Lil Tay Is Not Dead, Claims Social Media was Hacked

Social media character Lil Tay could be very a lot nonetheless alive — claiming her Instagram account was compromised — and used to unfold “jarring misinformation” about her and her brother’s loss of life.

In an announcement supplied to TMZ from Tay’s household, she tells TMZ, “I want to make it clear that my brother and I are safe and alive, but I’m completely heartbroken, and struggling to even find the right words to say. It’s been a very traumatizing 24 hours. All day yesterday, I was bombarded with endless heartbreaking and tearful phone calls from loved ones all while trying to sort out this mess.”

She additionally says, “My Instagram account was compromised by a 3rd party and used to spread jarring misinformation and rumors regarding me, to the point that even my name was wrong. My legal name is Tay Tian, not “Claire Hope”.”

Tay thanks Meta for serving to to get her Instagram account again, and the phony loss of life assertion has been eliminated.

What’s nonetheless unclear is why it took Tay 24 hours to get phrase out she’s alive, particularly as a result of she says she was conscious her account was hacked … and was getting cellphone calls about her “death.”

On Wednesday, TMZ contacted police within the Vancouver space in addition to members of the family who had been completely at the hours of darkness, and knew nothing of her passing. Now we all know why.

Tay’s pretend loss of life was introduced Wednesday morning on her Instagram … the assertion mentioned her “sudden and tragic passing” is an “unbearable loss,” including her household is in full shock.

The assertion additionally claimed her brother died, “Her brother’s passing adds an even more unimaginable depth to our grief.”

Lil Tay acquired her fame because the “World’s Youngest Flexer” that rapped and confirmed off a lavish way of life throughout social media. She’s garnered 3.2 million followers on Instagram, however hadn’t posted on the account since 2018.

You’ll recall, Tay was caught in the midst of a nasty custody battle between her mother and father, Angela Tian and Christopher Hope — one we had been informed had been occurring in courtroom since 2018, across the identical time the influencer went radio silent on-line.