Who said bye felicia

VH1 wasn't the first to borrow the Friday quote. Jordin Sparks also got in on the internet craze with the release of her newest music. She slapped a hashtag in front of the phrase and released her latest mixtape as ByeFelicia. It's clear that VH1's new series is looking to grab attention from audiences by borrowing from the internet meme du jour, but let's hope that the makeover show stands out regardless. After all, it would suck to have to say "Bye, Felicia" to a show that is named after the meme.

Images: New Line Cinema; Giphy. See All Health Relationships Self. Bye, Felicia. More recently, the phrase has found new life as the most satisfying way to dismiss Twitter trolls.

The ultimate shutdown. This week is the perfect time to consider the origins of ByeFelicia, since the N. The movie is essentially N. A young Dr. Suddenly, two armed men start pounding on the door — one of them is looking for his girl, Felicia. Dre slams the door, walks into the next room looking for Felicia, whom he finds fellating Eazy-E.

After the two intruders run down the hall, Eazy-E grabs Felicia — who is wearing nothing but a hot-pink thong — and pushes her out into the hotel corridor by the head. From the dismissal of a small-time character in the '90s cult classic. In a tongue-in-cheek reference, the F. Gary Gray-directed "Straight Outta Compton" also uses "Bye Felicia" Gray also directed "Friday , even though such a phrase had not existed remember: the film is a biopic about the early '90s group, N.

And, what's even funnier about this inside joke is that Ice Cube — you know, the rapper-turned-actor who starred in the movie and first uttered the iconic phrase — was the one to say "Bye Felicia" in the film.

In an interview with The Cut , Gray explained how this play-on-words was a last-minute decision to add into the script.