LIL WAYNE IS NOT DEAD RAPPERS WEEZY AND WILEY CAUGHT UP IN FAKE BBC WEBSITE "DEATH" HOAXES

Rapper Lil Wayne is NOT dead. The rapper was the victim of a fake BBC news website which launched a death hoax that Weezy was killed in a gang land drive by shooting. Thankfully Lil Wayne is alive and well with much to celebrate after Baby gave him a suitcase filled with a million dollars for his birthday. Enjoy the milli Weezy!

Rappers Lil' Wayne and Wiley today assured the public that they were still very much alive, despite online hoaxes claiming the pair had both met violent ends. In separate reports mocked up to look like a BBC News page, it was first claimed that US rapper Lil' Wayne had been shot and killed yesterday following a gang-related feud in New Orleans. The news was quickly proved untrue, by virtue of Wayne still being alive.

Today, UK MC Wiley found himself the recipient of a similar fake news report, saying that he had been "stabbed to death" in Hackney, east London. He posted a blog on his MySpace page under the unequivocal headline "I AM NOT DEAD". The pranks have all the hallmarks of "cyber terrorists" Anonymous, last seen defacing American hip-hop sites with fascist symbols.

However, the fake news stories appear to be the result of someone calling himself Gilgamesh, who posted details of a new tool that allows users to mock-up a BBC News article on the Kinetic North website. source