Waka Flocka Flame: Rapper Shares Clip of Woman Appearing to Mistake Him for Richard Sherman

By Dave Martin
Dave Martin
Dave Martin
Dave Martin is a New-York based writer as well as editor. He is the sports editor for the Epoch Times and is a consultant to private writers.
April 19, 2016Updated: April 20, 2016

Does rapper Waka Flocka Flame look like All-Pro NFL cornerback Richard Sherman? Apparently he does to some people, as the rapper shared a video of an encounter with a stranger who mistakenly thought he was an NFL star. The Atlanta rapper, of course, plays along hilariously pretending to be Sherman.

The video, shared on Snapchat, shows the rapper sitting next to a woman on a plane who identifies him as Sherman, who plays cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks.

The encounter with Waka Flocka Flame—whose real name is Juaquin James Malphurs—happened on a recent plane trip.

“What’s up Richard Sherman?” the woman says.

“She loves me,” the rapper responds. “I’m a great player.”

“Sherman, right here,” she continues. “The man.”


Both men do have long dreadlocks, facial hair, and are listed as being 6-foot-3, and are in their late 20s (Waka Flocka is 29, Sherman 28) so it’s not quite the same as the poor woman who mistook 5-foot-4-inch comedian Kevin Hart for 5-foot-10-inch fellow comedian Chris Rock (not to mention Rock is 15 years older).

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Still, it’s a tough moment to live down.