'Fresh Prince' Pregnancy Rap: Couple Announces Baby, Goes Viral

Jesse and Melissa Meek of Happy Valley, Oregon, announced their pregnancy with a rap set to the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme song, and the video has gone viral.

The YouTube video, published April 5, had more than 3.3 million views as of Wednesday afternoon, and numerous news sites had written about it.

Melissa Meek told KPTV Fox 12 that she was surprised at how much attention the video had drawn.

"It was completely unexpected. Like, that was the last thing we thought would happen, that it would blow up to ... what it has," she said.

It took about five takes to get the song right. The couple is considering a sequel once they know the baby’s gender.



Twitter users shared mixed reactions to the "Fresh Prince" pregnancy rap.

dear god no RT @BuzzFeed: A Couple Announced Their Pregnancy With An Adorable “Fresh Prince” Rap http://t.co/6QlxVQe23a

— Terrence T. McDonald (@terrencemcd) April 15, 2015

"Couple uses Fresh Prince rap video to announce pregnancy" Smfh... It's so stupid what people do nowadays. I'll never get this nonsense

— Krissi (@KrissiBex) April 14, 2015

Even before I saw the video, I knew that couple announcing their pregnancy with a Fresh Prince of Bel Air parody rap would be white

— Sam Downing (@samwdowning) April 14, 2015

So cute! Couple Announces #Baby News With #FreshPrince #Pregnancy #Rap #TLounge #viralvideo http://t.co/a3H822sJGE

— Lauren Ashley (@LA_Keating) April 14, 2015

BEST PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENT EVER! We all know and love Fresh Prince...well now there is a new rap to the tune.... http://t.co/otiAadtNC9

— One Man And A Hammer (@1ManAndAHammer) April 14, 2015

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