Karl Jacobs, Quackity And Austin Change Their Song Name

During a March 14th stream with Karl Jacobs, Quackity, and AustinShow, they have decided to put together a song and their short hit was first called ‘Bussin’. The trio put their song together in less than 90 minutes, however, it seems like some did not like the first name of their song as it sparks debate on social media. When their song was first called ‘Bussin’, and their fans managed to get the hashtag StreamBussin trending on Twitter.

When the hashtag grew bigger, some users started to criticize the trio for appropriating African American Vernacular English with the use of ‘Bussin’. African American Vernacular English or AAVE is the variety formerly known as Black English Vernacular or Vernacular Black English among sociolinguists, and commonly called Ebonics outside the academic community. Because of this, the content creators decided to change the name of their song and it was altered to ‘Sapnap out the Gang’ referencing Sapnap from the DreamSNP Minecraft server. Then they changed it again by ‘Sapnaps Are Ruining My Life!’.

This move made some fans applaud the trio for listening to the criticism and making a change. One user even wrote; “Thank you karl and quackity for changing the name of the song as soon as they realized it was wrong for everyone else bussin is AAVE”. Content creators Karl Jacobs, Quackity, and AustinShow have not yet responded to the criticism of the name, outside of changing the name twice over, but they did tease more collaborations for the future.