Memes About Playboi Carti Balding Inspired By Viral Video Showing His Sparse Dreadlocks

A viral video showing rapper Playboi Carti walking past a fan reveals that he's apparently going bald. Now, meme creators on Twitter are reacting to the screenshots and are blaming the overuse of hair dye and styling.

this nigga carti is going bald. pic.twitter.com/Qo5tiskc3N

— 𝐓op Hater (@kanswockbear) August 14, 2022

The clip was captured after a concert this month by a Carti fan on Instagram. Carti's iconic dreads and braids appeared sparse, revealing for the first time to many that he could be balding. After a screenshot was shared by Twitter user @kkenngou on Saturday, the discourse went viral with many blaming Carti's excessive use of hair dye, often dying his hair multiple times a year.

Naw this nigga Carti is BALDING 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/fSczEvl2YD

— ᴋᴇɴɢᴏ̈ᴜ ✱ (@kkenngou) August 14, 2022

HOLY SHI pic.twitter.com/CW5nFoSKjd

— ᴋᴇɴɢᴏ̈ᴜ ✱ (@kkenngou) August 14, 2022

Memes spread about Carti's balding going into the days following. Many compared him to the vampire Nosferatu, joking that Carti could finally become "King Vamp" with a completely bald head. Others surfaced an image of Kanye West with an oddly shaven head among other uncanny doppelgängers.

pic.twitter.com/C4lynpylOM

— Stone Ocean (@TheBitw24) August 14, 2022

Pic of Carti after all his dreads fell off, Nasferatu era looks cool pic.twitter.com/tScnnkCigK

— Conor (@HmbMako) August 14, 2022

pic.twitter.com/TVsqu6skeq

— Jozu Lucílfer 🇵🇦 (@thaboyjozu) August 14, 2022

We’re gonna start seeing him pop out to events like pic.twitter.com/ec7MjZzujC

— ⋆❦ sam ❦⋆ (@sammerIammer) August 14, 2022

delusional is not even the word for carti subreddit at this point pic.twitter.com/RYEReCAq3F

— #PRAY4ME (@wtfkumba) August 15, 2022

Kanye West wanna be Playboi Carti so bad pic.twitter.com/nGJlTeLuZs

— red🩸 (@lottareds) August 14, 2022

Carti boutta be in his Gazer Gazer era real soon pic.twitter.com/SkCHJ54u8C

— b͎i͎i͎g͎w͎e͎s͎ (@liigles) August 14, 2022

Carti going bald? NOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/hb9W58YG0Z

— ari (@teenxslvt) August 14, 2022

The discourse inherently circled back to users not wanting to talk about Carti's hair condition, labeling it as inflammatory towards men dealing with similar hair problems and the insecurities associated with them. The support for Carti became increasingly loud on the large /r/Playboicarti subreddit where Redditors shared memes about his balding but were met with opposition by other Redditors defending him or even subverting the balding claims entirely.

not funny https://t.co/GvIs6miISY

— :p (@UnkleDell) August 14, 2022

The secretive rapper who's known for his live performances will, most likely, not comment on his hair situation. However, devotion to its timeline will undoubtedly be monitored by his biggest fans, mostly out of curiosity and not hate.