Before Harambe died, he was just a gorilla. Now, he’s meme history. How did a zoo animal become the centerpiece of ironic Internet culture in 2016? The answer involves Black Lives Matter ...

Although there was initially outrage over Harambe's death, social media users soon turned the gorilla into an internet star. Some made death memes of the primate, while others cracked jokes about ...

Elon Musk combined a Twitter joke, a years-old meme and Auto-Tune into ... his enclosure in 2016. “RIP Harambe/Sipping on some Bombay/We on our way to heaven/Amen, Amen,” an autotuned voice ...

Harambe had become a message, an entity divorced from the reality of the gorilla, a thing that existed and evolved and grew on the internet. He had become a meme. open image in gallery Harambe ...

Musk does drop such bars as “RIP Harambe/Sipping on some Bombay/We on our way to heaven/Amen, Amen” and “RIP Harambe/Smoking on some strong/In the gorilla zoo/And we thinking about you.” ...

Innovator Elon Musk had recently released a rap song called “R.I.P. Harambe”, referring to the internet meme which went viral ... some Bombay/We on our way to heaven/Amen, Amen.” ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A photo of the gorilla Harambe – who became an Internet meme sensation after his death ...

Although there was initially outrage over Harambe's death, social media users soon turned the gorilla into an internet star. Some made death memes of the primate, while others cracked jokes about ...