Bow Wow is confused after staging a concert of a concert Friday night in Houston amid the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
The 33-year-old rapper managed to pack a nightclub full of people seen in the cramped neighborhoods without masks to celebrate club promoter Larry Morrow’s.All Black Birthday Weekend. ‘
When footage of the Clé nightclub performance flooded social media, Twitter users had a lot to say, prompting Bow Wow to respond before all of his tweets were deleted.
It comes just days after Texas became the second state after California to register two million COVID-19 cases. Houston currently has a 20% positivity rate, and a more contagious strain has been discovered in recent days.
What Pandemic ?: Bow Wow, 33, was dragged onto Twitter for hosting a packed nightclub rager in Houston amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Social media makes fun of those who risk everything to see the outdated rapper
The rapper – who for the past few years has been trying to rename himself Shad Moss – was seen with a bottle of Don Julio 1942 in hand when a crowd of Texas residents came to the event.
The alleged weekend-long event also saw rapper Meek Mill attend with Trey Songz and Fabolous also scheduled to perform.
For many online, the only thing wilder than his blatant disdain for COVID-19 was the fact that so many people risked everything to see him play hits from 2005.
Twitter users took to the issue while dragging those desperate enough to see the slightly outdated rapper, and even Zach Braff got in on the fun.
Come on: the rapper didn’t seem to mind the risky performance when he knocked without a mask and chugged out a bottle of Don Julio 1942
Crowd control: the shocking footage shows hundreds of people – many without masks – showing up in the packed nightclub to see him play hits from 2005
Careless: People seemed to sit on top of each other drinking and dancing all night
Risk everything: the rapper let the club jump, because many wanted to leave the house at all costs
One user replied to a tweet saying, ‘Bow Wow packed the club in Houston’, writing: This is the only time bow wow can get the club full ‘as the low strokes kicked in.
Another wrote, “You risk all of you living for … BOW WOW?” As Zach Braff continued, “I thought about it and decided I’m not willing to die for Bow Wow.”
The tweets kept coming when someone posted a photo of the Grim Reaper and wrote, ‘Covid joins Bow Wow on stage …’
A headline from Complex said that Bow Wow was ‘toasted’, while a user turned it over and said it was the ‘crowd’ who needed to be ‘toasted’ for ‘attending a Bow Wow concert in 2021’.
Another shared a photo of Squidward with an empty frame, writing: ‘All the reasons to go to Bow Wow in 2021’
Packed: “This is the only time Bow Wow can fill the club,” wrote one user
Amazed: Users were shocked that so many were willing to put themselves and others in danger to see Bow Wow from all people
I’m good: the Garden State actor joined in the fun when he said, ‘I’m not willing to die for Bow Wow’
Dead man walking: the tweets were anything but friendly when people hit the rapper for hosting some big gathering
Burned: Social media couldn’t help but laugh at the fact that so many people showed up
It’s not: A popular rapper when he was previously ‘Lil Bow Wow’, the artist who now calls himself Shad Moss is hardly a crowd favorite
Starting in October, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order allowing venues to host indoor events with a capacity of up to 75 percent, with tables for no more than 10 people.
Houston’s chief medical officer, David Persse, outlined safety protocols when it came to hosting special events, including six feet of physical distance, wearing a mask, temperature controls, and appropriate wristbands once guests were marked as symptom-free.
The owners of nightclub Spire, who also own Cle, Saturday’s venue, came under fire for a Lil Baby concert in late November after video surfaced of customers shoulder to shoulder with no masks on.
Open for business: In an executive order in October, Texas Gov. Abbott said venues could host indoor events at 75 percent capacity, though Cle’s owners came under fire for a Lil Baby concert at their sister club in late November
A operator responded to the situation via text message when they told ABC 13:
‘We were under our legal occupation. Every night we deal with keeping people socially distant. Once Lil Baby (Wednesday night’s headliner) started performing, people got out of their seats and ran to the front, so we had to cut off the concert. ‘
The rapper who became known as ‘Lil Bow Wow’ in the early 2000s at the age of 13 has lost a lot of credibility as an artist, with many of the tweets acknowledging he is virtually irrelevant in the music world.
After waking up to the headlines about his performance, the rapper turned to Twitter to try and defend himself, though he quickly removed them on Saturday.
At 2:30 pm he wrote, ‘I just woke up … aww god. Here we go, ‘with the laugh-crying emoji.
Weekend Long: The weekend long event for Morrow will also feature Fabulous and Trey Songz
He kept saying, ‘Man, I throw parties all year round. I wore my mask in the club. I can’t host with that thing on. ‘
The Atlanta resident tried to add that he didn’t remove the mask until he got to the microphone, adding “ Keep sanitizer on me at all times. ”
A user tried to defend the rapper, saying, ‘We are getting tired of these covid bulls *** t, people have to and want to get out of the house’, to which Bow Wow ‘agreed’.
He tried to indemnify himself from any wrongdoing as he was quick to point out that “Texas is open,” as is Atlanta. “I can’t help but live in a city where we’ve been open since last spring.”
Mask off: ‘I wore my mask in the club. I can’t host with that thing on, ”he tweeted, adding that Texas was open for business