Who is Lil Tay?
Lil Tay is a nine-year-old Canadian YouTuber, rapper, and internet celebrity who rose to prominence in 2018. Lil Tay was the foul-mouthed, preteen meme machine who stormed Instagram, or the “youngest flexer of the century,” as she likes to call herself.
According to the Independent, the 14-year-old viral teen influencer and rapper Lil Tay, whose true name was Claire Hope, died. She became an internet star in 2018 after appearing in viral videos as a young affluent girl flaunting her money and costly vehicles.
Lil Tay, the self-described “youngest flexer of the century,” released her first song, a trap-influenced track, in early 2018, and rapidly became recognized for her filthy mouth while talking about her money, flashing wads of cash, and “flexing” in sports automobiles.
Lil Tay, born Claire Hope, is a Canadian YouTuber, rapper, and internet phenomenon who rocketed to notoriety at the age of nine in 2018. She is regarded as the “youngest flexer of the century,” or as the foul-mouthed, preteen meme machine that rocked Instagram.
She quickly rose to prominence both online and in the hip-hop community, and was even mentioned in Eminem’s 2018 song, ‘Killshot,’ after releasing her first single in early 2018, a trap-influenced track with lyrics like “I keep a chopper on me, f* that b** up all my diamonds on freeze.”
Lil Tay’s past has long been a source of contention among fans, with many believing the pre-teen rapper was not a genuine child, but rather a persona created and molded by internet-fame-hungry parents.
Years of internet fan sleuthing and interviews have revealed that Lil Tay’s mother, Angela Tian, a suburban realtor from Vancouver, used her professional connections to film videos with her in the empty luxury homes that she was supposed to be selling, and that the expensive sports cars seen in many of Tay’s videos allegedly belonged to Tian’s boss and were used without permission.
Lil Tay’s Instagram account posted a strange remark, and it hasn’t been active since June 2018, shortly after she appeared on Good Morning America and a heated custody battle erupted between her parents. All of her earlier posts were deleted and replaced with the words “help me”
In October of that year, an unidentified person claiming to have “worked” with Lil Tay in the past took over her account, sharing photographs and videos with comprehensive captions, many of which were about her father, Christopher Hope.
According to those posts, Lil Tay was abused by her father Hope in 2014, while she was living with him before he relocated to Canada with a new partner. According to her anonymous account holder, Jason, who was subsequently found to be her elder brother, Hope “often slept with different women with Tay in the same bed” and “was naked around Tay” frequently.
In late 2018, Lil Tay’s Instagram account leaked personal documents (including a passport that looked to prove Tay was actually 16), although she and her mother later claimed the account was hacked.
Career
Lil Tay Canadian YouTuber, rapper, and internet sensation who rose to prominence swiftly in 2018, when she was just nine years old. She is known as the foul-mouthed, preteen meme machine who swept Instagram, or, as she likes to put it, the “youngest flexer of the century.
She quickly gained fame both online and within the hip-hop community, and even found herself getting a mention in Eminem’s 2018 song, ‘Killshot’ after she debuted her first single in early 2018, a trap-influenced track that featured lyrics like: “I keep a chopper on me, f* that b** up all my diamonds on freeze”.
The background of Lil Tay has always been a subject of debate among fans, leading many to speculate the pre-teen rapper wasn’t in fact a real child and was in fact a persona dreamt up and manipulated by internet-fame-hungry parents.
Through years of internet fan sleuthing and interviews, it’s now known that Lil Tay’s mother Angela Tian, a suburban realtor from Vancouver used her career connections to film videos with her in the empty luxury homes that she was supposed to be selling and the expensive sports cars seen in many of Tay’s videos allegedly belonged to Tian’s boss and were used without their permission.
Cause Of Death
The sudden demise of internet sensation Lil Tay at the young age of 14 has sent shockwaves through her fanbase and the online community and even though the actual cause of her death hasn’t been revealed, some link it to drug abuse as they believe the young girl to have overdose a drug.
Social Media
Lil Tay goes by the handle (@liltay) on Instagram.
Net Worth
The website coed.com estimated Lil Tay’s net worth to be $500,000 (£360,000).
