How The Famous Rick Roll Meme Happened, All Thanks To GTA IV & 4Chan

The game surely went down in history as a commercial success. But what Rockstar didn’t know was that this day would also go down as one of the most memorable days in pop-culture history.

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TIL the first instance a rickroll happened on the 4chan video games message board, and it was disguised as a trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV : r/todayilearned

Guinness World Records on X: First Rickroll #OnThisDay in 2007, the first trailer for GTA IV launched on @RockstarGames website. So many people attempted to watch it that the website crashed. @4chan

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