2026's definitive meme song so far is "Bazooka," the breakout single from Miami XO. In the past couple of months, the 26-year-old South Carolina rapper has earned co-signs from luminaries such as Popcast co-host Jon Caramanica and Hollywood's own William H. Macy. Miami XO also dropped a "Bazooka" remix featuring fellow meme rapper Yuno Miles, plus a "sequel" track and a separate follow-up called "Granny Lore." Now, he's finally playing shows.
On Saturday Miami XO made a guest appearance during Thaw Out, a one-day rap festival in Boone, North Carolina that also had performances from DaBaby and Ian Asher. He performed "Bazooka" while one of his hype men was holding a bazooka. Afterwards, he told Stereogum that he'd never performed at all before, but he has another show at Thaw Out's Tennessee edition this Friday. How does he think it went on Saturday? "Pretty good, didn’t expect that," he told us. As far as we can tell, no grannies were hit. See a clip from the audience below.
