Former President Barack Obama used the “Success Kid” meme in 2013 to promote immigration reform, an issue Griner says she supports. They also obtained her permission first, she adds.

On Monday, King and his campaign for reelection to the House of Representatives received a cease-and-desist letter from the attorneys of Laney Griner, the mother of 2011’s most ubiquitous meme ...

The “success kid” meme originated in 2007, when Laney Griner posted a photo of her then 11-month-old son Samuel to Flickr. The photo became one of the Internet’s first viral memes, often ...

BuzzFeed Video sat down with Sam, the sand-clenching baby we’ve seen a million times before, who’s now a teenager with actual thoughts and feelings about having a picture of him as a toddler ...

Republican lawmaker draws ire of Success Baby’s real-life mom Posted: Jan 28, 2020 / 08:23 AM CST Updated: Jan 28, 2020 / 08:23 AM CST ...

Success Kid's Mom Won't Stand for Steve King's 'Meme' Ad Laney Griner, the mother behind the meme, sent the Iowa congressperson a cease-and-desist. Photograph: Laney Griner ...