Rap-Up.com || Kanye West Death Rumors a Hoax

His “Fame Kills” tour with Lady Gaga may be dead, but Kanye West is alive and well. Whisperings of the rapper’s death quickly spread throughout the Internet on Tuesday. The hoax originated online, claiming West had perished in a car accident. Those rumors were dispelled by his girlfriend Amber Rose who took to Twitter to stand up for her man.

A trending topic of #LongLiveYeezy was started by Rose in response to the RIP Kanye West trending topic that surfaced on the micro-blogging service.

The Chicago MC is not the first celebrity this year to be subjected to a death hoax. Lil Wayne, Miley Cyrus, and Matt Damon are just some of the famous names that have been falsely pronounced dead over the last year.

The real West narrowly escaped death in a near-fatal car accident in 2002, but the fictional character in his short film “We Were Once a Fairytale,” directed by Spike Jonze, does meet his demise. Watch the video below.

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10 Comments

U_U
October 21st, 2009 at 4:10 am
Stupid people spreading hoax…

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mis.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:58 am
When I got on Twitter today I almost started crying because I thought it was true! People are really retarded these days. Go Kanye & Amber!!!

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oliver luke
October 21st, 2009 at 7:36 am
kanye west will never die

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mis. Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 8:58 am
@oliver luke, Amen!

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Giselle
October 21st, 2009 at 9:51 am
It was in extreme poor taste to do that. Tottally foolish.

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Jay
October 21st, 2009 at 9:56 am
Man my heart stopped for a sec That’s definitely NOT funny!

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Jay
October 21st, 2009 at 10:18 am
and the end of the video…all I can say is woow, never seen anything like this. Kinda of scary though

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bass_man
October 21st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
people will get theirs, because that will never be funny.

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Henri
October 21st, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Some people are really pathetic. Long live Yeezy!

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tbib
October 21st, 2009 at 11:41 pm
It’s really pathetic. I don’t understand why people do this. They did the same thing with Zach Braff last week, and i though it was true, but when i see the Kanye West death, i knew it was fake. Why people hate him so much, is that what he did to VMA?? i read on twitter people say they were disapointed because it was fake, and that he deserve to die. and his career is dead. What he did with taylor Swift is not worse than Chris Brown did to Rihanna. it seems like he rapped ou killed that girl. LONGLIVEYEEZY!

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