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.

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.

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.

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.

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.