A well-known online comedian and rapper who was reported to have died is actually alive and well, according to someone who says it’s his family.

Who is MK Slatt?

MK Slatt, 23, who is also known as Slimeball MK and whose real name is Marquel Holmes, has three million followers on YouTube and Instagram combined.

The comedian and rapper from Birmingham, Alabama went viral Monday night after a TikTok account claimed he was dead.

What happened?

The account Danky Underground shared a video of Holmes with the caption: “Instagram comedian MK Slatt passes away at age 23. Further investigations are ongoing.”

It caused confusion and concern among fans, reaching 1.1 million views within hours.

About three hours later, the same report released a video that appeared to show a coroner or police report on the death of a person who was said to have died of a “drug overdose.” The caption above the video read “Evidence.”

But it didn’t take long to debunk the rumors as one person said she was Holmes’ cousin and said he was doing well and was far from dead.

“Stop spreading false rumors my God!” wrote the Facebook business account Wigsby K Way.

Newsweek reached out to Holmes and Way for comment via social media. We have not been able to link Wigby’s Facebook account to Holmes in any way and cannot verify the original claims about his death or what Way said about him on Facebook.

Following Danky Underground’s post, one of Holmes’ friends, fellow artist Reggie Baybee, again shared a video of the two performing together.

“Man, I hope this isn’t true,” he wrote on his Instagram Stories to his 2.2 million followers.

People weren’t happy with Danky Underground’s post that showed Holmes’ alleged death report.

“People who like this scare me,” @trinity.nicholee wrote in the comments section.

Another person pointed out that the report said the patient had been discharged, and others noted that there was no name on the report.

“Two things, it says she and the person were fired,” @yodadsfavudo wrote.

“Where the name is,” @jeremycrescendo added.

False rumors about celebrity deaths have been common in the past, even targeting high-profile names like Kate Middleton, Donald Trump, Joe Rogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In December last year, the search engine Google incorrectly reported that rappers Eminem and Bia had died.

A Google spokesperson said this Newsweek At the time, the search engine’s knowledge graphs were influenced by a variety of sources on the Internet such as Wikipedia – which anyone can edit.

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, has experienced his fair share of fake obituaries in his long career.

One person claimed on X, formerly Twitter, to have murdered the rapper in 2020. In 2006, a conspiracy theory began circulating that claimed Eminem was killed in a car accident and replaced by an android body double.