Viral Rapper Lil Tay Has Reportedly Died Aged 14 Along With Her Brother

    The viral rapper Lil Tay has reportedly died at the age of 14 along with her brother, but the circumstances around her death remain scarce.

    The social media star (real name Claire Hope) rose to prominence as a YouTuber, rapper and internet personality back in 2018 due to her explicit rap songs, which found her boasting about wealth and dropping numerous cuss words at the young age of nine.

    In a statement on Wednesday (August 9), Tay’s family announced her “sudden” passing, as well as her young brother’s.

    “It is with a heavy heart that we share the devastating news of our beloved Claire’s sudden and tragic passing,” a post on Lil Tay’s Instagram page read.

    “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.”

    The statement continued: “Claire will forever remain in our hearts, her absence leaving an irreplaceable void that will be felt by all who knew and loved her.”

    As of writing, there are few details surrounding the pair’s death, and Tay’s younger brother has yet to be identified.

    Lil Tay proclaimed herself to be the “youngest flexer of the century,” and often rapped over heavy trap-instrumentals with lyrics like: “I keep a chopper on me, fuck that bitch up my diamonds on freeze.”

    Further research revealed that her mother was Angela Tian, a suburban realtor that lived in Vancouver, and that the lavish homes Lil Tay filmed in were unsold properties Tian had on the market.

    Things were looking up for Tay, who even got a shout out from Eminem on the 2018 track “Killshot,” and at her peak sat down with Good Morning America alongside her mother to combat accusations that the child was experiencing “exploitation or borderline abuse.”

    Tian argued Tay’s videos were made on her own accord, and that no one else had access to her daughter’s Instagram account.

    “She had the idea with her brother,” Tian later informed The Daily Beast in 2019. “I was never involved.”

    *STORY UPDATE (08/10/23)* 

    On Thursday (August 10), Lil Tay came forward to confirm that reports of her death have been greatly exaggerated.

    In a statement provided to TMZ, the viral rap sensation made clear that previous reports of her death were false. What’s more, the 14-year-old also confirmed that her brother — who was previously thought to have perished alongside her — was also okay.

    “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,” she told fans. “My legal name is Tay Tian, not ‘Claire Hope’.”

    83 thoughts on “Viral Rapper Lil Tay Has Reportedly Died Aged 14 Along With Her Brother

      1. Yes they are still alive check out the YouTube video by penguinz and watch the whole thing, lil tay herself said her account got hacked, they are alive and well

    1. GOD BE WITH her her brother and her family that she and her brother Are At PEACE WITH GOD IN JESUS NAME BY THE HOLY GHOST POWER I PRAY we all GIVE our lives TO JESUS CHRIST WHO IS EVERLASTING satan sin wants us to die without KNOWING AND EXPERIENCING GOD WHO IS LIFE FOREVER REBUKE sin satan all things not of GOD FOREVER AND GIVE your life TO GOD if you haven’t already done so you can by saying LORD JESUS COME INTO my life I am wrong AND YOU FATHER ARE RIGHT FOREVER TODAY I MAKE YOU my LORD AND SAVIOR FOREVER JESUS’I BELIEVE YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR me TO LIVE FOREVER JESUS YOU WRITE my Name IN THE LAMB BOOK OF LIFE FOREVER JESUS YOU ARE LORD FOREVER THANK YOU FATHER FOR SAVING a wretch like me FOREVER HOLY SPIRIT NOURISH My spirit FOREVER TELL others ABOUT JESUS CHRIST FOREVER BY THE HOLY GHOST POWER IN US FOREVER LIVE TO LOVE AND PRAY THAT All human beings LIVE FOREVER IN JESUS NAME BY THE HOLY GHOST POWER IN US FOREVER PRAISE GOD

      1. That was very sweet man. Thank you. I wasn’t a fan of these people, but may God bless them, and have a peaceful afterlife. Spreading the good word, I salute you.

      2. She died without God!..no apologies..her lyrics tells us that..they worshipping the Spirit that is running rampant in this world which is Satan!…they loved money and fame more than God! Holding stacks of cash.. bragging..cussing..being disrespectful…No God in them!.. No change..wasn’t thinking about changing either…Soo..

      3. Agreed that’s exactly what I was thinking. It’s sad, if her brother hadn’t reached the age of accountability then he is probably with Jesus but the girl unfortunately definitely is not. I blame the parents!

      4. Good afternoon. I understand what you’re saying but I must disagree, she was still a child and who knows how she was being raised. There was a lot of learning that wasn’t being taught and God will not hold her accountable for her parents failing her.I do believe that God will forgive her and that she will be welcomed with the Heavenly father

      5. Hello, I believe that she was forgiven by God she was at the age of accountability maybe, but she was still a child and who knows how she was being raised. I don’t believe God would condemn her to hell because of the failure of her parents.

      6. Y’all, you and Jessica , have got to be some type of different uncultured people. It’s a sad day and as for the rest of the world, even worse off knowing you two exist. You worried about being as negative as possible towards someone who passed on, over words that they spoke, while alive? So you’re saying that the cheating and cussing and smoking and drinking and coveting you’ve done, is worse than a nine year olds cuss words. Well it isn’t and for that matter you’ll definitely end up in or at, the worst place possible when you go because karma will catch up and when it does don’t be scared of how it ends for you….

      7. Good for you speaking up ! I totally agree with you ! Shame on those of you passing judgment on a child , especially when you don’t know how they were raised . She was making money and for a child that age , they don’t think about right and wrong

      8. I feel sad for her and her brother, the parents are the ones to blame. What person in their right mind would let a 9yr old girl do this stuff with her brother! They don’t have the experience to know that what they are doing at their age is wrong and immoral. That’s the parents fault, they are responsible for monitoring their activities in the world and in the meta verse age. Should have never let her start at age 9 with the way she was portraying herself and the way she was speaking! I guess her parents were just enjoying the money. So sad.

      9. If she was black you all would have a field day on her an her mom, them no shame when you speak on God, she was 14,her mom have the right to shut her internet down, all the thing she talk about was evil, 98 precent of rap music is evil, I’m a black an our young black kill are killing an dying on a rare like no other, my beloved white people please don’t like your kids listen to rap music, all they rap about is killing drugs robberies, I grew up on rap an it was most about telling good stories, this black man right hate what rap music have become it’s EVIL,,,,,,

      10. Dude who gives a fuck about the color of anyone’s skin right now 2 people have lost their lives. You know what black people want to have equality well be equal you are the only one holding yourself back by trying to pull the black card every time shit goes down . No one is more racist then someone who pulls out any color card. To the family sorry for your loss . May God wrap his arms around you all in the journey of grief.

      11. It is a sad disgusting day when anyone would talk bad about a chikd that passed away. She was an entertainer and that was her job to write rhymes and talk about what she did. It’s a hard field now adays and you have to be out there to get people to notice you and for that i dont have any bad feelings or ill will at ger or her family and anyone that does…well shame on you.Esp any of you that call yourself a christian bc the main thing of that is to love anyone even for their flaws and to not judge. That is all!!

      12. I would take your argument a step further, that such hate and disdain for a child especially upon hear news of their untimely demise, would argue that you live without god. You follow the spirit running rampant known as satan.

      13. You couldn’t of said it better pulli g the black card is ridiculous. None of them even know a black person who was in slavery by now they need to get over it because it seems like the white people are the ones that are the minority nowadays you don’t see no white holiday. it’s sad when anyone dies white black Chinese, Asian Filipino, who gives a shit ration matter at this point

      14. Well said 👏 I’m so tired of people playing the color card. Idc if your black,white,brown,yellow or green a life is a life. It pains me that WE as a people can’t move forward till idiot racist pigs stop looking at color and look at these words. LOVE YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. ❤💛🧡🤎🖤🤍

      15. It’s very sad.
        I wasn’t aware that this was a religious site….yall should be ashamed this is passing judgment to the extreme but I’m sure yall can talk to Jesus about…I’m sure exceptions will be made for his biggest internet preachers right. Yea I think that sounds as legitimate as everything else you said.

      16. It’s very sad.
        I wasn’t aware that this was a religious site….yall should be ashamed this is passing judgment to the extreme but I’m sure yall can talk to Jesus about…I’m sure exceptions will be made for his biggest internet preachers right. Yea I think that sounds as legitimate as everything else you said.

      17. Reply to Darryl Streeter Save all that shit for church cuz no one on this site is looking to have some idiot bible thumper preaching at them when a 14 y/o an her brother have passed away!!! Get OVER URSELF AN THAT “HOLY LORD JESUS CHRIST” BULLSHIT!!! WE R ALL GOING TO THE SAME PLACE WHEN WE DIE, CUSS WORDS OR RAP MUSIC OR TALKING ABT KILLING OR DRUGS, VIOLENCE, ETC… HOW DEPLORABLE OF U AND UR FREAK JESUS WORSHIPING, JUDGEMENTAL, PIECES OF 💩 FOLLOWERS FOR UR IDIODIC, WORDS. YOUR PROBABLY JUST MAD U LIVE IN A TRAILER PARK AN THIS 14 Y/O LITTLE GIRL WAS MAKING MORE MONEY AT 14, THAN U WILL EVER SEE IN YOUR LIFE’S. A-FUCKIN-MEN!!!!

      18. You said it best! I’m not understanding what the color of anyone’s skin has to do with not one but two children passing away regardless of what they did for an income, if you agree with it or not they are still children. I think what it really pulls down to personally is the fact that these children make more money in one music video/ photo shoot/ YouTube blog then 90% of these ignorant uneducated as adults on you that’s making such derogatory comments towards and about children. Sadly that doesn’t say much about them. And I’m mixed and like you said this is not the appropriate place to want to pull out the black card SMH I mean seriously like I said I’m mixed and the black card or any race has nothing to do with a post that is made to show your respect if you didn’t have anything respectful to stay and you could have just kept scrolling instead of making decent about them obviously he doesn’t get enough attention at home or he wouldn’t have to be little himself so low to pick on a bunch of children maybe if you put the same effort into your home life as you are into proving your ignorant ass Point Mr Darryl then you wouldn’t have time to be on here arguing about being black or whatever the fuck you said and she’s my language but that shit pisses me off that you are literally disrespecting a grievance post by trying to play the race card bullshit there’s a time and place for it and now it’s not the time nor the place if you feel that way take your ass to your page if you feel that way then pray about it on your time the moral of the story is too young children lost their life not about your weird ass trying to pull a black card

    2. I’m sorry but someone that young making any kind of music I can’t even think about taking seriously…..what happened is terrible & my heartfelt condolences to the family,I can’t even imagine ….I’m not trying to shit on anyone I’m just saying kids shouldn’t be making music like that is all….it’s borderline insulting as a music lover & I don’t fault the kids….the adults on the other hand?

    3. I’m sorry but someone that young making any kind of music I can’t even think about taking seriously…..what happened is terrible & my heartfelt condolences to the family,I can’t even imagine ….I’m not trying to shit on anyone I’m just saying kids shouldn’t be making music like that is all….it’s borderline insulting as a music lover & I don’t fault the kids….the adults on the other hand?

      1. I mean, her music was bad IMO… but what about Jackson 5, with Michael Jackson as a pre teen? He was amazing.

      2. Yes Michael Jackson was great…..and look how well it turned out for him and his kids! Just saying let kids be kids. They don’t need to earn the living for the whole family. That is a parents job. No matter the circumstances, the loss of your children has to be devastating. Sending positive thoughts to the family.

    4. I’m sorry but someone that young making any kind of music I can’t even think about taking seriously…..what happened is terrible & my heartfelt condolences to the family,I can’t even imagine ….I’m not trying to shit on anyone I’m just saying kids shouldn’t be making music like that is all….it’s borderline insulting as a music lover & I don’t fault the kids….the adults on the other hand?

      1. I think everyone should shut the hell up. It is a shame when any child dies. Because they should not die period. I understand everyone dies but that is to young to die. And the words are just words to make music that they were good at. It meant nothing but to make sells. Everyine has a talent and everyone has there own ways but you stupid ass mf who dogging children out outa be the ones thaf should take there place. You are the real evil ones. So shut your mouths. And rest in place children. It is a shame. P.S. and this xomes drom a man that hates rap/ Hip Hop Music.

    5. If she was saying things like that so young think about what type of person she would have been. What happened to them anyway they didn’t say anything about the brother. God shut down the abuse.

    6. I remember her. It was all fake, she got exposed, the cribs were all from her moms real estate business and the cars belonged to her moms boss. The mom had no idea any of this was happening, it was her brother that was pulling her strings like a puppet to make internet fame. The persona was all fake, they got vids of her crying and acting like a normal 10 year old. Sad she died, but I dont feel sorry for the brother. Either they both overdosed or somebody did something Im guessing.

      1. Please pray for this child. I can not judge and only God can be the judge over all of us. I am concerned about being the very best u can be and to be with the Lord when I leave this earthly existence. God has mercy and grace!

    7. Prayers for this family.. the things people are saying on here is ridiculous. It’s not for everyone on tge internet to judge whether they go to heaven or hell. I mean read the room. These parents just lost their children. You’re being incredibly inappropriate. You cannot condemn her. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. God will be the judge. Let those kids rest. And yall give it a rest. C’mon now… I pray peace in and comfort over this family in Jesus name. 🙏

      1. The parents lost their money soure. They sold their children to Satan. There is no way these parents were good parents. Where was the love.

    8. Sad. She was 9 and cussing on her “rap” videos. Wow. Sad this is today’s world. Shouldn’t she have been out riding her bike and playing with friends? Seems like she was someone’s meal ticket.

    9. For the Bible let’s us know that he keeps baby’s and fools(with no form of disrespect using that word)! Basically meaning that if one has no form of understanding their actions, they won’t be held accountable. We as people don’t know what state of mind she was in when this took place or if she literally understood the repercussion of her actions. Just continue to pray for the family to find peace and understanding. #Not trying to make excuses

    10. To all that are saying she MAY be in heaven with “GOD”…
      Why would you think that??? Did she live by the Commandments, Celebrate the Holy Days and NOT Holidays, Keep the Sabbath Holy, Follow the Statutes, Judgements and Laws of YAHWEH??? If NOT… why would ANY of you think she is anywhere but where she REALLY IS???

    11. I wonder if it’s a hoax but if not then how did they both die? I know her mom was the one making her make videos for fame and money and I believe if they are dead and not a hoax then her mom is involved.

    12. Jebus from the bibble would forgive a 14 year old and you people who are judging this little girl , who the fuck gives you the right to judge. You ain’t god. I pretty sure there’s something in that book you got that tells you not to judge ……Matthew 7.1. Do not judge and condemn others. So that you may not be judged and criticize and condemn yourselves. Be the one.

    13. Soon As I Read My First Article On This And How The RIP Post Read, It Became Clear This Is A Murder-Suicide. Her Brother Killed Her And Took Her Life. I Am Unsure If This Was A Pact However. Hopefully Not.

    14. Soon As I Read My First Article On This And How The RIP Post Read, It Became Clear This Is A Murder-Suicide. Her Brother Killed Her And Took Her Life. I Am Unsure If This Was A Pact However. Hopefully Not.

    15. I’m sorry about her death but the music and the image she spread was harmful for the culture and her generation as well. RIP.

    16. Soo sorry to the parents an to everyone on here bashing the parents an the Religious Rights of those kids an parents f☆☆☆ off they r going through hell already they don’t need hell from y’all too that’s bullsh1t where is y’all Christian Compassion, love, FORGIVENESS, AN OR TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK??? BUT YALL ARE FORSURE GOD LOVING AN GOING TO HEAVEN AS YOU PUT OTHERS DOWN AN HURTING THEM MORE THAN THEY ALREADY ARE HURTING

    17. Soo sorry to the parents an to everyone on here bashing the parents an the Religious Rights of those kids an parents f☆☆☆ off they r going through hell already they don’t need hell from y’all too that’s bullsh1t where is y’all Christian Compassion, love, FORGIVENESS, AN OR TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK??? BUT YALL ARE FORSURE GOD LOVING AN GOING TO HEAVEN AS YOU PUT OTHERS DOWN AN HURTING THEM MORE THAN THEY ALREADY ARE HURTING

    18. This is what happens, when idiot parents have smaller balls than their bratty kids, and they fail to monitor and restrict their kids’ actions…Take notes!

    19. This is what happens, when idiot parents have smaller balls than their bratty kids, and they fail to monitor and restrict their kids’ actions…Take notes!

    20. It’s very sad.
      I wasn’t aware that this was a religious site….yall should be ashamed this is passing judgment to the extreme but I’m sure yall can talk to Jesus about…I’m sure exceptions will be made for his biggest internet preachers right. Yea I think that sounds as legitimate as everything else you said.

    21. It’s very sad.
      I wasn’t aware that this was a religious site….yall should be ashamed this is passing judgment to the extreme but I’m sure yall can talk to Jesus about…I’m sure exceptions will be made for his biggest internet preachers right. Yea I think that sounds as legitimate as everything else you said.

    22. It sounds like you all are putting judgement on this young lady “If you judge u will be judged” The two of them are at peace now let them be it don’t matter what words they were speaking God knows everyone’s heart what we all need to realize is God put us on earth to live amongst one another in peace love one another “Thou shall not kill” us one of the 10 commandments we send our wifes, husband, children to fight in wars that God didn’t create and our police killing God didn’t create crime or hate so the souls we need to be praying for r those

    23. Did anyone read the article to the end? It says that Tay tian is fine, and alive so is her brother. That someone compromised her IG and posted horrible stuffs about her, that’s bad. Someone is so bored with their life they have to poke in others lives ……toomuch……..tooquick…..

    24. Pardon me but l don’t think anyone here is paying attention to the end of this article which clearly said these two deaths were FALSE information and both are alive and well

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