Lil Tay Is Not Useless, Claims Social Media was Hacked

Social media persona Lil Tay may be very a lot nonetheless alive — claiming her Instagram account was compromised — and used to unfold “jarring misinformation” about her and her brother’s demise.

In an announcement supplied to TMZ from Tay’s household, she tells TMZ, “I wish to make it clear that my brother and I are secure and alive, however I’m fully heartbroken, and struggling to even discover the suitable phrases to say. It’s been a really traumatizing 24 hours. All day yesterday, I used to be bombarded with limitless heartbreaking and tearful telephone calls from family members all whereas attempting to kind out this mess.”

She additionally says, “My Instagram account was compromised by a third social gathering and used to unfold jarring misinformation and rumors concerning me, to the purpose that even my title was flawed. My authorized title is Tay Tian, not “Claire Hope”.”

Tay thanks Meta for serving to to get her Instagram account again, and the phony demise 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 telephone calls about her “demise.”

On Wednesday, TMZ contacted police within the Vancouver space in addition to relations who have been completely at midnight, and knew nothing of her passing. Now we all know why.

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

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

Lil Tay received 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 may recall, Tay was caught in the course of a nasty custody battle between her dad and mom, Angela Tian and Christopher Hope — one we have been instructed had been occurring in court docket since 2018, across the identical time the influencer went radio silent on-line.