Did the Proud Boys' Name Come from an 'Aladdin' Song?

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Did the Proud Boys' Name Come from an 'Aladdin' Song?
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✅ Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes once said inspiration for the group’s name came from “Proud of Your Boy,” a song from the stage musical 'Aladdin.'

In this YouTube video, which was posted in 2018, at the 2-minute mark, McInnes described the origin of the name:We're called Proud Boys because I went to one of my kids’ music recitals and some ponce got up there and while everyone's playing the piano and the violin and doing stuff they tried, he gets up and he goes, “Proud of your boy, I’ll make you proud of your boy.

” It's some song from"Aladdin." And I was looking around for the dad because I thought there's no way this dad is proud of his boy, and of course, he was the child of a single mom...duh! His mother told him, yes sing a song, that's a talent, and there was no dad to say no you're not, play the piano for christ's sakes.that the origin of the name came from the"Aladdin" song, “Proud of Your Boy.

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