Bhad Bhabie is accused of 'blackfishing' in video posted to social media

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By Phoebe Egoroff

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Bhad Bhabie has once again been accused of blackfishing - a phenomenon whereby non-Black people use tanner, makeup, cosmetic surgery, etc to appear Black or mixed race - in a recent video posted to social media.

The 19-year-old rapper shot to notoriety after appearing on an episode of Dr. Phil as a troubled 13-year-old who shouted out the now-infamous line: "Cash me ousside how bout dah?"

Relive the moment here:

The teen took to Instagram last month to show off her blonde lace front to her 16 million followers, recording herself stroking the long pin-straight tresses.

Despite being liked more than 444,000 times, many of the comments accused the star, who was using a filter to make her skin more tan and lips more voluptuous, of trying to emulate Black people.

"Is she doing brown face?" someone asked.

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"She literally a whole different color," another user added.

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Someone else chimed in: "Did she get a race change too?"

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A further comment read: "Whoever the white community calls white trash, those women end up trying to be mixed light skins."

"They wanna be black so bad," another user wrote.

"Black fishing," a separate person simply wrote.

Some people defended the rapper - whose real name is Danielle Bregoli - and her actions, with one user commenting: "This is exactly why she's been limiting comments. The minute she allows everyone to comment and y'all try to tear her down. She's been just living her life, not bothering anybody and doing great things and y'all are just so damn hateful for no reason."

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"Why does everyone be so pressed on her like damn its her life let her do whatever tf she wants [sic]," someone else wrote.

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Though, this is not the first time the 'Gucci Flip Flops' performer has been accused of blackfishing. In fact, she caused a stir several years ago while using another face filter that made her features look darker and less Caucasian. Users on Twitter compared the image to an older press photograph of Bregoli, where her skin looked a lot lighter.

Earlier this year, the rapper reportedly made $53 million in gross profits from OnlyFans, resulting in a net income of $42 million from the site, Page Six detailed in April.

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