A new photo of Pope Francis speaking in Africa over the weekend has resurrected #PopeBars, a hashtag last seen in April whereby people tweet-spit papal-inspired rhymes.
It’s always hard to track where a meme begins, but the hashtag appears to have started (aptly) with “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda:
Y'all WANT to flex
On PONTifex?!#PopeBars— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 30, 2015
Lyrical cataclysm
Miracle catechism
Smack em w that epistle
Then
Back to the Vaticizzle#PopeBars— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 30, 2015
National Book Award-winner Ta-Nehisi Coates ran with it:
And now, the great flood:
They call me Dope Francis but I don't do it for the fame. All this hate speech just driving me insane. #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/yI5TvMFusH
— Cedric Chambers (@ChambersFineArt) November 30, 2015
His psalms are sweaty, knees weak, cross is heavy. There's vomit on his robe already, Vatican spaghetti…#popebars pic.twitter.com/u7gBksSHSR
— Andrew Bloch (@AndrewBloch) November 30, 2015
Drake and Meek Mill beef on whose rhymes are tighter,
but don't forget about me and my Holy Ghostwriter. #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/dNJKX1D01G— Nico Cuevas (@NicoSaysThings) November 30, 2015
