, following the then-recent wave of phonk music, gaining roughly 1,400 listens in seven years (shown below).

On October 8th, 2019, Xaviersobased uploaded his post to Instagram.^[3] On December 16th, 2019, he posted his first TiKTok^[8] video. On September 4th, 2020, he posted his first video to YouTube,^[4] gaining roughly 21,200 views in three years (shown below, left). A few years later, on September 22nd, 2022, the rapper posted the music video for his song "patchmade" to YouTube^[5] which later became his most viral video, receiving roughly 426,500 views and 16,000 likes in one year (shown below, right).

Around the same time, Xaviersobased started collaborating with rap collectives like Surf Gang and Shed Theory. In mid-2023, Xaviersobased also started collaborating with YouTuber and streamer Fulcrum. ^[11]

Fanbase

Going into early 2023, a Xaviersobased's fanbase predominantly started to manifest, evident in memes and videos that used his song "patchmade." For instance, on March 11th, 2023, TikToker^[6] @slayworldalbania posted a Pinkcore edit with "patchmade," gaining roughly 273,300 plays and 44,300 likes in seven months (shown below, left). On April 4th, 2023, TikToker^[7] @hauntedmoundopium posted a meme with the bar "How you livin' life with no passion?" gaining roughly 116,100 plays and 19,300 likes in six months (shown below, right).

During the same timeframe, Instagram users started to post memes that referenced Xaviersobased, such as Instagram^[9] user @slayworldalbania on March 12th, 2023, who used the Bush Learning About 9/11 template and referenced cancelled influencer Ian Connor, gaining roughly 4,000 likes in seven months (shown below, left). On May 28th, Instagram^[10] user @fuckautozone posted an Ohio Rizz Gyatt meme that referenced the rapper, gaining roughly 2,100 likes in five months (shown below, right).

Related Memes

Xaviersobased Dancing With Nettspend

On September 21st, 2023, TikToker^[12] @kickassgrim posted a video from a then-recent concert showing Xaviersobased and Nettspend performing on stage. The video received roughly 113,900 plays and 15,200 likes in 11 days. On September 26th, 2023, the video was reposted by X^[13] user @nettspendfan, gaining over 11.9 million views and 10,700 likes in six days (shown below).

this vid gonna be legendary in 3 years pic.twitter.com/xKxMvSsyVG

— gnarly (@nettspendfan) September 27, 2023

The video caused mass discourse about the underground rap scene with some of the discourse centering on Xaviersobased's dancing. For instance, on September 28th, 2023, X^[14] user @wavyyswag captioned a GIF of him dancing with "bro how does his head just not move at all i just cant believe it," gaining roughly 5,500 likes in four days (shown below, left). Also on September 28th, X^[15] user @isseyboy captioned the same GIF, "Nigga hitting that hoe," gaining over 10,100 likes in four days (shown below, right).

Following

By October 2nd, 2023, Xaviersobased had amassed roughly 59,400 followers on Instagram,^[16] roughly 39,600 followers on TikTok,^[17] roughly 12,600 followers on X,^[18] roughly 12,900 subscribers on YouTube,^[19] roughly 24,300 followers on Soundcloud^[20] and roughly 60,100 monthly listeners on Spotify.^[21]

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