RIP Kanye West Twitter trend is a hoax
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009
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Fake rumours have emerged online this morning claiming rap superstar Kanye West is dead.
The story circulating on the web is that West was killed in a car accident in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon.
The original source of the rumour is unknown but some commentators are blaming an edited Wikipedia entry, a post on Yahoo Answers and a news story on a tabloid newspaper's website.
RIP Kanye West has become one of the top trending topics on Twitter and searches relating to the story dominate the top 10 most searched for terms in Google Hot Trends.
There has been no announcement on Kanye West's official site.
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October 21 13:08
Dan
Kanye West is not dead and this is not the first time the death of a celebrity was faked on the internet. Many people are rushing to search for news about Kayne West's death while the Twitter crowd are busy fueling the rumors. Twitter is known to have fueled sparks in rumers thanks to its large user base and popularity. But one question remains to be answered, who started this rumor that was taken to Twitter and spread rapidly?
Don't believe rumors people :]
October 21 17:19
anonymous
I will tell you once and for all, the one who did this was 4chan's /b/,
AWSOME!