Trey Songz has become the latest victim of a Twitter hoax today, but the R&B singer was not killed off a la Chumlee or Wayne Knight by the Internet.
He was merely outed as gay.
Rumors that Trey Songz came out began circulating on social media after a doctored tweet purportedly sent from his Twitter account surfaced online.
News of his supposed coming out soon provoked myriad responses and re-tweets, with reactions ranging from amused to surprised to apathetic.
The "Dive In" singer soon hit back at the tricksters responsible, denying that he's gay and ripping those that made crude comments at his expense,
"The things you people craft up with hatred in your hearts ... the things people believe without question, or validity, all baffles me," he said.
"Photoshop and a retweet is all people need to believe, any and everything. I feel bad for the impressionable, no minds of their own," he added later.
"If I'm gay then Tupac bringing me a ounce for this session wit Biggie tomorrow," Songz concluded. "No weapon. #LOVE. Last tweet was funny doe!!"
Here's a look at some memorable celebrity hoaxes over the years ...
1. Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne has been the subject of more than one death hoax over the years ... and more than one actual near-death experience. So it's believalble.
2. Sharkeisha
Sharkeisha was killed off by an Internet hoax, not long after she nearly killed a classmate with this insane sucker punch.
3. Wayne Knight
Wayne Knight is alive and well.
4. Chumlee
Pawn Stars' Chumlee is not dead, despite a hoax indicating as much.
5. Celine Dion
Celine Dion was fake-killed on Facebook pretty recently.
6. Chloe Moretz
Chloe Moretz was far from pleased about the hoax that killed her online.
7. Bindi Irwin
Bindi Irwin is alive, well and all grown up!
8. Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi is still healthy and rocking out hard ... thank goodness!
9. Cher
Cher may be getting up there in years, but she's in good health.
10. Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice is the perfect candidate for such a hoax, but he's actually in a pretty good place lately.
11. Eddie Murphy
Stop trying to kill Eddie Murphy online, people.
12. Kanye West
Rumors of Kanye West's demise are about as real as Kim Kardashian's face (not very).
13. Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods killed his career for a time in 2009, but rest assured, he is physically alive.
14. Spencer Pratt
Some of you may be strangely let down by the fact that Spencer Pratt death rumors were fake.
15. Sinbad
Sinbad was done in by his own Wikipedia page.
16. Jeff Goldblum
The Jeff Goldblum death hoax was one of the most notorious.
17. Justin Bieber
In March 2012, "RIP Justin Bieber" really pissed off the legions of Beliebers who enjoy being overly aggressive and emotional about their douchebag hero in 140 characters or less.
18. Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton fell victim to a fictional car crash in September 2012 ... and in 2007, was allegedly shanked to death in jail.
19. Taylor Lautner
The rumor mill got creative for the death of Taylor Lauther in 2010. When his death started trending on Twitter, the story was that Lautner had been "drugged by strippers."
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