As much as we all love Twitter, it can be a haven of misinformation at times. On Friday, June 24, a video surfaced of NBA player Kyrie Irving on a yacht with non-melanated women, and soon enough the narrative changed to the NBA champ barring black women from his boat, which he later denied.
On Saturday, How to Get Away with Murder star Billy Brown was the latest victim in the cycle. Somehow, a Google screenshot surfaced of Brown’s real age being 67. There aren’t many sources online of Brown’s age, not even on our favorite source of reference, Wikipedia.
Move over Angela Bassett. In a matter of hours, Brown became the unofficial spokesperson for “black don’t crack.”
Billy brown -67, the greatest definition of black don’t crack💪 pic.twitter.com/ChARcJCK5t
— Uzoma (@uzoma_official) June 25, 2016
Billy Brown that plays Nate from How to Get Away with Murder is 67 years old?? My grandpa is the same age, wtf pic.twitter.com/N24kXfvCPp
— Maddie Carroll (@_maddiecarroll) June 25, 2016
After Brown’s supposed age started making waves, everyone began hacking his Wikipedia page to poke fun.
Ok can we talk about this Wikipedia page for Billy Brown (Nate on HTGAWM). That I think miighhttt have been edited pic.twitter.com/kdqH2yByfC
— WonderWomanist (@Breliloquy) June 25, 2016
Now Billy Brown is 741 😂 pic.twitter.com/Engs1Oisuv
— Lé Cocoapuff (@RespectTheAfro_) June 25, 2016
Some how the 40-something actor from Inglewood was now 67 and from Nigeria.
Y’ALL NEED TO LEAVE BILLY BROWN’S WIKIPEDIA ALONE pic.twitter.com/0SSmKbaMRG
— Ira Madison III (@ira) June 25, 2016
Y’all needa stop playing around with Billy Brown’s Wikipedia. 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Sv7F0snhSZ
— Vanessa O. (@VanessaMonet_) June 25, 2016
For those of you who think Brown is actually 67 years old, here is a recent interview he did with Jimmy Kimmel, saying he graduated high school in 1988. This would make him a far cry from almost 70.
For those still believing that Billy Brown is 67, watch this and do the maths yourself pic.twitter.com/Z2pbCEwxfd
— Romell Dawkins (@RomellDawkins) June 25, 2016
Looks like we’ve got to double and triple check these sources!
