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You know how Twitter does when it gets bored…and somehow Twitter is finding new ways to be bored. Randomly overnight a clip from a 2015 college newspaper resurfaced that had speculated that famed composer Beethoven was Black and hid his race. Twitter didn’t really need any confirmation or anything. They just ran with it because we all need some fun and joy right now.

The jokes are all flying. The memes are cooking up. Twitter is reminding us why Black people on the internet are undefeated at anything.

So let’s look at the funniest reactions to the possibility that Beethoven was Black as hell.

“Nobody :

Beethoven in 1820 : “

“Beethoven getting ready for his concerts like”

“beethoven and zaytoven:”

“Beethoven was black? Say lesssss.”

“Beethoven was a black brother? This is me rn”

“Don’t know how credible the research on Beethoven’s heritage is, but there are certainly black composers of his time worth checking out: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Francis Johnson, George Bridgetower.”

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“White people in the 1800’s when Beethoven took off his makeup”

“Beethoven was deaf and still had rhythm. That was a black man.”

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