India, June 28 -- False death rumors involving underground rap artists Nine Vicious and Nettspend caused concern among fans on Saturday. These rumors are false.

The rumors appear to have started from inaccurate online search results and AI-generated summaries that falsely listed the artists as deceased. User-edited Wikipedia pages contributed to the mix-up.

Screenshots of the misleading results quickly circulated on social media. This prompted fans to question whether the claims were real.

It was soon revealed that the false information came from unauthorized Wikipedia edits and glitches in Google's AI Overview.

One user explained, "Nine vicious is not dead lmao. some dude without a job made an account just to add that to his article ...