Ever since hip-hop’s inceptions, rappers have been defined by their recollections of humble beginnings and their tendency to stretch the truth when they recall those humble beginnings. Drake got flamed for making “Started From The Bottom” by fans who recall him starting on Degrassi, fans on Twitter regularly question Jay-Z’s assertion that he once lost 92 bricks, and now, they’re applying heat to Diddy over a would-be motivational post that may have exaggerated a few details of his origins in Mount Vernon, New York.
On Instagram, the media mogul posted a video of himself eating fruit and dancing by his pool — a fairly typical day in the life of Diddy, I guess. But it’s the caption drawing all the attention at the moment, as Diddy insists that “one day when I was growing up, I woke up and there was 15 roaches on my face. At that moment I said hell no, I refuse to live like this. Work hard, believe in your crazy dreams… AND NEVER SETTLE!”
Unfortunately for Diddy, the clearly overestimated number of insects in his story “bugged” some fans on Twitter, and naturally, he became the subject of the latest roast session, clearing him out for his faux pas and calling cap with their own roach stories. Check out the responses below.
Why is Diddy cappin like this pic.twitter.com/Tf45FKO9wQ
— Raphæl de la Ghetto (@ilovesmick) July 6, 2021
not diddy remixing the brave little tailor https://t.co/lXTTX9DLwC
— Desus MF Nice💯 (@desusnice) July 6, 2021
The roaches headed to chill on diddy face while he sleeps like pic.twitter.com/Z8U4Yo14MX
— Big Girl Slay 💋 (@Biggirlslay) July 6, 2021
https://twitter.com/ilovesmick/status/1412442401008988162
Diddy lying…. I had roaches and never do they sit still on your face, roaches got places to be and shit to do
— MonsterKing (@CerromeRussell) July 6, 2021
Roaches on their lunch break hearing Diddy lying on them: pic.twitter.com/JZR79lUjgT
— The Nostalgia Queen (@Snow_Blacck) July 6, 2021
Diddy said https://t.co/UrZkeGAuxL pic.twitter.com/nCG0jVh09p
— ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴋᴀʏᴛʀᴀɴᴀᴅᴀ (@BarkyBoogz) July 6, 2021
https://twitter.com/charlee_buns/status/1412466051166707715
One day, I woke up with 15 Roaches on my face. So I found a deal for Roach Killing Bait for $8, after I used the coupon on the link. https://t.co/c18INqatb6 pic.twitter.com/Nlin2wUyiA
— Fat Kid Deals (@FatKidDeals) July 6, 2021