Chances are you’ve heard it by now — that unmistakable “And I say, hey-yeah-yeah-yeah…” blasting across your For You page before snapping into Nicki Minaj’s “I beez in the trap.” It’s chaotic. It’s brilliant. It’s TikTok’s latest musical fever dream, and it’s turning a 1993 alt-rock anthem into the most unexpected hit of 2025.
With over a million videos on the viral video app and counting, the mash-up of 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” and Minaj’s 2012 hit is sending both songs soaring back into the streaming stratosphere. Now, the San Francisco band behind the hook heard around the world has officially entered the chat.
On Saturday, November 1, 4 Non Blondes made their TikTok debut with a mash-up reel of celebrities and creators belting out the viral sound, everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Gordon Ramsay’s family, Malala Yousafzai, and Sabrina Carpenter.
“TikTok, you’ve given us a very wild welcome 🤯,” they captioned the post. It’s part thank-you, part disbelief — exactly the energy you’d expect from a group that broke up three decades ago and suddenly found itself trending again. Lead singer Linda Perry told Rolling Stone the whole thing is “ridiculous in all the best ways,” adding that the trend is literally why she finally joined TikTok last month.
The sound’s origin story is peak-internet magic. In August, DJ Auxlord stitched Perry’s raw, sky-high vocals from “What’s Up?” with Minaj’s dead-serious “Beez in the Trap” verse, creating a call-and-response that somehow works. And then suddenly everyone was doing it — couples, coworkers, parents, and yes, A-listers — hamming up the genre clash and racking up millions of views.
“We can’t believe the love this trend is getting!” 4 Non Blondes wrote via Instagram on October 22. “Here are some of our favorite takes so far. We’re obsessed 👏❤️.” The post featured a mash-up of clips — including Dancing with the Stars contestants Alix Earle and Elaine Hendrix — and quickly became one of the band’s most-liked posts to date.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, “Beez in the Trap” has seen a 460 percent streaming spike since the mash-up took off, while “What’s Up?” jumped 75 percent and re-entered several global viral charts.
For Perry and her bandmates — Christa Hillhouse, Dawn Richardson, and Roger Rocha — the timing couldn’t be better. After announcing their reunion with a BottleRock performance earlier this year, the group decided to keep the momentum going with December club dates at The Roxy in Los Angeles and San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall — their first hometown shows since the mid-’90s.
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