ance ▁the ▁R apper ▁premier ed ▁on ▁Qu ib i ▁in ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁format ▁Origin ally , ▁As ht on ▁K ut cher ▁and ▁MTV ▁were ▁developing ▁a ▁program ▁called ▁Har ass ment , ▁a ▁hidden ▁camera ▁show ▁which ▁would ▁feature ▁pr anks ▁on ▁regular ▁people . ▁However , ▁a ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁pr ank ▁involving ▁a ▁fake ▁dead ▁body ▁at ▁the ▁Hard ▁Rock ▁Hotel ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁back f ired ▁and ▁the ▁couple ▁who ▁were ▁targets ▁of ▁the ▁pr ank ▁su ed ▁K ut cher , ▁MTV , ▁and ▁the ▁hotel ▁for ▁$ 1 0 ▁million . ▁The ▁concept ▁was ▁later ▁re to o led ▁to ▁involve ▁cele brit ies ▁instead . ▁P ran ks ▁would ▁be ▁set ▁at ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁locations , ▁public ▁and ▁private . ▁The ▁show ' s ▁first ▁pr ank ▁was ▁set ▁at ▁singer ▁Justin ▁Tim ber la ke ' s ▁home , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁led ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁government ▁agents ▁were ▁se izing ▁his ▁home ▁and ▁valu ables ▁because ▁of ▁un pa id ▁income ▁tax es . ▁The ▁pr ank ▁was ▁named ▁by ▁Time ▁magazine ▁as ▁# 3 ▁in ▁their ▁list ▁of ▁ 3 2 ▁Ep ic ▁M om ents ▁in ▁Re ality - TV ▁History . ▁Another ▁involved ▁Frank ie ▁Mun iz ' s ▁special ▁custom - made ▁limited ▁edition ▁Por sche ▁being ▁st olen . ▁ ▁A ▁frequent ▁segment ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁seasons ▁was ▁a ▁Punk ' d ▁cast ▁member ▁pret