‘I Am Not Chase’: Bow Wow Tells His Social Media Followers to Stop Asking for Money in His DMs

Bow Wow had a little message for those who keep asking him for money: He isn’t giving any out, so stop asking.

The 32-year-old posted that message to IG live on Wednesday and revealed that people often ask him for financial help in his DMs.

“I am not Chase, Bank of America, nor Wells Fargo,” wrote Bow. “Stop asking me for money in my DM. I have nothing for no one. Work harder or go get a better job. Now enjoy your day. I say this with a smile. The answer is No! No! No!”

Bow’s Instagram post is the second time this week that he’s brought up the topic of money on social media.

On Tuesday he responded to comedian Lil Duval, who accused him of using 50 Cent‘s dough at an Atlanta strip club over the weekend.

“For the record last night I was the only person that didn’t take no money from 50,” wrote Duval Tuesday on Instagram. “I spent my OWN money. He got the rest of them dumb n—-z πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ bow wow owe the most tho he was throwing 50 money like it was his πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚.”

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“Don’t watch my pockets, I watch me,” Bow shot back later that day in a now-deleted Instagram message. “Matter of fact, I’mma charge your ass for helping your big headed, little body ass up on that bar last night. I’mma charge you.”

“You see, ain’t nobody pick your little ass up,” he added. “I picked your little ass up and put you on the bar next to all of us. That’s about $1000 right there. Courtesy fee.”

In regard to Bow’s post about people asking for money, a lot of his followers chimed in with a bunch of comments.

“This is hilarious cause we all know no one asked him for a thing πŸ˜‚,” one person wrote.

“Bow Wow money is long. Don’t be fooled. Which is why they asking,” wrote another.

“@shadmoss literally have more money than everybody in these comments and y’all can’t handle that,” a third person commented.

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