Influencer and rapper Lil Tay has sparked fear among fans after claiming she’s in the hospital – a year after she claimed her father faked her death.
On Wednesday, her X account mentioned there was ‘devastating news regarding Tay,’ followed by another post that said ‘please pray for Tay’ who is ‘dealing with a life threatening emergency.’
Late Thursday morning, the account posted another cryptic message saying: ‘Tay is currently in the ICU in serious condition,’ alongside an image of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit sign in a hospital hallway.
It is unclear exactly why the 16-year-old rapper is in the hospital at this time. DailyMail.com contacted her team for comment.
The recent news comes just a year after the ‘Sucker 4 Green’ artist – who shot to fame at age nine after starring in a series of vulgar rap-style videos – was falsely reported to have passed away along with her brother Jason.
Influencer and rapper Lil Tay has sparked fear among fans after cryptic posts were made to her X account mentioning ‘devastating news regarding Tay’
Late Thursday morning the account posted another cryptic message saying: ‘Tay is currently in the ICU in serious condition,’ alongside an image of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit sign
Fans quickly flocked to her recent alarming posts as some of them sent her well wishes while others speculated if they were true.
‘Omg… i hope she is doing well and recovers!! stay safe tay much love from us all,’ one concerned fan wrote.
‘Prayers, Hoping for a full recovery,’ another said.
Meanwhile, others weren’t as convinced as one wrote: ‘She basically saying she is about to deliver a new album….’
‘We gonna need to see the surgery or you’re lying,’ another said.
The teenager, who was born Claire Hope but has since confirmed her legal name is Tay Tian, later announced that her Instagram account was ‘hacked’.
‘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,’ Lil Tay told TMZ last August.
Fans quickly flocked to her recent alarming posts as some of them sent her well wishes and others speculated if they were true
‘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.’
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The influencer – who made headlines back in 2018 amid claims she had been abused by her father Christopher Hope and exploited by her brother – neglected to reveal why she took more than 24 hours to confirm she was alive and well.
Speaking about the post that sparked the death rumors, Tay insisted that her Instagram account ‘was compromised by a third party’ and ‘used to spread jarring misinformation and rumors’ about her.
The young star also confirmed that she gained access to her account after the hoax.
It is currently unclear exactly who is in control of the young personality’s social media pages that are full of controversial statements about politics and sexuality, among other topics.
She went on to reveal that she no longer goes by her birth name, Claire Hope, which was the moniker used in the now-deleted phony death announcement.
Now, she goes by her legal name, Tay Tian, having seemingly dropped her estranged father’s surname in favor of her mother, Angela.
The influencer hit the headlines back in 2018 amid claims she had been abused by her father Christopher Hope (pictured)
Soon after Lil Tay’s statement was released, social media erupted with speculation over the legitimacy of her claims, with many users questioning why it had taken her so long to address the phony death rumors – while others speculated that the whole hoax was a desperate bid for publicity.
‘So is Lil Tay & her brother dead or alive? Because the way that statement was worded and then the way it took a whole 24 hours to denounce is still very weird,’ one person wrote.
‘Let’s say hypothetically Lil Tay’s Instagram was hacked… what would be the motive for saying the brother is dead too?? Like this whole thing confusing,’ another said.
A third wrote: ‘My guess was that Lil Tay was alive and this was some wild publicity stunt.’
After the death announcement was posted on Lil Tay’s Instagram – which had until then been inactive since June 2018 – the influencer gained more than 200,000 new followers.
Her account currently has 5.2 million followers but there are no posts on her page.
The phony death post, which has since been removed, read, ‘It is with a heavy heart that we share the devastating news of our beloved Claire’s sudden and tragic passing.
‘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.
It is unclear exactly why the 16-year-old rapper is in the hospital and where she is at this time. (pictured: The artist in her ‘Sucker 4 Green’ music video)
Her brother Jason (pictured) launched a GoFundMe donation page for his sister in 2021 in which he asked for donations to help Lil Tay ‘fight against her abusive father’
‘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.’
It concluded: ‘Claire will forever remain in our hearts, her absence leaving an irreplaceable void that will be felt by all who knew and loved her.’
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In the wake of the post’s publication, multiple news outlets around the world reported on Tay’s death – which quickly became shrouded in sinister mystery when her own father stated that he was unable to confirm whether she was alive or dead.
Meanwhile local authorities in Vancouver, where Christopher lives, and Los Angeles, where Lil Tay had been living with her mother, had no record of any investigation into the deaths of Claire or her brother Jason when contacted by DailyMail.com.
Lil Tay’s former manager Harry Tsang added further confusion when he released a cryptic statement about the news, refusing to ‘confirm’ that the rapper had in fact died.
She skyrocketed into the spotlight in 2017, after she began posting a series of controversial and bizarre videos online, which showed her using the N-word and getting into fights with strangers.
She quickly racked up millions of followers – but her bizarre clips left some people on the web concerned for her wellbeing.
Soon, rumors began to swirl that she was being forced to partake in the videos by her family, which were only fueled when footage that seemingly showed her then-16-year-old brother, Jason, coaching her on what to say made its way around the web.
Lil Tay sparked more concern in July 2018, when she posted a chilling message asking for help to her Instagram Stories, only to suddenly erase all of her videos hours later.
She skyrocketed into the spotlight in 2017, after she began posting a series controversial and bizarre videos online, which showed her using the N-word and getting into fights with strangers
Four months later, an anonymous person started sharing harrowing posts to her account in which they claimed that her allegedly abusive dad, Chris Hope, was trying to take her away from her mother.
Her brother launched a GoFundMe donation page for his sister in 2021 in which he asked for donations to help Lil Tay ‘fight against her abusive father.’
He shared disturbing images that showed Lil Tay with an enormous red mark on her cheek, which he claimed came at the hands of her dad.
‘Tay is in desperate need of funds to support her fight against her abusive father,’ he wrote in the description of the GoFundMe.
‘Starting April 23, 2021, Tay will be on trial in the BC Supreme Court of Canada up against her absentee father, Chris Hope, who along with his wife Hanee Hope (previously known as Richanee Alcover), had physically and mentally abused her.
‘Chris Hope is fighting to permanently gain control of her career as well as custody over her.’
He explained that Lil Tay had ‘been silent on social media’ for the last three years because Chris ‘served their mother a court order demanding control over’ her career and earnings.