Nice Try, Bow Wow

9:48 AM EDT on May 10, 2017

Rapper Lil’ Bow Wow makes his stage entrance Friday, May 11, 2001, at the Fox Theater in Detroit during the first of two sold-out shows at the venue. The 14-year-old rapper from Columbus, Ohio, whose real name is Shad Moss, sold two million copies of his debut album, “Beware of Dog,” after being discovered by rapper Snoop Dogg. (AP Photo/Paul Warner)

|AP Photo/Paul Warner

Shad Moss, the former kiddie rap star who was once known as Lil Bow Wow, has been caught committing the ultimate crime: Fake-stunting on Instagram. Bow Wow, who is taking part in a new reality show called Grown Up Hip Hop, was on a flight to New York to promote the show. And as his plane was taking off, he posted a photo of a private jet on his Instagram:

Travel day. NYC press run for Growing Up Hip Hop. Lets gooo. I promise to bring yall the hottest show EVER. May 25th on @wetv
A post shared by Bow wow (@shadmoss) on May 8, 2017 at 6:53am PDT

Here's the problem: Bow Wow was not on that jet. He was on a commercial flight, and someone snapped a photo of him just a few minutes after he'd Instagrammed that photo:

Lmfaooooo who's mans is this @smoss?! pic.twitter.com/MHDvIcMppG
— Osama Bin Drinkin' (@Al_Khee) May 9, 2017

Bow Wow was, of course, trending on Twitter for a very long time yesterday, even in the moments after James Comey was fired. And it gets better. As internet sleuths figured out and as the Huffington Post confirmed, Bow Wow's photo of a jet actually comes from this website, which sells luxury transportation out of Fort Lauderdale. At least people are still flying him places!