The deez nuts joke is an older wordplay prank, but this specific delivery comes from Welven Da Great's viral 2015 video where he calls a friend and lands the punchline with a loud ha gottem laugh. The clip spread first on Instagram and Vine, then across YouTube edits, compilations and soundboards. Its exaggerated laugh made it reusable beyond the original call, and it now sits alongside other reaction clips like the bruh sound effect in meme collections. The phrase remains a shorthand for a successful low effort prank.