Wizza Scam
Wizza Scam
Rapper Fat Wizza in a collaboration with Nuke Bizzle – real name Fontrell Antonio Baines – released the track ‘EDD’ (which is the acronym for California’s Employment Development Department) last month. The video shows the two performers waving around envelopes (seemingly containing fraudulently obtained cheques) and wads of cash. On the track, they brag that while other rappers “gotta sell cocaine”, they make money simply by filing false benefit claims online.As well as bragging about the illegal get rich quick scheme with a scam in a music video, prosecutors claim that Baines also boasted about it on two Instagram accounts. When arrested, he is said to have been in possession of seven debit cards in other people’s names – including victims of identity theft.A disclaimer in the description of the ‘EDD’ video says that it was “created with props and was made for entertainment purposes” – although it’s not clear when this was added. In an Instagram post over the weekend, Fat Wizza deni