Did you suspect it was fake or were you fooled?
http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/591704/mtv-cribs-suspect-fake-fooled
Sure, SOME could have been legitimate, but others were obviously rentals. For example, when the Ying Yang Twins were featured, it was said that they didn't even check out the house before having the episode shot there. I mean I started laughing when I saw some clips about how the house was chock full of boat models and sailboat paintings. Then there was an episode about Ja Rule renting someone's home, but was then sued because the homeowner didn't authorize to have an episode shot there, not to mention a huge party was thrown there and there were condoms and syringes found in some of the rooms.share
Then you had some legit ones. One of the most memorable ones had to do with Redman, who showed where he really lived, which was just a regular pad that was messy. A lot of people respected him for doing that. I even saw an interview where he talked about how MTV wanted him to rent a house for his episode.