Despite Reported Death, Lil Tay Allegedly Alive (Updated)
Also: ‘I’m alive’: teen rapper Lil Tay releases statement after mysterious death report (The Guardian)
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Source: Variety
Aug 9, 2023 10:13am PT
Despite Reported Death, Lil Tay Allegedly Alive (Updated)
By Ethan Shanfeld
UPDATE: Lil Tay is allegedly alive, as her family told TMZ in a statement that her Instagram had been hacked. Her management told Variety on Wednesday she had died, confirming the statement posted to her Instagram, which has since been deleted.
PREVIOUSLY: Claire Hope, the Canadian pre-teen internet rapper known as Lil Tay, has died, her management confirmed in a statement to Variety.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share the devastating news of our beloved Claire’s sudden and tragic passing,” Hope’s family announced on Lil Tay’s Instagram page, which has 3.3 million followers. “We have no words to express the unbearable loss and indescribable pain. This outcome was entirely unexpected, and has left us all in shock. Her brother’s passing adds an even more unimaginable depth to our grief. During this time of immense sorrow, we kindly ask for privacy as we grieve this overwhelming loss, as the circumstances surrounding Claire and her brother’s passing are still under investigation. Claire will forever remain in our hearts, her absence leaving an irreplaceable void that will be felt by all who knew and loved her.”
Lil Tay last posted to Instagram in June 2018.
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Read more: https://variety.com/2023/music/news/lil-tay-dead-instagram-rapper-1235692008/
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Source: The Guardian
‘I’m alive’: teen rapper Lil Tay releases statement after mysterious death report
A statement on her official Instagram had claimed the 15-year-old girl had died but she has now claimed it was ‘compromised’
Adrian Horton
@adrian_horton
Thu 10 Aug 2023 19.05 BST
First published on Thu 10 Aug 2023 16.42 BST
Shock over a statement announcing the sudden death of Lil Tay, a 15-year-old internet personality and rapper who rose to viral fame as a foul-mouthed, braggadocious nine-year-old on Instagram, gave way to confusion after the girl’s father and former manager refused to confirm or deny her death, and TMZ has now reported that she is still alive.
An unsigned statement posted on to Lil Tay’s Instagram account on Wednesday said the star’s death at 15 was “sudden and tragic” and “entirely unexpected”. It also said that her older brother Jason Tian, who at one point had been in control of her account before it went dormant in 2018, had also died, and that both deaths were under investigation.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/10/lil-tay-rapper-reported-death
Non-walled link: https://archive.li/oD31G