LOL! KANYE WEST FALLS VICTIM TO DEATH HOAX!

His popularity may be on life support, but rapper Kayne West is alive and well.
On Tuesday, "RIP Kayne West" started trending on popular micro-blogging site Twitter after a bogus report popped up on image-based bulletin board 4chan.org claiming West had died in a car accident in Los Angeles.

But not long after the hoax became the top Google search in the U.S. did West's girlfriend Amber Rose put the rumors to rest.

"This 'RIP KayneWest' topic is not funny and it's NOT TRUE," the model tweeted. "He has people like myself and his family that love him very much.

"It's in extreme poor taste to have that as a trendy topic," Rose continued. "It's totally disrespectful to make up a story like this. We're all human and we all make mistakes and to say someone died cuz of a mistake is ridiculous. U wouldn't want someone to say that about u."

Users who searched for more information on the story were redirected to sites distributing spyware, malware and "scareware," according to TheHollywoodGossip.com.

This isn't the first time a celebrity has been the target of morbid rumors.

Just last week, a fake story claiming Zach Braff had committed suicide started making the Internet rounds. Braff responded by making a video of himself denying the story.

"I would never off my self with pills," Braff said in the clip. "If I had to do it, I would do it the way everyone else would do it, by beating myself with pots and pans."