Autotune has turned local news witnesses from across the country into musical citizen celebrities
over the years.
First, there was Sweet Brown …
"Ain't nobody got time for that."
And who could forget Charles Ramsey …
"Dead giveaway, dead giveaway.
My neighbor got big testicles cuz we see this dude everyday."
So Antoine Dodson, otherwise known as the Bed Intruder guy, was at peak popularity in
2010 after his home invasion preparedness message went viral.
"Hide your kids, hide your wife.
Hide your kids, hide your wife.
Hide your kids, hide your wife."
For those who've somehow managed to forget, Dodson appeared on the news in his local town
of Huntsville, Alabama after his sister was attacked in her bedroom by an intruder.
His enthusiastic television testimony was prime fodder for memorable remix treatment,
and the resulting tune became an instant hit.
So, what's he been up to since he rose to internet fame?
Not hiding
Dodson and his wife welcomed baby JaCobie into the world in May 2014, and the proud
papa is constantly sharing new shots of his pride and joy on his Instagram feed.
From the looks of things, this little man is just as cut out for web celebrity as his
dad, and he's obviously very bright and has an early mastery of the alphabet.
But it's not all been good news.
Dodson also got into some hot water over his comments about his belief that homosexuality
is wrong and that he would want to transform JaCobie if he came out as gay.
Dodson himself had been openly gay before striking up a relationship with JaCobie's
mother and renouncing his own homosexuality.
"So you're really only straight for one woman?"
"Exactly."
He later apologized to the LGBT community in a follow-up YouTube video.
Certified platinum
Dodson recently shared a proud glimpse of his collection of platinum and gold certification
awards from the Recording Industry Association of America, but he's actually boasted the
honor for a while.
According to the organization, Dodson and the Gregory Brothers, who used Auto-Tune the
News to make music of his words, were certified platinum for in April 2014, a feat which inspired
him to consider a musical career.
"So, I'm like 'wow.'
This song went platinum on a accident, imagine what I could do on purpose."
From making public pleas for Lauryn Hill to produce his album, to performing rapping and
singing vignettes, to offering pseudo-political commentary on current events in pop culture,
Dodson is still leaning on the viral sphere to make his second fifteen minutes of fame
happen.
He's obviously hoping someone will, to borrow his phrase, "run and tell that" he's still
got some pipes to show off to the world.
And although he's yet to make another chart hit, Dodson did rework the lines from his
infamous news special to form a new beat — this time, borrowing a few lines from his sister.
"I was attacked by some idiot in the projects.
So dumb, so dumb"
Revenge
Rashaad Cooper, the man who reportedly invaded Dodson's family's home and made his internet
infamy possible in the first place, came to the surface in November 2014, when he was
invited to have a "celebrity boxing match" for web broadcast with his accuser.
Cooper denied the allegation that he'd attacked Dodson's sister — he claimed they were consensual
partners, but that they had a fight and he left through the window as a result.
Cooper ultimately moved from the Lincoln Park neighborhood after the web-based hysteria,
but answered the call to go toe-to-toe with Dodson once and for all on the webcast bout.
Dodson ultimately won the fight in the first round, by technical knockout.
After Dodson's victory, he bafflingly claimed he was just as talented a pugilist as Roy
Jones Jr..
Sadly, his celebrity boxing career wound up being extremely short-lived, after being knocked
out during a 2015 fight by the swinging fist of actor Joe Rubbo.
Reboot
To help promote the Season 2 premiere of TBS's comedy Angie Tribeca in 2016, Dodson retooled
his iconic phraseology to fit the show's meme-a-thon prerogative:
"Hide your phone, hide your computer.
We breakin’ the internet now, now."]
He even brought back his iconic red bandana and black tank top for the special occasion,
so maybe there's a future to the Bed Intruder Guy business yet.
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