Lil Tjay is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. He is known for singles such as “Resume” (2018), “Hold On” (2019), “Leaked” (2020), “Calling My Phone” (2021) and “Move On” (2021) .
Wiki/Biography
Lil Tjay aka Tione Jayden Merritt was born on Monday, April 30, 2001, in South Bronx, New York City, United States (21 years old; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Weight (approximately): 75kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
family
Lil Tjay was born into a Ghanaian family.
Parents and siblings
Lil Tjay and his two younger siblings were raised by his mother.
Relationships/Affairs
In April 2020, there were rumors that Tjay was dating American rapper Rubi Rose.
Tjay and his rumored girlfriend Rubi Rose
The couple reportedly got into an argument over money and Ruby’s friend Lala Baptiste. Ruby was reportedly upset after discovering her friend Lala Baptiste was dating her lover Tjay. In an interview, Tjay revealed the reason for breaking up with his rumored girlfriend and said:
We just had a little miscommunication. She flew to see me and saw some girls playing with my phone and she got angry and overreacted. You know, she tried to call them “people” [the police] Attack me for no reason. This is too left for me. You know I’m from New York and you’re not going to call the police. You don’t even want anyone to talk about it afterwards.
Later, in 2021, Lil Tjay was rumored to be dating Lala Baptiste, a friend of his ex-girlfriend.
Tjay and his rumored girlfriend Lala Baptiste
Lala is a model from Atlanta, Georgia. The pair were supposedly dating after she played Tjay’s love interest in Pop Smoke’s music video “Mood Swings.” In 2022, there were rumors that Lil Tjay was dating Lil Wayne’s daughter Reginae Carter. The rumors surfaced as the couple traveled together and shared photos on social media.
Signature/Autograph
Lil Tjay’s signature
Profession
singer
In 2018, Lil Tjay released his first single, “Resume.”
Stills from Tjay’s first song “Resume”
In the same year, he released several singles such as “Brothers”, “Goat”, “Forever”, “Ruthless” and “Ride For You”. On December 24, 2018, Tjay released his first EP (Extended Play) “No Comparison” on SoundCloud. He subsequently launched extended series such as FN (2019), Emergency (2020) and Strictly4MyFans (2022). In 2019, he released his first studio album “True 2 Myself”.
Lil Tjay’s first studio album “True 2 Myself” poster
In the same year, he released several singles such as “One Take”, “Go In”, “Hold On”, “Decline”, “Goat”, “FN” and “Zoo York”. On April 2, 2021, he released the music album “Destined 2 Win”, which released singles such as “Calling My Phone”, “Headshot” and “Losses”. In 2021, he released a number of music singles, such as “Move On”, “Love Hurts” and “What You Wanna Do”.
live concert
Lil Tjay has performed live at multiple music events, stage shows, and concerts. In May 2019, Lil Tjay performed with Migos, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi at the Miami Music Festival in Miami Gardens, Florida. In the same year, Lil Tjay accompanied Seattle rapper Lil Mosey on a national tour. Tjay is also performing at the 2021 Los Angeles Music Festival and the Destined 2 Win Tour.
Tjay music tour “Destined 2 Win” poster
dispute
On December 30, 2020, Lil Tjay was arrested in Brooklyn and charged with robbery, illegal possession of weapons, and marijuana. According to reports, the vehicle Tjay was in allegedly changed lanes without using a signal. Police approached the vehicle and searched its interior, finding four loaded handguns and marijuana.
Shot multiple times during an attempted robbery
On June 22, 2022, Lil Tjay was shot multiple times at The Promenade in Edgewater, New Jersey by a man named Mohamed Konate who tried to rob Lil Tjay. Tjay was accompanied by his friends Antoine Boyd and Jeffrey Valdez. Konate was later arrested by police and charged with attempted murder, armed robbery and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
Favorites
- Travel destination: London
Facts/Trivia
- Lil Tjay is also known as the Bronx Justin Bieber and hip-hop heartthrob.
- In 2016, when Tjay was 15, he was sent to a juvenile detention center on robbery charges. Tjay was detained for about a year and released in 2017. In an interview, he recalled his days in detention and said:
It’s not fun. It’s not something I want to do again, but I learned a lot from it. I feel like if I hadn’t gone to jail, I probably wouldn’t be where I am now – I wouldn’t be. Because I wouldn’t sit down and write these songs, I could never focus on what I wanted to accomplish. So that’s actually a good thing for me. It opened my eyes and stuff like that. ”
- In 2018, Lil Tjay released his first song Resume on the social media platform Facebook. Later, he was signed by American record label Columbia Records. In an interview, when talking about the experience of his debut single, he said:
I just posted the link and made sure all my friends posted it,” he recalls. “Everyone had heard the song before it was released and they were like, ‘Yo, you gotta give it up’ This song. ‘” And then I just threw it away. Everyone I knew had posted it, and then I guess other people from different places started retweeting it and they actually listened to it, and then it started going crazy.”
- Tjay’s song Calling My Phone, which was released in 2021 as part of the album Destined 2 Win, became the highest-charting song.
- Tjay likes to play football. In an interview, while sharing his memories of playing football, he said:
Man, I played soccer all the time in elementary school—every recess we would run out and kick a ball around. From kindergarten through fifth grade, this is the main thing to do. In middle school and high school, I think I backed away from the issue. To be honest, I don’t really like any sports, but football is the first sport for me, it is a part of my life and I love playing football.
- Lil Tjay played his first show in Middletown, New York, where there were about 30 people in the audience.
- Lil Tjay has an eponymous YouTube channel where he releases music videos for his singles and albums; the channel has over 4.6 million subscribers.
- In 2019, Tjay’s debut studio album “True 2 Myself” ranked No. 5 on the US Billboard 200 chart. In the same year, his Extended Play song “FN” ranked No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- In 2021, Tjay’s single “Calling My Phone” debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- Lil Tjay is often spotted smoking and cigars.
Jay smokes
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