 A YouTube bio seemingly written by Lil Tay, real name Claire Hope, has caused alarm among her fans. On Wednesday, a statement was posted to Tay's official Instagram page – the first post on the account since 2018 – stating the young rapper had died. The statement called her death 'sudden and tragic' and 'entirely unexpected'. However, after the news broke, the 14-year-old's father said he could not confirm or deny whether his daughter is indeed dead. Lil Tay shot to fame as a nine-year-old for her skills as a rapper, and since then has become a viral sensation online for bragging about the luxury life she claims to lead. But in the past few hours, eagle-eyed fans have been drawing attention to her YouTube bio, which reads: 'Help me.' In the past few hours, eagle-eyed fans have been drawing attention to her YouTube bio, which reads: 'Help me' (Picture: YouTube) The statement called 14-year-old Lil Tay's death 'sudden and tragic' and 'entirely unexpected' (Picture: Instagram/liltay) Taking to Twitter, one person said: 'Lil Tay is not dead. Her YouTube bio says ''help me'.' Another person chimed in: 'Lil Tay just passed away. I saw her YouTube bio. Really haunting.' Other tweets included: 'The fact Lil Tay's YouTube bio says this and nothing else is really weird' and 'Has anyone noticed that Lil Tay's YouTube bio LITERALLY says 'help me'.' Someone else wrote on Twitter: 'After millions of viral views, Lil Tay mysteriously fell off the face of the earth 5 years ago. Not a peep from her. Her YouTube bio is ominous. There is more to this.' This week's statement about Lil Tay's death also claimed her sibling Jason had also died, and that both deaths are under investigation (Picture: Instagram/liltay) However, website HITC points out that the bio was actually written in April, noting that a screenshot on digital archive The Wayback Machine){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
A YouTube bio seemingly written by Lil Tay, real name Claire Hope, has caused alarm among her fans.
On Wednesday, a statement was posted to Tay’s official Instagram page – the first post on the account since 2018 – stating the young rapper had died.
The statement called her death ‘sudden and tragic’ and ‘entirely unexpected’.
However, after the news broke, the 14-year-old’s father said he could not confirm or deny whether his daughter is indeed dead.