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It Looks Like Rich the Kid's Social Media Accounts Have Been Hacked (UPDATE)
Trace William Cowen
BYTRACE WILLIAM COWEN
Trace William Cowen is a writer based in Los Angeles. He tweets with dramatic irregularity here.
JUL 31, 2018
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UPDATED 6:54 p.m. ET: Rich the Kid's social media accounts were apparently hacked.
Shortly after a cryptic "R.I.P." message appeared on his official pages, he—or someone pretending to be him—attempted to explain the post in an Instagram story: "I'm not dead I was high as shit. I apologize to all my fans I love," the story read. He then shared a number of bizarre tweets, some of which were directed at Kanye West and Nicki Minaj:
Though many fans assumed the dude still high, a subsequent post claimed Rich's accounts were hacked a rapper named Yung Navz.
Let's see how this story unfolds.
Read the original story below.
Days after saying "Fuck 300 [Entertainment]," Rich the Kid has shared a cryptic R.I.P. message to his Instagram account.
Late Monday night, Rich shared a text post that reads "R.i.P. Rich the Kid 1992 - 2018." In the caption, Rich thanked his fans and family "for everything." No additional context was given.
According to Rich Forever's Gramz, however, the message is merely Rich's way of hinting that he's planning to change his name, i.e. it's a goddamn publicity stunt: