back in the 2000s MTV Cribs was one of
the former music video channels most
popular and fascinating shows each
episode took viewers into the homes of
pop stars rappers athletes and actors
and the celebrities themselves gave
guided tours of their luxurious
surroundings
of course it was pretty much just a
setup for them to flaunt their wealth
but if viewers ever felt envious of all
that stuff those stars had well the
stars might have felt MBS - that's
because many episodes of the show were
staged and actually full of lies here
are some episodes of cribs that weren't
exactly truthful to say the least
Robbie Williams already a huge pop star
in the UK the music industry tried its
hardest to make Robbie Williams a big
deal in the US and he was forced into
the spotlight just long enough to make
an appearance on cribs but when the time
came to shoot the episode and show off
all his stuff he borrowed a house and
everything inside it according to the
Telegraph the house really belongs to
Jane Seymour so yes Robbie was guiding
us all on a tour through the home of dr.
Quinn Medicine Woman Jojo a teen pop
starlet in the 2000s Jojo was just 13
when her song leave get out became a hit
in 2004 and a hit song meant it was time
for an appearance on cribs however the
house viewers saw wasn't her house she
was actually kind of homeless at the
time Jo Jo told Huffington Post that she
was so busy touring recording and
promoting her music that she and her
mother were just living in hotels at the
time she added I should have rented out
a place but no I just used my uncle's
crib so that was me lying on cribs and
after the filming was done she had to
well leave and get out 50 cent Curtis
Jackson has won a bunch of awards he's
had a bunch of hit songs but one thing
he apparently didn't have at least not
when he appeared on cribs was a bunch of
Ferraris in 2007 fiddy showed off his
car collection on cribs which included
three of the Italian stallions but on a
forum called Ferrari chats one user
called asking 50-cent about his rides at
a car show just a couple of weeks before
his cribs episode and the rapper said he
owned five cars none of which were
Ferraris other eagle-eyed readers
pointed out that all three cars were
marked with the initials SC a notorious
Ferrari collector who posted photos of
the exact same cars as the ones that
were supposed to be in 50 Cent's
possession Raleigh Club Bow Wow when
rapper Bow Wow boasted his way through
his Miami mansion he was especially
proud of his fleet of very fancy cars
but while the movie like Mike apparently
made enough money to get Bow Wow a
decent sized home these cars were not
his according to E GM car Tech car
enthusiasts familiar with the Miami car
scene notice the word prestige stamped
on all three cars
that's the calling card for prestige
luxury rentals a Miami car loan place
the perfect spots for all your reality
show rental needs Birdman
rapper and co-founder of Cash Money
Records Birdman was successful enough to
get himself on MTV and to get MTV to
rent him a fancy car to show off in his
cribs episode bring yalla see how we
pimp day Birdman was very proud to show
viewers a maroon beast of a vehicle but
according to up rocks that beast was not
his it belonged to a Cincinnati car
enthusiast ja Rule in 2001 rapper Ja
Rule's handlers rented a gaudy 8 bedroom
Miami mansion with a waterfront view in
addition to letting the cribs crew come
to film he also had a house wrecker of a
party a violation of the rental
agreement for about 600 people according
to contact music the owner of the house
later sued ja rule and his associates as
their rental fee and deposit didn't
quite cover all the damage and
disgusting trash left behind she also
didn't actually give permission for
Crips to film in her house
whoops red man
probably the greatest episode of cribs
was the one that completely subverted
the concept of cribs rapper Redmond
why but MTV tried to get him to the show
visited his small Staten Island home and
it was kind of a mess
it was a refreshingly honest look into
the real life of a star which was
supposed to be the entire point of the
show he wanted me to rent a house so I
can open the big double doors it's like
you know look at much and my mother will
told me you know damn well I wasn't your
goddamn house
he also said he knows a lot of other
musicians who did like for the show but
he won't name names thanks for watching
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