A dream by musician @ericdoa, who went on Twitch in Jan. 2024 and freestyled the verse “Imagine if Ninja got a low taper fade,” referring to Twitch streamer and online personality Richard ...

Fans honed in on the statement “Imagine if Ninja got a low taper fade” and turned it into a meme that Ninja then referenced for so long that mocking him over it became a kind of sub-meme.

"A tapered haircut is a cut that is shortest at the edges, such as the sideburns and nape," David Ruiz, a barber at Boston Barber Company Beacon Hill, tells POPSUGAR. "A fade can either be low ...