Mystery Solved: The Origin Of This Viral Vine Video Has Been Revealed

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Mature man laughs out loud at story on mobile phone

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One of the most popular videos to surface on Vine was of a Nigerian boy having a breakdown. It not only was popular on Vine, but became heavily used on Twitter.

THIS VINE OF AN AFRICAN KID CRYING WITH A MACHETE WILL NEVER GET OLD HAAHAHHA pic.twitter.com/jO5DaBhUOY

— MudBoyDracoMalfoy (@BalenciagaHuda) January 13, 2017

We’ve finally got the backstory to the video and it totally changes our perspective.

So his father stole his savings that's why he was crying. 😂 pic.twitter.com/HNXz1YDyjc

— C (@CHUUZUZ) February 26, 2018

And in case you were wondering, yes, they are adults.

Yeah lool they’re old & married with kids pic.twitter.com/CeH305rG7r

— ~✨ (@TashaTweeets) February 26, 2018

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