The Internet is savagely roasting Bow Wow after they hilariously caught him lying

Rapper Bow Wow lives an extravagant life of expensive champagne, beautiful women and private jets.

Or at least, that's what he wants you to believe.

The 30-year-old musician and actor - who also describes himself as a 'mogul' on his Instagram account - posts regular updates about his lavish lifestyle to his 3.4 million followers.

One such snap, posted from an airport outside Atlanta yesterday, showed the rapper about to board a sleek private jet.

"Travel day. NYC press run for Growing Up Hip Hop. Lets go," he told his fans.

But did the rapper really travel to New York aboard a private plane? Only hours later, one canny social media user shared a picture that has now gone viral.

There's Bow Wow - real name Shad Moss, previously known as Lil' Bow Wow - seated in what looks like economy (the horror) on a regular ol' commercial flight to New York. He's playing on his phone and looks as thoroughly bored as the rest of us during air travel - a far cry from living it up on a private jet. Hell, this ain't even business.

Even worse, it appears that the private plane photo Bow Wow posted was just a picture he found from Google Images - and taken at an airport that's not even in Atlanta. So what makes it even better is the very Internet that bought him this very golden moment.

Daaaaaaaamn Bow Wow out here copping L's!!!!! Get the man a time machine and get him back to the 90's

• This article was first published on nzherald.co.nz and is republished here with permission.