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Come on, brother

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cmonBruh emote

The emote cmonBruh features John Imah, an ex-employee of Twitch, as the face of the emote and owner of both cmonBruh Twitch and Twitter accounts. Around its emergence in 2016, it became particularly associated with reacting to racist comments or racial slurs in Twitch chats of different streamers. Historical references put its early spread around February 2016, including its appearance in discussions surrounding a Reckful stream where someone used a racial slur.

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Video below shows part of the interview with John Imah taken from John Imah speaking reel Video uploaded to Gotham Artists YouTube channel on September 16 2022. Due to unknown circumstances that video was later removed from Gotham Artist's channel but it was preserved in This is Twitch’s Most Controversial Emote video made by YouTuber Syrmaa.

John Imah, the man behind the emote

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He not only worked for platforms like Twitch.tv and Snapchat, but also for other tech giants such as Samsung and Meta.


By 2022 he co-founded SPREEAI an artificial intelligence fashion-commerce platform that provides photorealistic virtual try-ons and fit guidance. Working as his CEO at the time of writing this, September 2026, the company reached a valuation of $1.5 billion dollars (Who is this guy?).

\"Fear narrows your options. Calm expands them.

That’s true in business, leadership and life.\"

- John Imah on X August 14th, 2026.

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Another fun fact about him is the love he possess for luxury vehicles:


Images taken from his Instagram account @iamjohnimah

Streaming on Twitch

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During October 1st, and 2nd, the face of cmonBruh goes live on twitch, sharing an interesting story about the origins of said stream, where he explains how he got recognized by a surgeon right in the operating table:

“For the procedure, they were getting ready to gas me so I could got to sleep. And one of the guys was like ‘you look familiar.’ And I was like ‘I do? Who?’ and he was like [...] are you cmonBruh? You kinda look like him but you’re not orange.”

- John Imah October, 2022.


In a now deleted Dexerto article, more interesting moments of the stream are also mentioned including this part where he quotes his surgeon:

\"Yo, that’s crazy! I’m about to operate on cmonBruh \"
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Emote usage

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The bruh supply has arrived

This emote was a double edged sword in the community, sometimes the bajs hivemind was challenged into just spamming cmonBruh over any other emote, or it was being used with entirely racist context with addition of other emotes like TriHard :

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And on the other hand Forsen himself had moments when he was baiting chat into using the emote:

Standard in rap, bros.


One of the bajs even made a compilation of what might look like as an average Swedish dialect which forsen was using during his streams.

cmonBruh removal incident

On April 15th, 2022 during one of his classic CS streams, forsen had enough of cmonBruh being used in a wrong way and did something that baj community will never forget. After Forsen noticed that snipers got into his faceit lobby he quoted \"I do see something that I don't like right now\", which resulted in classic cmonBruh spam in the chat. That stream of pixels triggered Forsen one last time and he claimed:

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\"Chat, this cmonBruh shit is getting old, alright. Fucking Christ, do I have to remove this fucking emote? Like what the fuck. Like you are feeding the fucking racism honestly at this point.\"

After that statement the chat started spamming \"cmonBruh LAST SPAM\" but this didn't last for long as the janitors of forsen chat added a pajbot timeout to anyone typing the emote in the chat.

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X (Twitter), ForsenUpdates - Retrieved August 9th, 2026 (Archive).

The news about removal of the emote were scattered across the platforms like Twitter (nowadays X) and popular r/LiveStreamFail subreddit.

\"yall just overused it to the point of literally any context saying black would get cmonBruh spam. not even about the solving racism thing it's just boring.\"

- r/livestreamfail redditor, Retrieved August 9th, 2026 (Archive).

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\"MODS BAN cmonBruh, permaban\"

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The last cmonBruh ever recorded in forsen's chat.

After the Baj riots of 2022, asking for the re-installment of cmonBruh, one of the head 🗣️ 🔥 janitors of forsen's channel (Landon144), admits that he took the decision to keep the emote banned forever when replying to the post of an angry Baj in the subreddit.

\"[...] The idea was to remove it for only one stream. But the reactions have been so over the top insane, mostly on this subreddit, that I really don't want to bring it back any time soon. [...]\"

- Landon144 on r/forsen April 17th, 2022.


Landon would stand by his decision to permanently remove the emote multiple times, including other posts and offline chat:

\"Well, seeing all the RlyTho's instead of the cmonBruh's was actually quite refreshing. It's not much, but atleast it's something new for once\"

- Landon144 on r/forsen April 17th, 2022.

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RlyTho reigns supreme

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RlyTho emote

Even after removal of cmonBruh emote, bajs creativity did not know boundaries and they easily found an alternative - RlyTho . Because of the resemblance (Another black person with a questioning face) to the original cmonBruh emote, RlyTho was used in exactly same way as cmonBruh was originally used.


The RlyTho emote features streamer BassCornbread. To this day RlyTho emote is used on Forsen's channel and so far forsen seems to be neutral with this alternative to cmonBruh.


Other channels

XQC

Forsen bajs aren't the only ones who lost the cmonBruh emote as some of the other streamers also removed the emote for the same reason, one of the examples being xQc.


He explained that he decided to remove the emote from his channel because it was so closely connected to racism and that it was simply a \"mood killer.\"

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I'm just gonna fucking remove the emote bro it's so bad dude... Actually mods remove it right now dude. Just dude... Just fucking block this thing right now. I... I... I'm... I've had enough of this dude. I can't take it anymore. Just remove the fucking emote.
It's such a mood killer, every time we have something good I fucking hate it... Guys I'll explain it. It's just trash dude, that like, it's always like \"cmon bro, oh guys is he triggered by pixels guys? removing emote cuz triggered?\" It's not like it's triggering, literally nobody is triggered. It's just trash that a lot of people think that they are creative like \"There is a monkey on the screen - I will type cmonBruh, he said black - I will type cmonBruh, the character said \"fried chicken\" - I will type cmonBruh\", like fuck off with that shit dude. Now it's just overdone. It just kills the mood dude.

But after that statement xQc mentioned that he will not remove the TriHard emote, another emote that is used in similar context.


References

","text":"Come on, brother cmonBruh emote The emote cmonBruh features John Imah, an ex-employee of Twitch, as the face of the emote and owner of both cmonBruh Twitch and Twitter accounts. Around its emergence in 2016, it became particularly associated with reacting to racist comments or racial slurs in Twitch chats of different streamers. Historical references put its early spread around February 2016, including its appearance in discussions surrounding a Reckful stream where someone used a racial slur. Video below shows part of the interview with John Imah taken from John Imah speaking reel Video uploaded to Gotham Artists YouTube channel on September 16 2022. Due to unknown circumstances that video was later removed from Gotham Artist's channel but it was preserved in This is Twitch’s Most Controversial Emote video made by YouTuber Syrmaa. 32e731f91934d551f6902613d01fa478e14c714757b991d65c45864682248e0aJohn Imah, the man behind the emote He not only worked for platforms like Twitch.tv and Snapchat, but also for other tech giants such as Samsung and Meta. By 2022 he co-founded SPREEAI an artificial intelligence fashion-commerce platform that provides photorealistic virtual try-ons and fit guidance. Working as his CEO at the time of writing this, September 2026, the company reached a valuation of $1.5 billion dollars (Who is this guy?). \"Fear narrows your options. Calm expands them. That’s true in business, leadership and life.\" - John Imah on X August 14th, 2026. Another fun fact about him is the love he possess for luxury vehicles: Images taken from his Instagram account @iamjohnimah Streaming on Twitch a39668d5e7a4ae8526617090de91bf28c683baae4b2332dfd52d13165a3e6655 During October 1st, and 2nd, the face of cmonBruh goes live on twitch, sharing an interesting story about the origins of said stream, where he explains how he got recognized by a surgeon right in the operating table: “For the procedure, they were getting ready to gas me so I could got to sleep. And one of the guys was like ‘you look familiar.’ And I was like ‘I do? Who?’ and he was like [...] are you cmonBruh? You kinda look like him but you’re not orange.” - John Imah October, 2022. In a now deleted Dexerto article, more interesting moments of the stream are also mentioned including this part where he quotes his surgeon: \"Yo, that’s crazy! I’m about to operate on cmonBruh \" Emote usage The bruh supply has arrived This emote was a double edged sword in the community, sometimes the bajs hivemind was challenged into just spamming cmonBruh over any other emote, or it was being used with entirely racist context with addition of other emotes like TriHard : https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed//ZSOhsAv3Qh8?start=0 And on the other hand Forsen himself had moments when he was baiting chat into using the emote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/VN9ndoheP6cStandard in rap, bros. One of the bajs even made a compilation of what might look like as an average Swedish dialect which forsen was using during his streams. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztskkwG0-W8cmonBruh removal incident On April 15th, 2022 during one of his classic CS streams, forsen had enough of cmonBruh being used in a wrong way and did something that baj community will never forget. After Forsen noticed that snipers got into his faceit lobby he quoted \"I do see something that I don't like right now\", which resulted in classic cmonBruh spam in the chat. That stream of pixels triggered Forsen one last time and he claimed: e838476ff6e8ae2cd333d3f0442789bc080ed9805d8bf227536b636db7fb7577 \"Chat, this cmonBruh shit is getting old, alright. Fucking Christ, do I have to remove this fucking emote? Like what the fuck. Like you are feeding the fucking racism honestly at this point.\" After that statement the chat started spamming \"cmonBruh LAST SPAM\" but this didn't last for long as the janitors of forsen chat added a pajbot timeout to anyone typing the emote in the chat. X (Twitter), ForsenUpdates - Retrieved August 9th, 2026 (Archive). The news about removal of the emote were scattered across the platforms like Twitter (nowadays X) and popular r/LiveStreamFail subreddit. \"yall just overused it to the point of literally any context saying black would get cmonBruh spam. not even about the solving racism thing it's just boring.\" - r/livestreamfail redditor, Retrieved August 9th, 2026 (Archive). \"MODS BAN cmonBruh, permaban\" The last cmonBruh ever recorded in forsen's chat. After the Baj riots of 2022, asking for the re-installment of cmonBruh, one of the head 🗣️ 🔥 janitors of forsen's channel (Landon144), admits that he took the decision to keep the emote banned forever when replying to the post of an angry Baj in the subreddit. \"[...] The idea was to remove it for only one stream. But the reactions have been so over the top insane, mostly on this subreddit, that I really don't want to bring it back any time soon. [...]\" - Landon144 on r/forsen April 17th, 2022. Landon would stand by his decision to permanently remove the emote multiple times, including other posts and offline chat: \"Well, seeing all the RlyTho's instead of the cmonBruh's was actually quite refreshing. It's not much, but atleast it's something new for once\" - Landon144 on r/forsen April 17th, 2022. RlyTho reigns supreme RlyTho emote Even after removal of cmonBruh emote, bajs creativity did not know boundaries and they easily found an alternative - RlyTho . Because of the resemblance (Another black person with a questioning face) to the original cmonBruh emote, RlyTho was used in exactly same way as cmonBruh was originally used. The RlyTho emote features streamer BassCornbread. To this day RlyTho emote is used on Forsen's channel and so far forsen seems to be neutral with this alternative to cmonBruh. de3d1665677114df9ac1f7a3b8a66bd9dcdc9c87f797167eb175cacf51fc403ehttps://www.youtube.com/embed/hziGw3-Vtb4https://www.youtube.com/embed/88zyM3iys3Mhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/Jr5a8HOdwyM Other channels XQC Forsen bajs aren't the only ones who lost the cmonBruh emote as some of the other streamers also removed the emote for the same reason, one of the examples being xQc. He explained that he decided to remove the emote from his channel because it was so closely connected to racism and that it was simply a \"mood killer.\" https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed//U9yGznBroEg I'm just gonna fucking remove the emote bro it's so bad dude... Actually mods remove it right now dude. Just dude... Just fucking block this thing right now. I... I... I'm... I've had enough of this dude. I can't take it anymore. Just remove the fucking emote. It's such a mood killer, every time we have something good I fucking hate it... Guys I'll explain it. It's just trash dude, that like, it's always like \"cmon bro, oh guys is he triggered by pixels guys? removing emote cuz triggered?\" It's not like it's triggering, literally nobody is triggered. It's just trash that a lot of people think that they are creative like \"There is a monkey on the screen - I will type cmonBruh, he said black - I will type cmonBruh, the character said \"fried chicken\" - I will type cmonBruh\", like fuck off with that shit dude. Now it's just overdone. It just kills the mood dude. But after that statement xQc mentioned that he will not remove the TriHard emote, another emote that is used in similar context. References YouTube, forsen removes cmonBruh - Retrieved August 9, 2026 YouTube, \"This is Twitch’s Most Controversial Emote\" video about cmonBruh emote made by Syrmaa - Retrieved August 9, 2026. LSF reddit post about the event - Retrieved August 9, 2026 (Archive) John Imah on X - Retrieved September 9th, 2026 (Archive). cmonBruh tells a story of why he started streaming on twitch again on r/LiveStreamFails - Retrieved September 9th, 2026 (Archive). Face of cmonbruh twitch emote launches channel after being recognized by a surgeon. Article by Dexerto (Archive). Forsen plays: Donkey Kong Country - Tropical Freeze | Part 1 (with chat). Bee God YouTube channel (Fragment). FOOTAGE THAT GOT FORSEN BANNED cmonBruh. Pepega Reacts YouTube channel (Archive). Forsen saying the N word compilation. Dough Supplier YouTube channel (Archive). Forsen Updates Twitter post on removed emote - Retrieved August 9, 2026 Landon144 about cmonBruh's removal on r/forsen (1) - Retrieved September 9th, 2026 (Archive). Landon144 about cmonBruh's removal on r/forsen (2) - Retrieved September 9th, 2026 (Archive). Forsen Reacts to FUNNIEST SPELLING BEE MOMENTS!!. ForsenBruh YouTube channel (Archive). Forsen reacts to South Park Best Moments | Dark Humor, Funny Moments, Offensive Jokes |. Forsen Poro Box (Bugnio) YouTube channel (Archive). Forsen reacts to Batman Meets The Nagger. Forsen Poro Box (Bugnio) YouTube channel (Archive). YouTube, xQc removing emote from his channel. Quintus Gordianus YouTube channel. - Retrieved August 9, 2026 (Archive). Know Your Meme article on cmonBruh emote - Retrieved August 9, 2026 Reckful's Reddit post about cmonBruh - Retrieved August 9, 2026","image":"c1abe45a442f2f6b303b5a831769a70ae3ee6f9f136589254e5c76e7331ea5b6"}