Its earliest usage dates back to 1992 when Ice Cube (best known for his lead acting role in "Are We Done Yet?") inquired eloquently about the occurrence of a game of craps.
Tre: Whats the haps?
IC: I don't know, but today seems kinda odd
Tre: Do please elaborate while I listen to Footsteps In The Dark by The Isley Brothers
By Rana
What Is Hap?
A phrase uttered by somebody who has no idea what is happening. Can be used as a funny way of saying wtf.
Originally started in the FantasyBattlefield clanteamspeak.
~FanT members talking over the mic while playing Battlefield 3~
Taj: *raspy voice* Winkly. WINKLY. Get in the car WINKLY
A new, jazzier catchphrase to say when you encounter your friends. This phrase dates back to 36 BCE: Mark Antony yelled this to the Parthians after arriving with his calvary to Anatolia.
Jane>> Not a whole lotta - going to go to the mac-deez for some grub tonight.
By Oneida
What's The Haps
.. I had a friend in high school who would say this .. short for "What's happening?" .. saves one syllable and creates a noun .. actually it's use goes back to Shakespeare .. Hamlet at Ham IV.iii.70 "Howe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun."