It can be both, I guess. It probably started with the song, though, since I haven't heard it in any other context before. I'm not that smart or well read, but I would have noticed it used as a verb before the song came out.
Hell, I think the actual origin or first use as a verb, at least, is from Machine Gun Kelly in Rap Devil.
"...Now tell me, what do you stand for? (what?)
I know you can't stand yourself (no)
Tryin' to be the old you so bad, you Stan yourself (ha)"
Rap devil is a response to an Eminem diss of MGK... the title is even a play on Eminem’s song rap god. The song Stan is absolutely the original origin.
The verb Stan is not the name Stan. Unless Eminem has a lyric talking about being Stan'd or Stanning someone, the term, as a verb, originated with Rap Devil. It is a reference to Stan, but it was strictly a proper noun in that song.
Cindy Lauper used Bop to mean masturbation. Whether there is a song from earlier with the word bop in it is irrelevant. Until she used it that way, it meant something else.
It can be both, I guess. It probably started with the song, though, since I haven't heard it in any other context before. I'm not that smart or well read, but I would have noticed it used as a verb before the song came out.
Hell, I think the actual origin or first use as a verb, at least, is from Machine Gun Kelly in Rap Devil.
"...Now tell me, what do you stand for? (what?) I know you can't stand yourself (no) Tryin' to be the old you so bad, you Stan yourself (ha)"
Rap devil is a response to an Eminem diss of MGK... the title is even a play on Eminem’s song rap god. The song Stan is absolutely the original origin.
The verb Stan is not the name Stan. Unless Eminem has a lyric talking about being Stan'd or Stanning someone, the term, as a verb, originated with Rap Devil. It is a reference to Stan, but it was strictly a proper noun in that song.
Cindy Lauper used Bop to mean masturbation. Whether there is a song from earlier with the word bop in it is irrelevant. Until she used it that way, it meant something else.
Considering MGK is basically an Eminem ripoff of sorts I think it’s safe to say that’s still a direct reference to the Eminem song
And in the Eminem song Stan committed suicide by driving off a bridge. So Kelly says "Stan yourself", meaning kill yourself