“Kasi Edition”: Young Man Nails Nicki Minaj’s Viral TikTok Pose Challenge, Impresses SA

• A TikTok user named Amogelang Mavuso participated in one of the app's viral challenges inspired by rapper Nicki Minaj
• The challenge has people sharing their take on Nicki's pose in the hit track High School, featuring Lil Wayne
• Amogelang put a spin on the trend, showing the 'kasi edition,' which impressed thousands of local internet users

A young South African man hopped onto the viral Nicki Minaj pose challenge, acing the trend with ease as he put a local spin on it. Social media users were highly impressed with the man's creativity.

TikTok user Amogelang Mavuso uploaded a video on his TikTok account on 22 July 2025 wearing black heels and balancing one foot on an upside-down wine glass, which stood on a speaker.

Amogelang told social media users with a laugh:

"Kasi edition."

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With For You Pages on TikTok flooded with app users taking on the challenge, those seeing the trend outside of the popular social media platform may wonder what it is all about.

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The challenge sees individuals wearing high heels and posing in impossible ways, balancing one foot on random objects such as beer cans, stacked dumbbells, and even a letterbox.

Some also showed themselves balancing books and bricks on their heads, or holding their toddlers.

The trend comes from the award-winning rapper's pose in her 2013 track High School, featuring fellow rapper Lil Wayne. In the music video, Nicki sits poolside in a pink bikini, her legs crossed, and heels on. She impressively shows both heeled feet flat on the ground.

Man's Nicki Minaj pose impresses SA

The viral video reached millions of viewers, who hurried to the comment section in awe and wonder.

@nthabeleng227 humorously pointed out to people:

"This wine glass is stronger than some people’s relationships, ai ngeke."

@ipenchisi_was in disbelief, writing:

"There is absolutely no way."

@thuli_zwane jokingly asked:

"Chomi, be honest. How did you know you can do this? What's your fave shift? 12am or 3am?"

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@mphopretty_ stated with humour:

"South Africans ate this challenge. Don’t fight me. I don’t have parents."

The young man responded to the TikTok user:

"I had to think outside of the box."

@kirah_ww told the online community:

"Every time I think I've found the winner of this challenge, there's a new winner."

Take a look at the TikTok video below:

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Updated by Hilary Sekgota, Human Interest HOD at Briefly News.

Source: Briefly News