Celebrities Who Totally Lied About Their Homes On MTV's "Cribs"

MTV Cribs stood out as one of the most beloved and outrageous shows of the early '00s. From Mariah Carey's absurdly lavish, 11,000 square-foot penthouse to Redman's Staten Island shack, the show gave plebeians everywhere an inside glimpse of what it's really like to be a celebrity. Cribs was renowned for showing glamorous mansions and luxury cars, a trend standard for many past MTV shows that took the place of actual music. Without the show, the phrase "this is where the magic happens" would have never been used to describe a bedroom – and that would be a national tragedy.

Unfortunately, the Cribs remembered is not always the Cribs that existed. Though certain nostalgia brings everyone back to old MTV shows, now that millennials, the target audience, are older, they realize tons of celebrities who lied on Cribs. Remember Ja Rule's MTV Cribs episode? Fake. 50 Cent's impressive car collection? Fake. Even the some of the best Cribs episodes turned out to be total lies. Find out below whose cribs turned out to be fibs.

When Jojo debuted her episode of MTV Cribs, the tween-aged popstar actually didn't live in a home at all. She admitted that she and her mother had been bouncing around hotels at the time. Instead of rushing to move into a luxury condo, Jojo borrowed her uncle's house on the Cape.

"It was so ridiculous," she admitted. "The thing is, we didn't have a home at that point. My mom and I were living out of suitcases, and we were mostly in hotels. So that was actually my uncle's house, on the Cape. That wasn't my house."

The Yin Yang Twins may have had an impressive pad, or it may have been just like Redman's infamous Staten Island dump, but no one will ever never know (unless someone really starts caring about the Ying Yang Twins again). Though it was never confirmed by the hip hop duo, it was beyond obvious they rented a home for their episode of MTV Cribs. The group made no effort to choose a house that looked like one they would ever consider living in. It was filled with bizarre nautical accents, making it clear the pair hadn't even given the home a walk-through before cameras started rolling. All-in-all, it made for a hilarious episode.

Hulk Hogan's home is allegedly a replica of an 18th century French farmhouse. While the family definitely possessed enough money to build such an ostentatious and gorgeous home, how the whole thing came about definitely remains up for debate. In Brooke Hogan's episode of MTV Cribs, the starlet claims her mother studied architecture in Paris for five years, came back to America, and spent the next five-to-eight years designing their home. Are people really supposed to believe that Linda Hogan lived in Paris and studied architecture? K.

British pop star Robbie Williams showed off a rather impressive celebrity home in his episode of MTV Cribs – he just wasn't the celebrity it belonged to. The home belonged to Jane Seymour of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and Williams' riches were greatly exaggerated. He even hired a team of butlers to appear in the episode and cater to his every whim. Williams later admitted the truth and re-filmed the episode in his actual home.

In Dame Dash's episode of Cribs, he shows off an impressive abode in the heart of London's Chelsea area, which boasts some of the world's most expensive real estate. This is pretty, pretty suspicious considering the music mogul suffered from some major financial problems.

In 2010, Dash lost two Tribeca lofts to foreclosure and reportedly had $7.3 million left on the mortgages. In 2013, he claimed he was $100,000 behind on rent in his Carmel, NY mansion. So, how is it that Dame managed to afford this luxury home? Rumors say he rented it from Mariah Carey. One thing's for sure – there's no way that house was actually his.

50 Cent isn't the only rapper who didn't actually own his impressive car collection. Birdman, CEO of Cash Money Records, was lent a 1972 Chevy Phantom Donk Conversion for his episode. The car actually belonged to a Cincinnati business owner. It's as if he's handing Lil Wayne ammunition to make fun of him with.

It makes sense the rapper who wrote an album called Get Rich or Die Tryin' felt the need to have a lavish collection of sports cars in his episode of MTV Cribs. Don't know what you heard about 50 Cent, but he has an image to uphold! Too bad the cars weren't actually his – all three Ferraris were loaners from a classic car collector.

In the early '00s, when Destiny's Child stood at the height of their popularity, MTV tried to make everyone believe this girl group lived together in a house in Houston, Texas. While hard to tell if that was a lie, people do know these independent used their episode of MTV Cribs to shill Candie's shoes. Because as you all know, these girls had bills, bills, bills to pay.

Beyoncé ended up taking cameras into Kelly Rowland's room where she uncovered a Candie's shoebox filled with mementos from old boyfriends. Destiny's Child became endorsed by the company at the time and got their own line of kicks. While it was cool to see inside Beyoncé's Destiny Child's home, it was disappointing that the episode had ulterior motives.

Ja Rule probably owned a pretty impressive house in the early '00s, but you'd never know it now. The rapper actually rented a mansion for the weekend and passed it off as his own when MTV Cribs started rolling their cameras. Ja was eventually sued by the actual owner in 2004 for trashing the property and letting MTV film without permission. While Ja Rule may be real, his pad was anything but.

Lil' Bow Wow was caught lying about taking a private jet when he posted a stock photo on Instagram and claimed it as his own. These revelations in mind, it comes as no surprise to learn he also lied about his car collection on Cribs. The then 21-year-old rapper showed off his Bentley, Lamborghini and Cadillac Escalade, but just like his fake airplane photo, he failed to cover his tracks. Each car was emblazoned with the word "Prestige," the name of a luxury rental car company in Miami.