Lil Tay opens up about death hoax and drops new track ‘Sucker 4 Green’

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Hot New Hip Hop.“It is with a heavy heart that we share the devastating news of our beloved Claire’s sudden and tragic passing,” a message from her family read. “We have no words to express the unbearable loss and indescribable pain.”The statement went on to claim that Lil Tay’s older brother Jason Tian had also passed away, adding that both deaths were “still under investigation”.The message was later removed from Instagram, and TMZ later reported that Lil Tay and her brother were still alive, and her social media account had been 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,” she told the outlet.Now, the rapper has spoken out on the hoax, and made her return to music by dropping a new single.A post shared by Lil Tay (@liltay)“IM BACK… YALL B—-ES THOUGHT THE SHOW WAS OVER,” she wrote in an Instagram caption, sharing a snippet of her new song, ‘Sucker 4 Green’.In the clip, the 14-year-old is seen flaunting her wealth and apparent love of money as she struts around a mansion and holds out stacks of cash.It also shows her performing alongside back-up dancers inside a garage full of luxury cars, and ends with her standing alongside her brother, Jason, and mother, Angela.

Check out the full track below.Speaking out about her death hoax shortly after the initial post was shared online, Lil Tay said that her Instagram profile had been “compromised by a third party and used to spread jarring misinformation and rumours regarding me, to the point that even my name was wrong”.“My legal name is Tay Tian, not ‘Claire Hope’,” she added.She also made accusations that her father, Christopher Hope, and former manager, Harry.