Canadian pre-teen Internet rapper Claire Hope, better known as Teen Internet Rapper Lil Tay Has Passed Away, 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 said on Lil Tay’s Instagram page, which has 3.3 million followers. “The unfathomable grief and awful pain are beyond words to describe. We are all in disbelief at this conclusion, which was completely unexpected.
This is extremely sad news.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 9, 2023
The 14-year-old viral rapper Lil Tay (Claire Hope) has died along with her 21 year-old brother Jason Tian.
There is no word yet on the cause of death of these two incredibly talented young kids.
As seen in the video below of Lil Tay when she was… pic.twitter.com/Rn5beWZQUf
The loss of her sibling deepens our pain to an unfathomable degree. Since the circumstances surrounding Claire and her brother’s passing are still being looked into, we humbly ask for privacy as we grieve this overwhelming loss. Claire will always hold a special place in our hearts, and everyone who knew and loved her will feel her loss as an irreplaceable void.
In June 2018, Lil Tay made his final Instagram post.
Lil Ta shot to viral fame as a 9-year-old social media influencer. Self-proclaimed “the youngest flexer of the century”, she is known for profanity-filled Instagram videos depicting a lavish hip-hop lifestyle. In one video, he claimed to have bought a $200,000 sports car despite not having a driver’s license.
In another, filmed atop a Beverly Hills scene, she declared, “I run L.A.” joined by popular rappers including Lil Tey Chief Keef and XXXTentacion, whom she referred to as a “father figure” in a 2018 Instagram post. ” Said.
She came under severe criticism for using the N-word in a letter apologizing to those he had “offended”. In 2018, he starred in a three-episode documentary about his rise to fame titled “Life with Lil Tay”.
After disappearing from the internet five years ago, Lil Tay has been embroiled in a custody battle between her parents, while questionable allegations about her family status and safety surfaced online. In June 2018, Lil Tay’s Instagram was cleaned up, and the words “Help me” were posted on his story.
A few months later in an alleged Instagram hack, a series of abuse allegations against her father Christopher Hope were posted on Lil Tay’s Instagram. The allegations claimed that Hope had ordered Lil Tay to be deported back to Canada in order to profit from his earnings. Lil Tay’s manager at the time, Harry Tsang, claimed the allegations were fabricated in a 2018 interview with The Daily Beast.
In a phone interview with The Daily Beast with his mother, Angela Tian, Lil Ty said, “I’m in a bad situation right now and I don’t want to talk about these things,” adding that his father “did some Had filed” in court and the court ordered us to move back here, and he said I’m in danger and stuff.
She said of Hope: “He was threatening to arrest — to have my mom arrested if we didn’t go back… I didn’t see him for multiple years. He never saw me for so long, it’s obvious he just came back because he wants money.”
Teen Internet Rapper Lil Tay Has Passed Away finally post on Instagram
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