Cardi B and her husband Offset have reportedly fallen victim to the rising trend of ‘swatting’ hoaxes.Swatting is the criminal act of deceiving emergency services into sending out law enforcement or medical aid to someone’s home.
Often, reports are heinous and extreme, such as terroristic acts (hostage attempts, bomb threats), murder or severe mental health concerns.Yesterday (January 8), TMZ obtained body cam footage of an August 2023 incident, where a dispatched SWAT team went to investigate an alleged shooting at the rapper couple’s Sandy Springs, Georgia home.
The police were greeted by Offset’s uncle, Derrick Cephus, on the driveway, who called his nephew and told him, “Someone said Cardi got shot.”Offset was confused, replying, “Yo, bro, my girl?
We out here in Los Angeles. That’s some fake fan calling, that’s fake.”The rest of the video shows Offset, Cephus and the police discussing the hoax call.