Posted by April Fool’s Day has reared its ugly head once again and social media is full of potential booby traps. Thursday morning (April 1) kicked off with a presumably fake JAY-Z tracklist for an African-themed album called Ascension and now, DJ Quik has people believing he got shot.
The veteran rapper posted a series of posts to his Instagram Stories that caused his fans to worry for four hours before he admitted it was an April Fool’s Day prank.
“I’m on the way to the hospital,” he wrote. “Someone just shot my into my car 7-10 times on the freeway. I got hit twice. Pray for me.” He followed up with, “Oh yeah…APRIL FOOL.”
DJ Quik is evidently proud of his handiwork and shared a short video patting himself on the back as the shooting rumors started to circulate.
“Mmmhmm, April Fool’s Day,” he says in the clip. “Y’all got to top that. I got y’all. That was a good one. Damn, I impressed myself with that. Happy April’s Fools, shit. Love y’all. I’m good.”
DJ Quik’s April Fools Day joke has fans heated ⬇️ https://t.co/yS3wULGPF0 pic.twitter.com/RFjEJG29in
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) April 1, 2021
But some of Quik’s fans didn’t find it so funny, especially considering the wave of freeway-related shootings that have occured over the last five months.
BadAzz Music Syndicate artist Mo3 was gunned down on a Dallas interstate last November, San Diego rapper OG YD was killed while driving down Interstate 805 on March 22 and Sacramento rapper Hot Boy Ju was murdered in a car-to-car shooting less than 24 hours later.
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Needless to say, Quik is facing the wrath on Twitter for the rouse. Check out some of the reactions below.
Dj Quik lame af for that April fools “joke” at his big age. All these rappers being killed and shot at and he wanna play. pic.twitter.com/U59dJllVHY
— Miss Frizzle (@OhHaiBae) April 1, 2021
DJ Quik’s April Fools joke pic.twitter.com/V2NYbqcN4p
— horchata waterfalls. (@spiffydion) April 1, 2021
DJ Quik thought lying about being shot in a drive-by was a good April Fools joke? He thought Black people needed…at this moment…more Black trauma? ??♀️
— Capital B (@bdgesq1) April 1, 2021
People fell for DJ Quik April Fools Joke? ?? pic.twitter.com/b8T9uCjUAJ
— Captain-Dots Sanctum (Super Nigga Saiyan) (@DotsCaptain) April 1, 2021
Listen, I love dj quik but that April fools joke was tasteless af
— sigmund’s mom has got it going on (@emotional_mom) April 1, 2021
DJ Quik said he got shit then put April fools….don’t speak shit into existence all ima say pic.twitter.com/UhfeXeMZM4
— LA (@CozyKidRich_) April 1, 2021
So Dj Quik really did an April Fools joke about him getting shot… smh pic.twitter.com/axlUeBG80V
— ??Nicki Lyrical Queenᴺᴹ ?? (@phamp13) April 1, 2021
dj quik with an early contender for worst april fools joke of the year
— shpee (@shpeethey) April 1, 2021
everybody should know better than to pretend to have been shot for april fools day but i'm really surprised that it was dj quik who thought that would be a funny prank
— Al Shipley (@alshipley) April 1, 2021
Welp.. DJ Quik did the dumbest April Fools joke.. because WTF was that?! Smdh pic.twitter.com/G7cR3prU4e
— Mýa Melody (@MyaMelody7) April 1, 2021
DJ Quik really was like I was shot twice on the high way now I’m on the way to the hospital…jk April Fools
— Rod Wave, if you see this..Hi ?? (@Impermanent_D6) April 1, 2021