Gen Z influencer Lil Tay dead at 14: Star and brother’s ‘sudden’ death under investigation

Social media star Lil Tay, née Claire Eileen Qi Hope, has reportedly died at age 14.

Representatives for the rapping teen, who topped herself “the youngest flexer of the century,” announced her death and the death of her brother Wednesday.

Her reason for dying has not been publicly revealed.

Reps for Lil Tay didn’t instantly reply to The Publish’s request for remark.

The virally irreverent Gen Zer, who rose to digital fame at age 9 in 2018, was finest identified for sharing spoof clips of herself holding stacks of money to her ear on YouTube.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we share the devastating information of our beloved Claire’s sudden and tragic passing,” learn the assertion devoted to the native Canadian, who relocated to Los Angeles in her rise to cyber superstardom.

“We’ve got no phrases to specific the insufferable loss and indescribable ache,” continued the message.

“This final result was totally sudden, and has left us all in shock.”

The Instagram publish went on to disclose that Tay’s brother additionally died. 

Her late sibling’s id has not but been confirmed.

“Her brother’s passing provides an much more unimaginable depth to our grief,” stated the web discover. 

“Throughout this time of immense sorrow, we kindly ask for privateness as we grieve this overwhelming loss, because the circumstances surrounding Claire and her brother’s passing are nonetheless beneath investigation,” the spokesperson wrote. 

“Claire will endlessly stay in our hearts, her absence leaving an irreplaceable void that will likely be felt by all who knew and cherished her.”

Her controversial content material, which regularly got here suffering from slurs, together with the N-word, amassed Lil Tay over 3.3 million Instagram followers.

In 2018, she issued a public apology for her use of derogatory language, saying, “I actually apologize to everybody I offended … I’m not racist in any respect,” throughout an episode of her short-lived actuality sequence “Life With Lil Tay,” which streamed on the Zeus Community.

In 2021, a GoFundMe page seeking $19,000 was reportedly organized by Tay’s older brother, Jason Tian, who claimed that the then-preteen wanted monetary assist to fight her “abusive” and “absentee” father, Chris Hope, in court docket.

Followers flooded Lil Tay’s Instagram with condolences upon studying of her dying. 

“Relaxation up … That is tragic,” penned a mourner, punctuating their grief with a damaged coronary heart emoji. 

“So heartbreaking,” groaned an equally crushed admirer.

“R.I.P. Angel,” stated one other. 

Lil Tay’s dying trails the lack of fellow younger influencer Annabelle Ham, 22, who died after struggling an “epileptic occasion” in July, and “Bucket Listing” TikTok star Harrison Gilks, 18, who handed after a protracted battle with most cancers in April.