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Lil Tay, the younger Web rapper and influencer considered useless a day in the past, confirmed she’s alive after what seems to be a hoax.

On Thursday (Aug. 10), the household supplied an announcement to TMZ from the rapper debunking earlier experiences that unfold Wednesday (Aug. 9) citing an Instagram put up claiming that Lil Tay and her brother had died. “I need to make it clear that my brother and I are protected and alive, however I’m fully heartbroken, and struggling to even discover the appropriate phrases to say,” her alleged assertion learn.

“It’s been a really traumatizing 24 hours. All day yesterday, I used to be bombarded with infinite heartbreaking and tearful cellphone calls from family members all whereas attempting to kind out this mess.” The household additionally claims that her Instagram account “was compromised by a third get together and used to unfold jarring misinformation and rumors,” particularly regarding her identify. My authorized identify is Tay Tian, not ‘Claire Hope.’”

The since-deleted Instagram put up was revealed with the assertion studying: “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we share the devastating information of our beloved Claire’s sudden and tragic passing. This end result was fully sudden, and has left us all in shock. Her brother’s passing provides an much more unimaginable depth to our grief. Throughout this time of immense sorrow, we kindly ask for privateness as we grieve this overwhelming loss, because the circumstances surrounding Claire and her brother’s passing are nonetheless below investigation.”

The announcement prompted some confusion because the Vancouver Police Division and the Los Angeles Police Division and its county health worker said that they’d no data on Lil Tay’s dying and that there was no present investigation. Including to that, her father Christopher Hope mentioned to Insider that he couldn’t touch upon the put up and declined to touch upon whether or not she was alive.

Lil Tay shot to fame as a social media influencer on the age of 9, dubbing herself “youngest flexer of the century,” whereas creating foul-mouthed Instagram movies boasting of an expensive Hip-Hop way of life. One video confirmed her buying a $200,000 sports activities automobile regardless of not understanding how you can drive. It led her to be related to Chief Keef and XXXTentacion, the latter whom she dubbed a “father determine.” She obtained heavy backlash for utilizing the N-word, later apologizing for it in one other put up.