About
Ran Off Da Plug Twice is a viral video dance meme in which people imitate a scene from the video for “Ritz Carlton” by the rapper Plies. The dance became popular worldwide after football players adopted it as a touchdown dance.
Origin
The rapper Plies released the song “Ritz Carlton” as part of his “Ain’t No Mixtape Bih 2” mixtape in fall of 2015; the video was uploaded as a WorldStarHipHop exclusive on November 19th, 2015.[1] In the song, Plies says the lyric “run off on the plug twice.” A plug is generally defined by Urban Dictionary as someone from whom one would purchase drugs;[2] Plies appears to be bragging about not paying for drugs from the same person twice. Plies then says that he won’t be accepting calls from the plug.[3]
Spread
Odell Beckham Jr, a star football player, was recorded listening and singing along to the song while driving in early December in a video which was tweeted by Plies.[4] Users started dancing to the lyric shortly after this video and tagging Plies on social media shortly after; many of these videos were retweeted or regrammed by the rapper, or both.[5] In late December, college football players at Baylor University were captured doing the running man-style dance that Plies performs in the video after getting a touchdown.[6] The next day, players in Houston were recorded doing the dance as well;[7] in subsequent days, during the Orange Bowl, and at other sporting events, sports players were recorded doing the dance as a means of demonstrating triumph. Soon, the dance caught on with Instagram and Vine. There are over 5,200 photos tagged with #ranoffontheplugtwice[8] on Instagram; while there is no settled hashtag available on Vine, searches for the term bring up many results.[9]
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – Plies – Ritz Carlton
[3]Genius – Ritz Carlton
[4]Twitter – Plies’ Tweet
[6]Twitter – @ParkerBoudreaux’s Tweet
[7]Twitter – ayanna_airborne’s tweet
[8]Instagram – #ranoffdaplugtwice
[9]Vine – ran off the plug twice