How the "FreaknRican" Jorge Roque Rivera Hit 500K Followers FAST | Cafecito y Croquetas

What this episode is about

Jorge Roque Rivera, known as "FreaknRican," rapidly gained 500,000 followers by creating relatable and humorous content that highlights the unique ways people mispronounce common words, resonating with audiences across diverse cultures. His engaging editing style and knack for capitalizing on everyday linguistic quirks have turned simple observations into viral sensations, creating a strong connection with fans.

Key takeaways

• Humor transcends boundaries; mispronunciations unite us all in laughter—latino or not!
• TikTok: The reluctant platform that turned ordinary moments into viral gold overnight.
• Improvisation is the new script: genuine content often beats meticulously planned videos.
• Office humor at the intersection of work and social media; who knew bosses could be fans?
• Relatability reigns supreme—universal quirks make us all feel a little more human.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Jorge Roque Rivera (Host) · 11 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: TikTok, Ian Brady
2. 3:00 – 6:00: AJ Brown, Eagles, Scotty Scheffler
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Instagram, Florida Panthers
4. 15:00 – 15:17: Latino Sports

Notable quotes from "How the "FreaknRican" Jorge Roque Rivera Hit 500K Followers FAST | Cafecito y Croquetas"

• I have like my friends, my co-workers or my family members what I do they pronounce stuff like let's say for example right here Tom Brady right if they never seen NFL like they…

  about Ian Brady · at 1:01

• Like I my boy said download Tik Tok. I said that's for kids. I ain't going to go download Tik Tok. The second day one of my reals blew up. I was like oh crap.

  about TikTok · at 2:08

• Echos, but I'm a definitely I'm a Brown fan. Even tripping lately, I'm still I still love Brown. I'm AJ Brown and I love the Eagles. We got rid of Kevin finally. I'm happy. So, we'll see how it goes from there. And he had a com as the OC.

  about AJ Brown · at 4:44

• The next few days the Eagles are still the champion that [ __ ] that [ __ ] in your head I mean we're we're we're from Miami so we've been doing that with the Florida Panthers…

  about Florida Panthers · at 6:12

• Like things that you've seen when growing like an Instagram so I just feel like Instagram is it's a little harder now I ain't going to lie not cocky but I it's better it's easier for me now back then it was hard I could it was so hard.

  about Instagram · at 7:38

• Don't care what said I'm playing. We'll stay We'll stay chopping up. And what? This Saturday, Latin sports, it's called Latino Sports. Latino Sports.

  about Latino Sports · at 14:56

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• AJ Brown — Person · Referenced athlete (NFL player) / point of discussion for Eagles performance · 2 mentions · first at 4:48
  Used as an example of the Philadelphia Eagles' struggles late in the season; the speaker identifies as an Eagles fan and specifically an AJ Brown fan while discussing drops and offensive coaching issues.
• Scotty Scheffler — Person · Referenced athlete (professional golfer) used as a viral-content example · 1 mention · first at 4:24
  Cited as the subject of a popular golf-related pronunciation video that helped the hosts describe how they discovered the creator's content.
  That [ __ ] was Yeah, that dude's actually he don't he's not my job no more, but he's a Dominican kid. He's hilarious, man. He would have been big, but he moved to Florida.
• Ian Brady — Person · Referenced athlete (NFL quarterback) used as a pronunciation example · 1 mention · first at 1:05
  Mentioned as a well-known name the creator uses to illustrate the premise of his comedy videos: friends/family mispronouncing famous terms and names.

Companies & orgs

• Eagles — Company · Referenced sports team · 2 mentions · first at 4:41
  Mentioned in the context of the speaker being a fan and discussing the team's performance and changes.
  Are you in Philly? is 100% I'm a Eagles fan, but my people call it Echos. You know what I mean? For Echos, but I'm a definitely I'm a Brown fan. Even tripping lately, I'm still I still love Brown. I'm AJ Brown and I.
• Florida Panthers — Company · Referenced sports team · 1 mention · first at 6:21
  Mentioned in passing as a comparison to the Eagles' championship status.

Products & tech

• Instagram — Product · Social media platform discussed · 1 mention · first at 7:40
  Discussed in the context of content creation challenges and growth strategies on the platform.
• TikTok — Product · Social media platform discussed · 1 mention · first at 2:08
  Mentioned as the platform where the speaker initially gained popularity with his content.

Places & events

• Latino Sports — Event · Upcoming event mentioned · 1 mention · first at 15:01
  Mentioned as an event the speaker will be attending.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:03 All right. All right. We are here media row Super Bowl week. We got Dave. We got freak freaky Ricky.

0:10 Freaking Rick. Freaking Ricky. Freaking He know who he playing around. He know who I am. HE KNOW WHO I AM, BOY.

0:15 NO, I know who you are. I mean, I came ac my my Theo, right? He's He's always sending me your videos. Like, it's like a religion.

0:27 I want to meet you, Theo. Hey, hopefully I can understand him. Yeah, because he's like, bro, he is just dying of laughter every time he sees your videos, but Okay. Okay. Okay.

0:35 It's epic. And if everyone's probably already seen your [ __ ] but if they don't, tell them about kind of like the concept behind your videos and like the inspiration behind them.

0:43 Yeah. So, pretty much um what I do is just like it's something that's relatable to a bunch of Latinos, not just Latinos, all the races in the world. You know what I mean? So, everybody pronounce things differently, right? Yeah.

0:55 But what I did is I noticed, you know, well, everybody know that um I just made it to like uh my content. So pretty much I have like my friends, my co-workers or my family members what I do um they pronounce stuff like let's say for example right here Tom Brady right if they never seen NFL like they will say Tom or something like that I don't know what I do I just edit it and then make it funny like that. I don't know what it is but people love it. I don't know.

1:18 There there is one that I was watching this morning. Oh the the Reese's one. Oh no no no that's my favorite one. That's the one that does the most view though.

1:26 Milky Way. Milky Way. Mickey. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think I think people like it more because it's it relates to them and their like feel. I mean, but the thing is when I'm doing it, I'm just capitalizing on it. I'm making content out of it. And then I got like a no likes formula that that gets me views and I don't know.

1:46 It's just working for me. No, it works, bro. It works. It catches people's attention. Like

1:51 when we dropped this, my boys are going to [ __ ] die, bro. How did How did you like when you say come up with this concept? Like was it just like were you talking to someone today and they miss like or you know a family member or whatever. No, let me I can make this a video and then it just kind of blew up from there or was it something that you kind of like planned out and

2:07 none of it was planned? Yeah. Like I my boy said download Tik Tok. I said that's for kids. I ain't going to go download Tik Tok. The second day one of my reals blew up. I was like oh crap. It was crazy. Yeah. Really? But um

2:17 it was I actually started with my barber. I noticed he was pronouncing things wrong. Man funny, yo. I do videos with him first.

2:24 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But then what changed like my my I won't say it changed my life because I'm not rich and like that. But I mean I ain't going to lie, I get a lot of opportunities like and all that. It's cool. But what changed my my my views like the the reaction everybody is the way I change my videos, right? I like I laugh and that's it.

2:39 But now like and once they pronounce it, I put the pronunciation, the music, then I laugh. And that right there just changed the whole game.

2:46 Yeah. But yeah, it's just I don't know, something catchy, I guess. You know, it's crazy that you bring up the barber because that that is the epitome of like the mis the most

2:55 b like botchered pronunciation that could possibly be. And he's Puerto Rican, too. So, yeah. But he's cool people though.

3:02 It was funny. And then so the guys that are using your video, friends, family, they're they're my co-workers.

3:06 Co-workers. The main people on our videos are my cooworkers. That's hilarious. Do they know my co Yeah. So my Okay, so it's funny you said that, right? So, um, I got called up to the office, um, like I want to say when I was like six months in, maybe like seven months, I don't know. And, um, there's like they're shaking their head. I'm like, "What happened, man?" He's like, "It was two big bosses. We seen your videos, man." I'm like,

3:28 "Damn, man." I didn't think about that when I posted. So, what do you want to do from here? Like,

3:34 they looked at me like, "You good, man. You good. You good as long you don't show no equipment. You don't show like nothing like

3:41 just something." I mean in a while, right? But you doing a break room, you could do outside stuff like that. So yeah, and ever since and that was like in 2020.

3:48 Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, so I'm good now. That's hilarious. And guess what? The main guy like the head guy of of the place I work at follows me too.

3:56 That's hilarious, bro. And uh and the the co-workers that come on like are they do they get excited when you come up to them now to like do [ __ ] like that

4:04 or they're like, "Bro, [ __ ] you're going to get me." Like Ali Ali is the one that have red hair, gold hair, whatever. He's always down. But I mean, sometimes I got to ask people and sometimes they forget. So, I mean, it sucks that way. But, um,

4:17 it's it's hit or miss. It's hit or miss. Yeah. So, what's been uh your honestly the the one that I I think the first one that I ever saw you was the golf one with Scotty Sheffler. I don't know. I don't know if you seen that one.

4:28 That [ __ ] was Yeah, that dude's actually he don't he's not my job no more, but he's a Dominican kid. He's hilarious, man. He he would have been big, but he moved to Florida. I don't know what happened. So, lost connection with him.

4:38 Got you. Are you Are you in Philly? is 100% I'm a Eagles fan, but my people call it Echos. You know what I mean? For Echos, but I'm a definitely I'm a Brown fan. Even tripping lately, I'm still I still love Brown. I'm AJ Brown and I love the Eagles. We got rid of Kevin finally. I'm happy. So, we'll see how it goes from there. And he had a com as the OC.

4:57 Yeah, we hiring new. I know they wanted Mike McDaniels over there. Yeah. Yeah, that ain't happening. But not yet.

5:05 What are your thoughts on Jaylen Herz? Um, so I like Jaylen Herz, but I think what was how, like I said, I think what was holding back, it was was OC, right? And and I feel like

5:17 he just couldn't be himself. Yeah. So you could tell even like the la the last play of our last game, he threw it to like four of them.

5:24 Yeah. The the opposite team. Like what the hell you doing? I mean, desperate to try to make something happen.

5:28 I think I think he just stopped caring. And I think with AJ Brown, too. True. Yeah.

5:33 He's dropping balls. Yeah. No, Diddy. But listen, he's dropping balls and I'm like, he don't do that. He's not known to do stuff like that. I mean, he got the craziest, one of the crazy hands in the game. I mean,

5:43 but in that game, playoff game, he dropped like what, two or three. And I'm like, nah, they don't want they want to get they want to fight the OC, man. Did happen. We lost the game. What it cost? We lost the game. But guess what?

5:52 But you got a new OC. Plenty of talent still there. Yeah, man. I wish I was an Eagles fan. You just won the zero last year. We haven't haven't seen a playoff win in 25. I will say nobody could talk crap because technically speaking we are still the champions no matter what we still the champions right now I mean be real right until technically speaking the next few days the Eagles are still the champion that [ __ ] that [ __ ]

6:16 in your head I I mean we're we're we're from Miami so we've been doing that with

6:21 with the Florida Panthers like we're just like back to back we're back toback champs like you want to talk [ __ ]

6:26 Florida Panthers hockey oh okay okay wait what are we talking they changed the do some good pronunciation mentioned hockey names. There's a few in there.

6:36 So, here's the thing. Funny you mentioned that. I want to do that real bad, but the thing is I want to collaborate with NHL. Yeah. Yeah. So, I don't want to do it just yet because I think if I could I could collaborate with them videos. Boom. Right there. Yeah. But yeah, I did it really pronounced on the hockey teams and every Okay. Every sport, humbly speaking though, every sports video I did like having pronounced they got million views or more.

6:58 Every single one I did. May not anymore. Now, the algorithm is trash. But when I started growing, I ain't going to lie, I went from 1,600 on 2023 and by 2024 I had 500,000 followers. Holy cow. Yeah. Yeah. And obviously God, you got to thank God for all that. But he he just made me a a guy that know how to create content. I don't know. But yeah, IG is definitely hard. I'll tell you right now.

7:17 So we can speak about today. I tell IG is really really hard platform to grow to grind.

7:20 Yeah. I I'm actually curious to get your, you know, your perspective. We were talking about it a little bit here, right? Cuz you're do you've been doing content here on Media Row with some of the guys getting to dance good content, right? like [ __ ] yeah that's sick but you're saying like it hasn't been hitting the same

7:35 talk to us like about the challenges and like things that you've seen when growing like an Instagram

7:41 so so I just feel like Instagram is it's a little harder now I ain't going to lie not cocky but I it's better it's easier for me now back then it was hard I could it was so so hard

7:52 but um I think what it is when you do stuff for brands and you know and organizations and stuff like that um I feel like your views are suppressed. I don't know what it is. I mean, there's no reason why I'm doing videos with my homies, my family members, to get more views than do videos with celebrities. Doesn't make sense to me. But what it is, these brands got to understand, no offense to, you know what I'm talking about. No offense to you, but

8:12 let me post a video, right? Let it cook. Let it get views. Then I add you as a collaborator. And I I promise you that's going to work better that way. All right. So, that's the thing. And then when you add a brand as a um brand partnership, I noticed your view suppresses too because I did stuff with the zone.

8:27 Yes. It flopped. Yeah, that's the worst video I ever did. And then I took the most time and it flopped.

8:34 I was so happy, bro. And it flopped and they hit me up no more. Yeah. But but you know what? But that's that's them not like what again like you said, no, you know, no shame or, you know, no hate towards them, but it is it's a it's a fact. Like I mean there's proof in the pudding. Like you see that [ __ ] when it happens.

8:52 But I the algorithm is rewarding organic authentic content. Exactly. And the more you can do that

8:59 well, right, then then you're going to be rewarded for it instead of that like super overly produced type stuff. Like not to say that that that it's not good, right? People resonate, but the algorithm wants you to be like

9:11 Yeah. scrolling fast, right? And what's going to catch your attention the quickest?

9:15 Yep. And speaking about that, like the first few seconds is the most important second in your video, right? So, um, and I don't still understand that,

9:21 bro. Look who's calling me right now. My [ __ ] uncle. Your uncle right now. Uncle, excuse my voice too, man. I'm sorry. I was a lot last night yelling.

9:31 Let me see my uncle. Y'all give your boyfriend out of Puerto Rico, out of Pennsylvania. 717. I talk to my best friend right now.

9:37 Let's go. Let's see. Talk to you first. Not coming. Come on. All right. Yeah. Let's see the answers.

9:45 Come on. Wolina. All right. Calls me and he doesn't answer face. What is Oh, there he is. Okay. Okay.

9:57 O, you're not. You're not going to believe who I'm here with right now. You're the these the the guy that you always send me the videos of the pronunciation [ __ ] Molina,

10:14 what's good about my boy? What's up, puppy? She's trying to hear me, but she can't.

10:22 Can you hear us? That's awesome. How you doing? How you doing? How you doing? They're in They're in Tennessee. So they

10:29 Okay. Tennessee I I say in Tennessee only pano Tennessee. Kuano Kuano. It's only see

10:39 Latinos. I was telling him, bro, I ran I ran into him and I was like, "Bro, you're always sending me his videos." And then you call me and we're on the [ __ ] set right now.

10:49 Yeah, man. I'll I'll call you back in a little bit. All right. All right. I'll talk I'll call you back.

11:02 That's funny. That's dope. That's awesome. So, okay. And and that's another thing I will show you right now. Look.

11:06 Yeah. So, something advice to like creators instead of influencers, right? Try to do whatever you want to, right? But my advice is

11:14 try to keep your content PG, right? Because true. I have not only followers that are young, followers that are older, right? Followers that that don't go to church or go to church because I don't really curse in my videos, right?

11:26 I think I'm out here mainly because I don't do crazy stuff. I do stuff. So, try to think of what's going to be on a commercial.

11:32 Yeah. What was going to be on the radio? Stuff like that. Think think that in that market. So,

11:37 even though I tell you straight up like I love doing my content, but a lot of y'all don't know the real me in real life. I'm very very funny. All right. It's just I keep it PG-rated. Like I said, because of that reason.

11:48 Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it makes sense, right? You want to work with the brands. They're going to be like,

11:51 "Exactly, dude. I get you get all these views, but like we can't we can't work with you. Like, you're you're too controversial or whatever it is."

11:57 And one more thing, and I think the biggest advice, right, for anybody to create content, start a series. A series is the most important thing you can do because when you do part one, they'll come back for part two, part three, part four. And I promise you, you're going to let you're going to you're going to like like

12:11 I'm not going to say you'll blow up, but it's going to go it's going to go. You're going to go somewhere that you never think you would have been. What's the series that that are are you doing a series now?

12:18 No. No. Like for example, how pronounced NFL teams part one. Latino pronounced NFL team part two. Part three.

12:24 And bro, the one I blew up the most was um was part three. Yeah. Right. But then it did a ripple effect. There was a part two. Part one. So, you know what? I'm going to do part four. Part five. So,

12:34 a series is the most important you could do. All right. That's We were talking about this uh yesterday. Those kids, there's these high school kids. I don't know if you've seen it. It's [ __ ] viral right now. Where they sit around a table, they load their mouth with water.

12:45 Yeah. Yeah. And they're like, "What are you going to pull out of the bag?" Right? And they do the same [ __ ] part one, part two. Now they're up to like part 20. When they probably recorded part one, they were probably like two or three of these. They're at number 20 and they're just pulling up more and more crazy [ __ ] Super innocent, right? A bunch of homies sitting around the table.

13:01 I don't I mean I I find that funny, but I thought it was people do find it funny. It just I'm like, "Okay, cool. I guess I don't know." But shout out to them though.

13:10 A lot of the comments are like, "I'm 38 years old and I'm weirdly laughing at this."

13:13 Oh, well, okay. I'm sorry, man. It's hard for me to make that hard. It's not hard. No, I'm kidding.

13:18 No, no, no shade. No shade. No shade. What uh Who do you got in the Super Bowl this weekend?

13:23 Ah, man. I I I'm sorry y'all, but I'm going for the Seattle She The She Not playing the Seahawks. I'm going for the Seahawks. Yeah. I mean, cuz I'm not going to say I hate the Patriots.

13:38 I'm just saying like they won too many times. I hate the Patriots. No, no, no. I just they they they won too many times. Let the Seahawks, you know what I mean? I mean, get their I mean, the ring. So, I mean, I think pretty sure they got ring already, right? Seahawks.

13:51 Seahawks have won. Uh, Russ, it was Russ versus the Broncos. Russ won one versus the Broncos.

13:58 Passback never won one with them. Nope. Oh, wow. Nope. Nope. Nope. Wow. Yeah. And they should have had And they should have had two, by the way,

14:05 against the Patriots. Yeah. Yeah. Right. That was Patriots running at the one yard line. But

14:10 you know what's crazy too? Think about it. So, it's cool that I'm invited to this stuff, right? But I wish brands would understand that

14:19 the one the way I get views is what people that don't speak the language, right?

14:23 I should be able to invite one of the guys now. I mean, right now, imagine the guys right here.

14:27 I'm showing them different stuff to pronounce. That would have been good views.

14:30 But they don't understand that. I mean, like, you say it too, right? If it's like two or three people in the video, invite them, too. All right.

14:36 Yeah. 100%. No, bro. I'm glad we got to I don't care what he say about you, bro. I heard a lot of bad things, bro. But though,

14:43 I know you were talking about it, right? Latinos, we don't know. I'm hyped. I get 24/7. I'm always hyped, bro. I get tired cuz I'm always hyped, bro. I'm always walking, bro.

14:54 I love it. But yeah, much love. I appreciate you. I don't care what said I'm playing. We We'll stay We'll stay chopping up. And

15:01 what? This Saturday, Latin sports, it's called Latino Sports. Latino Sports. We'll be out there, man. I'll be out there, baby. Let's go. Let's go.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "How the "FreaknRican" Jorge Roque Rivera Hit 500K Followers FAST | Cafecito y Croquetas"?

Jorge Roque Rivera (Host).

What is "How the "FreaknRican" Jorge Roque Rivera Hit 500K Followers FAST | Cafecito y Croquetas" about?

Jorge Roque Rivera, known as "FreaknRican," rapidly gained 500,000 followers by creating relatable and humorous content that highlights the unique ways people mispronounce common words, resonating with audiences across diverse cultures. His engaging editing style and knack for capitalizing on everyday linguistic quirks have turned simple observations into viral sensations, creating a strong…

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How long is "How the "FreaknRican" Jorge Roque Rivera Hit 500K Followers FAST | Cafecito y Croquetas"?

The episode runs 15 min; the transcript is about 3,567 words in 95 timestamped sections.

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