# WE WUZ KINGS WE WUZ KINGS, also written as WE WUZ KINGZ N SHIET, is a 4chan /pol/ catchphrase coined in late 2015 to mock the Black Egyptian Hypothesis through broken AAVE dialect. The phrase spread from anonymous imageboards to YouTube and Steam forums, becoming the signature far-right shorthand for dismissing Afrocentric history and the trigger for mass trolling campaigns around the 2017 Assassin's Creed Origins reveal. ## Origin The phrase was coined anonymously on 4chan's /pol/ board around November 2015, growing out of the board's hostile stance toward Black Lives Matter and the Baltimore unrest[4]. A Sheeky Forums thread archived November 9, 2015 already carried the 'WE WUZ KINGS N SHEEEIT' construction, with users attaching the slur to arguments about ancient Egyptian ethnicity, which places the catchphrase in use before any single viral post[2]. The first dedicated YouTube upload, titled 'We wuz kings and shit fam', went up on November 21, 2015[3]. - **Platform:** 4chan /pol/ (coined) / YouTube and Steam forums (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2015 ## Overview The format mocks the Black Egyptian Hypothesis, an academic theory holding that Ancient Egypt was a predominantly Black civilization and that pharaohs including Tutankhamen, Cleopatra, and Khafra were of African ancestry[1]. Posters stage an exaggerated AAVE voice ('WE WUZ KINGZ N SHEIT') and attach it to claims about Egyptian royalty, flipping the hypothesis into caricature of its proponents. A second strain pairs the phrase with White European historical figures relabeled as Black, inverting the argument through parody macros of Caesar, Beethoven, and Napoleon[4]. The same shorthand got turned on hip hop records that lean into Black royalty imagery, pointedly Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly and Vince Staples' Summer '06. Across every variant the joke rides on written-out dialect rather than art direction, which made it easy to spam in reply threads and YouTube comments. ## How to Use The typical usage is a one-line reply drop in comment sections under hip hop videos, Afrocentric history posts, or any content portraying Black ancient royalty. A common convention is to spell the phrase in all caps with intentional dialect misspellings ('KINGZ', 'SHEIT', 'N SHIET') to signal mockery. Image macro versions often include a photo of a White European historical figure relabeled as African to invert the Black Egyptian argument. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is WE WUZ KINGS? WE WUZ KINGS, also written as WE WUZ KINGZ N SHIET, is a 4chan /pol/ catchphrase that mocks the Black Egyptian Hypothesis using exaggerated AAVE dialect[4]. ### Where did WE WUZ KINGS come from? The phrase was coined anonymously on 4chan's /pol/ board around November 2015, with archived Sheeky Forums threads dated November 9, 2015 showing it already in circulation[2]. ### What does WE WUZ KINGS mean? It mocks claims that Ancient Egyptian pharaohs including Tutankhamen, Cleopatra, and Khafra were of African ancestry, caricaturing the Black Egyptian argument through broken dialect and parody macros[1]. ### How do you use WE WUZ KINGS? Users typically drop the phrase under hip hop videos, Afrocentric history discussions, or any content portraying ancient Black royalty, often alongside image macros of White European figures relabeled as African[6]. ### Is WE WUZ KINGS still popular? Peak visibility came during the 2017 Assassin's Creed Origins backlash, when Ubisoft moderators banned the phrase from Steam forums[5]. Mainstream usage faded after platform crackdowns, though the catchphrase survives in /pol/ shitposting. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Egyptian_hypothesis]() 2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151109024231/http://sheekyforums.com/thread/640834883/miscellaneous/we-wuz-kings-n-sheeeit.html]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkaX6tyq9pI]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-wuz-kings]() 5. [https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/347075-assassins-creed-origins-racist-backlash-forces-ubisoft-take-action]() 6. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200115095639/https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/WE_WUZ_KINGZ_AN_SHEIT]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/we-wuz-kings Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library