What is a Haters Gonna Hate meme?

In a humorous riff on the meme, rhymes like gators gonna gate and potatoes gonna potate popped up, accompanied by images. The phrase haters gonna hate peaked on Google Trends in February 2012, with BuzzFeed notably publishing a listicle of some of the more outrageous memes. By this point, the phrase had spread beyond its hip-hop origins.

What is really great call from the haters?

Honestly Great Call From the Haters is a self-deprecating copypasta based on a viral post that achieved popularity as a caption for Speech Bubbling memes on X / Twitter in December 2023. On December 11th, 2023, X / Twitter user @drewjanda wrote, "The haters said I couldn’t do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters."

Where did the term 'haters' come from?

One of the earliest references to "haters" can be heard in ICE T's 1999 single "Don't Hate Tha Player": The earliest known usage of the term "haters" online appeared on Urban Dictionary in August 2003: Hater (n.): A person that simply cannot be happy for another person's success.