15-year-old rapper Lil Tay suddenly revived after being declared dead

Teenage rapper Lil Tae has released a statement following reports of her mysterious death. A statement by the popular internet performer on her official account claimed that the 15-year-old girl had died, but now claims to have stated that this was not the case: “I am alive.”

Shock at announcement announcing the sudden death of Lil Tay, a 15-year-old internet personality and rapper who went viral as a foul-mouthed, boastful nine-year-old on social media, turned to confusion after the girl’s father and former manager refused to confirm or deny her claims . death, and now the online resource TMZ reported that the Internet star is still alive, writes The Guardian.

An unsigned statement posted to Lil Tay’s social media account on Wednesday said the star’s death at the age of 15 was “sudden and tragic” and “completely unexpected.” The post also revealed that her older brother Jason Tian, ​​who at one point controlled her account before it stopped working in 2018, had also died, and that both deaths were being investigated.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the terrible news of the sudden and tragic death of our beloved Claire,” the post read on the social media site. (It was reported that Lil Tay’s real name was Claire Hope.) – This outcome was completely unexpected and shocked us all. The death of her brother gives our grief even more unimaginable depth.”

“At this time of great sorrow,” the statement said, “we kindly ask for confidentiality as we mourn this enormous loss as the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Claire and her brother are still under investigation.”

This statement has since been removed from the social network, notes The Guardian.

On Thursday, TMZ reported that the social media star is actually still alive and that her social media account has been hacked, citing a statement from her family. According to the statement, Lil Tay was keen to “make it clear that my brother and I are alive and safe, but I am completely heartbroken and struggling to even find the right words to say. It was a very traumatic 24 hours. All yesterday I was bombarded with endless heartbreaking and tearful phone calls from loved ones, and all this time I was trying to sort out this mess.

She also revealed that her social media account “was hacked by a third party and was used to spread harsh misinformation and rumors about me, to the point that even my name was wrong. My official name is Tai Tien, not Claire Hope.”

Earlier Wednesday, Lil Tay’s father and former manager declined to confirm or deny her death, with the latter calling for “cautious consideration” of the news. In a conversation with one of the publications, her father, Christopher Hope, declined to comment on the post on the social network and refused to answer whether his daughter was alive.

Her former manager Harry Tsang also refused to confirm or deny her death. “Given the complexity of the current circumstances, I am at a stage where I cannot conclusively confirm or deny the legitimacy of the statement made by the family,” Tsang said in an email Wednesday. “This situation requires careful consideration and respect for the delicate moments associated with it. My commitment remains focused on delivering updates that are reliable and timely.”

In the absence of confirmation online, speculation erupted over whether the announcement was a hoax, The Guardian notes.

According to media reports, the police departments of Vancouver, where Lil Tay grew up, and Los Angeles, where she briefly lived during her viral fame, had no information about the death of a certain Claire Hope. The Vancouver Police Department confirmed that they did not investigate the matter.

In 2017, Lil Tay, a brash and lewd nine-year-old, gained over 2 million followers thanks to videos of her in mansions and expensive cars with handfuls of cash. The account was shut down that summer after a video was posted online showing her training by someone off-camera, who many suspected was her brother Jason.

In October of that year, the account resumed strange and disturbing activity, including a video of a crying girl that was posted and then deleted. The messages, which were later deleted, contained serious allegations of abuse by Christopher Hope amid a bitter custody dispute. Many suspected that Jason took over the account and became the driving force behind Lil Tay’s attention-grabbing videos.

Account activity briefly resumed in 2021 with several posts believed to be from her brother accusing Christopher Hope of physically and mentally abusing and stealing all of Lil Tay’s money amid an alleged business dispute between Tsang and Hope on the one hand and Lil Tay , Jason and their mother Angela Tian, ​​on the other hand. Hope denied the accusations and sent a letter to the social network to end cooperation.