# Byeah Byeah is a drawn-out version of "yeah" that streamer Jerma985 improvised while voicing obese biker NPCs in Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer videos with YouTuber STAR_ in 2013. The gag stayed inside Jerma's fanbase for years before a May 2020 iFunny edit of real-life bikers at a lemonade stand revived the sound, pushing Byeah Wojaks and reaction GIFs into the /r/jerma985 subreddit by 2021[1][5]. ## Origin On May 3rd, 2013, YouTuber STAR_ (also known as Ster) uploaded "My GTA:IV Experience," a video featuring frequent collaborator Jerma985 voicing an obese, bearded biker NPC during online skits[1]. In that first skit Jerma yelled a drawn-out "byeah" at other players, and the pronunciation stuck. The video passed 970,000 views over the next decade[1]. Jerma kept returning to the character across his GTA IV uploads. On August 11th, 2013, he posted "GTA4 Multiplayer: Fat Guys and the Dance Party [w/ STAR_]," doubling down on the biker roleplay[2]. The gag peaked on November 8th, 2013, when Jerma uploaded a video opening with a straight-faced meeting of multiple Byeah NPCs grunting at each other, a skit that passed 1.1 million views and got reuploaded in clip form across YouTube for years afterward[3]. - **Platform:** YouTube (Jerma985 / STAR_ videos), iFunny (viral revival) - **Creator:** Jerma985 - **Date:** 2013 ## Overview Byeah works as a shouted affirmation with an exaggerated "b" tacked onto the front of "yeah," usually delivered in a gruff voice meant to mimic the fat, bearded biker NPCs that populate Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer lobbies[1]. Fans of Jerma985 began calling the character model itself a "Byeah," treating the in-game asset as its own species of chunky biker that speaks almost entirely in grunts and the title word[2]. Urban Dictionary entries later defined it as an over-emphasized "yeah" used for emphasis or comedic weight[4]. Typical Byeah content pairs the audio clip with footage of real or fictional heavyset men doing something mundane, with the lemonade-stand edit being the archetype that revived the gag on iFunny in 2020[5]. Visual remixes include the Byeahjak, a Wojak drawn with the biker's distinctive gut and beard, and reaction GIFs ripped straight from the 2013 "Byeahs Meeting" skit[1][11]. ## How to Use People typically deploy Byeah either as a written interjection in Jerma985 community threads or as the audio drop in a video edit, often layered over footage of large bearded men to match the original NPC vibe. Image remixes commonly take the Byeahjak Wojak and swap in different beards, hats or captions while keeping the gut and the word itself as the punchline[11]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Byeah? Byeah is a drawn-out "yeah" that streamer Jerma985 improvised in 2013 while voicing fat biker NPCs during Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer videos with STAR_[1]. ### Where did Byeah come from? The word first showed up in STAR_'s May 3rd, 2013 video "My GTA:IV Experience," where Jerma985 voiced a bearded biker character using the phrase in an in-game skit[1]. ### What does Byeah mean? It functions as an over-emphasized affirmation, basically "yeah" with an added "b" sound, used for comedic emphasis among Jerma985 fans[4]. ### How do you use Byeah? People commonly either write it as an interjection in Jerma community threads or drop the audio clip over video edits of heavyset men, as Vulpesio did with the 2020 lemonade-stand bikers video[5]. ### Is Byeah still popular? The catchphrase stayed a classic inside /r/jerma985 after its 2020 to 2021 revival, with Byeahjak drawings and meeting-clip reposts still circulating in the subreddit[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jOmHMLSyr8]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toDMu_QzPJI]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgGOLvbknow]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Byeah]() 5. [https://ifunny.co/video/pi-eaheyen-byeah-byeah-byeah-MmJA8mMf7]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/byeah]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/jerma985/comments/q1vl7o/i_made_byeahjak/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/byeah Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library