Supposedly Dead Rapper Accused Of Being Not Dead

“A recent news story claims that Tim Dog ‘may be up to his biggest scam yet’ — faking his own death. WREG in Memphis interviewed Esther Pilgrim, one of the women featured in this Dateline story back in June of last year, who had been one of many victims reportedly swindled out of money by the rapper, and she alleges that a death certificate for Timothy Blair (the Dog’s government name) has not been found by a private investigator she hired. The news station also did some diggin’ and supposedly didn’t come up with anything either. And here’s the kicker: their P.I. did, however, locate an Atlanta address ‘active’ since last month for the supposedly deceased rapper!”
 — Our friends at ego trip report on a weird emerging scandal involving one of their all-time favorites. Did Bronx rapper Tim Dog trick us all into thinking he had died in February? (Like Jim Morrison and Elvis and Tupac?) According to the title track of his 2003 album, YES.