"We Dem Boyz" is a song by American rapper Wiz Khalifa from his fifth studio album Blacc Hollywood (2014).
[8] On February 12, 2014, Wiz Khalifa held a release party for the single in Los Angeles, California.
An official video released of the party featured prominent appearances from the song's producer Detail and Taylor Gang Records artist Ty Dolla Sign.
[9] On February 19, 2014, Khalifa performed the song live during his appearance on DJ Kay Slay's Streetsweeper Radio show.
[12] "We Dem Boyz" was featured in an episode of the TV series Selfie in which Karen Gillan's character twerked to it.
It owes more to songs like Lil Reese's "Us," Drake's "Started From the Bottom," and any number of Atlanta's warblers than the stoner raps and pop anthems that have made up much of Wiz's output.
[16] The official remix of "We Dem Boyz" features Rick Ross, Schoolboy Q, and Nas.
The song was featured on the television shows Selfie, Black-ish, Empire, Ballers, Hawaii Five-O, The Mindy Project and Superstore.
This song faced strong resurgence in late 2016, where YouTube's successful content creator Etika falsely leaked the Nintendo Switch while exclaiming "JOY CON BOYZ".
[23][24] The song only achieved moderate commercial success and failed to outperform the lead singles from Khalifa's previous albums: in the United States, Rolling Papers' lead single "Black and Yellow" peaked at number one and was certified triple Platinum, while O.N.I.F.C.