The second the Internet caught wind of footage of Joe Budden sprinting through traffic to catch some teenagers in a car who had been harassing him, it knew it had struck meme gold.
The image of Budden tearing down the street like the T-1000 bearing down on John Connor in Terminator 2 quickly went viral and inspired a slew of memes.
Budden is now capitalizing on his recent memehood with merchandise commemorating the incident. For $30, fans can buy a hat or t-shirt with the Runnin’ Budden logo on it from the store on the rapper’s official website.
The same ploy worked for Birdman, who took advantage of his “Put some respek on my name” catchphrase from his infamous Breakfast Club interview with a line of t-shirts and a song.
Though Budden considered the situation with the teens to be dangerous, he has mostly laughed it off.
Budden detailed the full story in a series of interviews where he also addressed his interactions with Drake in light of the four diss tracks he’s released for the VIEWS superstar.
THIS ISN’T AUTHENTIC!!! THERE NEEDS TO BE A HOLE IN THE SHIRT!!
Lol and some mustard stains
Lol, what a sell out
i’m pullin up on you nigga
Now Thats How You Capital-ize Offa Situation.
we need sneakers with this logo. fuck jordans we need them buddens.
I was just thinking the same
This logo is genius
lmfao Budden stans waiting in line for these now…
you order them from the internet, b
This is the most talk about joe in how many years? Who really waiting on anything related to joe budden?
Me. Always. I own like 6 of his albums haha Joey is a beast
I would wear this before I wore some pink ovo jordans with an owl on it
Shit, maybe I’ll wear these, cause Joe Budden is chasing–and Drake is running away.
look likes the nba logo