Gorilla In A Fucking Coupe

About

Gorilla In A Fucking Coupe refers to the lyrics from Chief Keef's 2014 song "Faneto," which read "I'm a gorilla in a fuckin' coupe, finna pull up to the zoo," meaning he's strong like a gorilla and rich enough to drive a coupe. Following the song's release, the lyrics inspired memes and shitposts posturing about being a gorilla in a coupe, coupling the lyrics with images of Koko the gorilla sitting in a white car and other images of gorillas.

Origin

On March 12th, 2010, Koko.org's^[1][2] Gary Stanley posted a number of images of Koko the gorilla taken between 2001 and 2003 showing her sitting in the driver's seat of a car looking out the window and getting into the car (shown below, left and right).

On October 2nd, 2014, rapper Chief Keef released the song "Faneto," including the lyrics: "I'm a gorilla in a fuckin' coupe, finna pull up to the zoo," meant to posture, calling himself tough like a gorilla and rich due to the car (shown below). The video features gorilla imagery, including Chief Keef turning into a gorilla at one point.

Around 2015, people began combining the images of Koko with the lyrics from the song in shitposts. One of the earliest examples was posted to Twitter^[3] by @fakeshoredrive on August 3rd, 2015, gaining over 1,500 retweets in six years (shown below).

Spread

On August 24th, 2020, Instagram^[6] page @grapejuiceboys posted a Jesse, What The Fuck Are You Talking About meme using the lyrics, gaining over 79,000 views in a year (shown below, left). On October 9th, Instagram^[7] page @shirtless_gatorade posted another meme using the lyrics, gaining over 7,700 likes in 11 months (shown below, right).

On January 28th, 2021, Instagram^[5] page @memeatode.v1 posted a Godzilla vs Kong meme featuring a cartoon of King Kong rapping the lyrics, gaining over 3,200 likes in eight months (shown below). On March 15th, Twitter^[8] user @bkiplxxi posted, "direct deposit: $1400, me at the zoo: bring me the gorilla in a fuckin coupe," gaining over 50,000 likes and 11,000 retweets in six months.

On September 12th, Facebook^[4] page Rappers In Peculiar Places posted a meme inspired by the Are Ya Winning Son? format where a mother bursts into the room asking if her son is on drugs. The son is an image macro of Koko sitting in the car captioned "me showing clear symptoms of being a gorilla in a fuckin coupe," gaining over 5,600 shares in three days (shown below).

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