Bow Wow, also known as Shad Moss, is featured on “Growing Up Hip-Hop Atlanta.” (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Bow Wow‘s seemingly lavish travel accommodations were no match for the Twitter sleuths who exposed him for appearing to take a commercial flight instead and others swiftly took advantage by launching the #BowWowChallenge.
Bow, whose real name is Shad Moss, shared a Monday, May 8, Instagram post that implied he was preparing to fly in a private jet to New York City to promote the We TV reality show, “Growing Up Hip-Hop Atlanta.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT1W_-4lXWo/
But a Twitter user called out the actor and former rapper for being a poseur and posted an image of him on a commercial flight — in coach.
https://twitter.com/Al_Khee/status/861986390724284417
Another user traced the private jet image to a stock photo that appears in distorted form in the page header of a Fort Lauderdale VIP transportation service website.
https://twitter.com/mamacrimz/status/862007474504609792
Bow Wow attempted to clean up the failed post by saying someone posted an old image of him on an airplane to make him out to be a fraud. It is not clear when the image actually was taken.
“Half y’all broke [m—–f—–] still can’t afford a buddy pass on Spirit Airlines,” he wrote in a comment. “Stay out the big boy lane.”
But the entertainer couldn’t sweep the issue under the rug well enough to stop Twitter from mocking him with the #BowWowChallenge.
Several users shared images pretending to be extravagant but instead being well within the norm.
This is the original #bowwowchallenge. pic.twitter.com/YHA0ZPIMFp
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 10, 2017
One my favs!😂😂 #bowwowchallenge pic.twitter.com/uWgAbHzF1I
— Brent Leasing (@BrentLeasing) May 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/JoeyOhio/status/862302487088443392
https://twitter.com/ComicLuisPowell/status/862350299075411970
About to turn up, y'all! #bowwowchallenge pic.twitter.com/zx73rgOlhx
— Joshua 🌙 (@Joshua__Nash) May 10, 2017
Gotta to spoil myself every now and then 🙄🙄#bowwowchallenge pic.twitter.com/4rHRsGolhw
— Lucy 💁🏾♀️🥴 (@Saint_Louisan) May 10, 2017
I had the biggest inauguration of all time. #bowwowchallenge pic.twitter.com/XFJ1bDaoQz
— AL (@MissSchliez) May 10, 2017
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