Lil Tay claims her estranged father Christopher Hope wanted to “sabotage” her with a recent death hoax. However, Hope denies the allegations.
In a new interview with Rolling stonethe “Sucker 4 Green” musician opened up about her recent fake death announcement that went viral in August, as well as her musical comeback.
Lil Tay, whose real name is Claire Hope, claims Christopher used the death hoax “as a last resort to sabotage me”.
Along with her father, Lil Tay and her mother, Angela Tian, also claimed that Harry Tsang, an influencer who claims to be Lil Tay’s former manager, conspired with Christopher to spread news of the fake death. Lil Tay claimed it was a way to increase exposure to the cryptocurrency coin that was “exploiting” her, while denying that Tsang ever officially represented her.
“Someone has a strategy that a good way to get publicity is to make allegations against me. They are all false,” Hope told Rolling stone.
Christopher did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Tsang said the cryptocurrency strategy is “part of the plan to be enacted [Tay] back” into the spotlight, but denies any involvement in the death hoax. Instead, he points the finger at Lil Tay’s brother, Jason Tian.
“He’s been known to do something crazy,” Tsang said of Jason. “Ask anyone in the social media space.”
Jason, however, put the blame back on Tsang.
“He went to every possible publication to claim that I hacked Tay’s page to fake her death while also selling fake Lil Tay crypto coin,” he said in a statement.
Tsang told PEOPLE that he was first alerted to the death hoax by a friend before posting a TikTok video questioning the “legitimacy of the news.” He also said he believes Lil Tay is “also complicit” in the death hoax.
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Elsewhere in the conversation, Lil Tay opened up about how the death hoax made her uncomfortable.
“I really wanted to get things going,” she told the publication, talking about her music career. “And this was something that came out of absolutely nowhere. And I had to clean up.”
She added that before the death hoax – after her mother was named sole guardian – she was planning her musical comeback.
“I had some songs that I wanted to release after I won my freedom. And luckily, I did. So I wanted to get back on track as soon as I could. And then death happens – said the star of social networks.
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Lil Tay.
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Lil Tay released a music video a month after her death was announced: ‘I’m back. I expose all’
In August, an Instagram post was shared on Lil Tay’s account, announcing the “devastating news of the sudden and tragic death of our beloved Claire. We have no words to express the unbearable loss and indescribable pain. This outcome was completely unexpected and has left us all in shock.” it says in the continuation of the post.
The post said her brother, Jason Tian, also died. The cause of death is “still under investigation,” the statement said. It was deleted the next day.
Lil Tay’s mother and father had no comment at the time. The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Department also said they had no records of the alleged death.
In September, a month after Lil Tay and her family announced her death in an Instagram post — Lil Tay shared the music video for her new song “Sucker 4 Green.”
In the music video, the “Two Yungins” singer is featured in a matching yellow top and short skirt, strutting around in front of several luxury cars — a nod to her viral TikTok videos of herself flaunting buying expensive cars in her youth.
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