Why Are People Making Memes About Kanye And Golden Freddy From 'Five Nights At Freddy's'? Jokes About Kanye's 'Can I have the Nitrus today' Texts Explained

Milo Yiannopoulos's campaign to expose Dr. Thomas Connelly for supposedly giving Kanye West brain damage by oversupplying him with nitrous oxide continued this August 2024, but this time his accusations were derailed by a detail spotted by eagle-eyed Five Nights At Freddy's fans on X.

Yiannopoulos posted an iMessage screenrecording earlier this week, showing chats where Connelly supposedly talks about how legalizing nitrous oxide needs to be a "long term goal," even as Milo warns against the detrimental effects of taking nitrous. Kanye then interjects, asking, "Can I have the Nitrus today?"

But Kanye's hilariously misspelled text was overshadowed by Yiannopoulos's chosen contact photo for the artist, Golden Freddy from Five Nights At Freddy's. Here's a recap of where the Kanye Golden Freddy comparisons began.

Who Is Golden Freddy?

Golden Freddy is a mascot horror antagonist in the Five Nights At Freddy's video game series. The animatronic is shown to be a crippled shell with no eyes, and presents as a ghostly apparition in the video game's Fazbear Fright series.

Where Did The Kanye Golden Freddy Comparisons Originate?

Posts linking Kanye West with FNAF can be traced back as far as 2022, with Redditor /u/DegoEatingPancakes posting Kanye album covers edited to feature FNAF characters in February 2022, and Tumblr user @beardedmrbean posting an edit of Kanye's College Dropout photoshoot in March of that year.

However, the first time Kanye was directly compared to Golden Freddy in reference to his supposed nitrous issue was a May 4th, 2024 post from X user @GoodAssSub, who aggregates posts from a Kanye fan subreddit by the same name.

What's Up With Jokes About Kanye Saying 'Can I have the Nitrus today'?

On August 13th, 2024, Milo Yiannopoulos posted iMessage records showing himself, Kanye and his dentist talking in an iMessage group chat, where Yiannopoulos can be seen pointing out the dangers of nitrous oxide overuse even as Kanye says, "Can I have the Nitrus today."

Many X users found humor in Kanye's texts, posting meme edits of the three-way conversation with Ye's "Nitrus" text as the punchline.

How Did 'Kanye Is Golden Freddy' Memes Go Viral?

After Yiannopoulos shared iMessage records supposedly incriminating Kanye's dentist, many FNAF fans and X users noted that Kanye's contact photo in the texts is Golden Freddy from FNAF. The posts set off a new, even more viral chain of meme events, where internet users posted memes likening the rapper to the ghostly horror character.

Following the meme comparisons, Yiannopoulos acknowledged that X user @GoodAssSub was his inspiration for using Golden Freddy as Kanye's contact image.

For the full history of Kanye Golden Freddy comparisons, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.