--- title: Schoolboy Q Uses Crying Jordan Meme As New Album Art description: Schoolboy Q canonical: https://time.com/4369791/schoolboy-q-crying-jordan-album-art/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-15T15:11:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:23.118Z og:title: Schoolboy Q Just Used the Internet's Favorite Meme as Album Art og:description: No need to cry og:url: https://time.com/4369791/schoolboy-q-crying-jordan-album-art/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Schoolboy Q Just Used the Internet's Favorite Meme as Album Art twitter:description: No need to cry twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Schoolboy Q Just Used the Internet's Favorite Meme as His New Album Cover  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 15, 2016 3:11 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 15, 2016 3:11 PM UTC Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years, you’re probably familiar with the [Crying Jordan](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/crying-michael-jordan) [meme](http://time.com/4150294/memes-googled-2015/), a ubiquitous sight for anyone who spends any time on the Internet. If you’re in need of a quick refresher, the meme features an image of [Michael Jordan crying](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1912597%5F1912596%5F1912585,00.html) during his 2009 Basketball Hall of Fame induction speech and is usually in [the corners of the web occupied by sports fans](http://time.com/4337069/blue-jays-rangers-jose-bautista-punch/). Needless to say, it’s become a hit on the Internet, as illustrated by the examples below. > [](https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/717192447730720768) > [](https://twitter.com/StephenCurry30/status/696542942656266243) > [](https://twitter.com/RichieIsBack/status/737481512250003457) Rapper Schoolboy Q is looking to capitalize on some of that viral love with his latest album’s cover, which features the infamous photo of Jordan with his face blurred out — a fitting match with the album’s title, _Blank Face LP_. > [](https://twitter.com/ScHoolBoyQ/status/742831856144371712) Schoolboy Q will release his album on July 8. Schoolboy Q Uses Crying Jordan Meme As New Album Art ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4369791/schoolboy-q-crying-jordan-album-art/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4369791/schoolboy-q-crying-jordan-album-art/"},"headline":"Schoolboy Q Just Used the Internet's Favorite Meme as His New Album Cover","datePublished":"2016-06-15T15:11:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:23.118Z","description":"No need to cry","url":"https://time.com/4369791/schoolboy-q-crying-jordan-album-art/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","viral","memes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4369791/schoolboy-q-crying-jordan-album-art/","name":"Schoolboy Q Just Used the Internet's Favorite Meme as His New Album Cover"}}]}] ```