Kendrick Lamar Didn't Buy George Zimmerman's Gun

It could have been poetic justice—but it’s not true.

The internet fell for false rumors that rapper Kendrick Lamar bought the gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin and destroyed it on stage with a hammer to put an end to firearm’s senseless sale.

A story published on Freddymag.com, a site that refers to itself as the “Number One in Satirical Urban Culture News,” was the origin of the hearsay and managed to fool gullible music blogs and innumerable social media users who perpetuated the myth.

The phony article used a made-up quote from the m.A.A.d city rapper, calling it “the socially conscious thing to do” and an account that the firearm gave Lamar the “heebee jeebees” as soon as he touched it.

Lamar’s publicist didn’t immediately respond to a request to formally deny the rumors, but the complete absence of a single photo or video of Lamar destroying the gun and the fact that the weapon is still up for sale online, are good indicators that the story isn't true.

Zimmerman initially put the gun used to kill the Florida teen in 2012 up for sale on GunBroker.com, almost immediately after the Department of Justice returned it to him.

Furious trolls with phony accounts skyrocketed the bids to $66 million, causing the site to boot the auction.

He’s now taking his third crack at selling the Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm, now that the gun is back on the auction block at United Gun Group, after initially getting kicked off.

With a day left in the auction, a bidding war between two prospective buyers calling themselves John Smith and Rae Sisterman has pushed the price past $100,000.

The sale ends Wednesday morning.

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