Lil Tjay

French Montana's good mood dampened Wednesday morning when news broke that Lil Tjay was shot and rushed to surgery ... a moment he tweeted about with ...

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Bronx-born rapper Lil Tjay was shot early Wednesday and required emergency surgery, where the artist's condition is currently unknown.

If you’re unfamiliar with Lil Tjay, the rapper, whose real name is Tione Jayden Merritt, released his debut album, “True 2 Myself,” in 2019. The extent of his wounds has not yet been revealed. TMZ is reporting the two shooting sites to have happened at a Chipotle and another at a nearby Exxon Gas station, where the victim at the Chipotle restaurant was shot several times and the victim at the Exxon Gas station was shot once.

The shooting of Lil Tjay is part of a grim uptick in violence that has affected rappers around the country in the last few years, including artists like Drakeo ...

(In 2020, Tjay said that 6ix9ine’s team offered to pay him to participate in a fake social media feud between the two New York rappers.) “Can't change, I remember what I've been through / So when I spit, no need for pencils,” he raps on “Losses.” The shooting of Lil Tjay is part of a grim uptick in violence that has affected rappers around the country in the last few years, including artists like Drakeo the Ruler, Young Dolph, and Pop Smoke, who was a close friend and collaborator of Tjay’s. After Pop’s 2020 murder, Tjay released a somber tribute song, “Forever Pop,” and expressed outrage over social media.

The "Calling My Phone" rapper was reportedly shot outside a shopping complex along with another victim and underwent emergency surgery.

Destined 2 Win featured the single "Calling My Phone," Lil Tjay's collaboration with 6lack, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became his highest-charting song to date. No additional information is available at the time. Rapper Lil Tjay was shot in New Jersey and underwent emergency surgery, according to multiple reports.

New York drill rapper Lil Tjay has reportedly been shot multiple times and is undergoing emergency surgery. TMZ has reported that the rapper (real name ...

Swear to God,” he was filmed saying after a water bottle was thrown onstage. Lil Tjay most recently released the single ‘24 Hrs (Chopped Not Slopped Remix)’ with Kaash Paige and DJ Candlestick on June 15. Both victims have reportedly been transported to a hospital where they are being treated.

Initial reports alleged Lil Tjay had been shot in the Edgewater area, resulting in “emergency surgery” on Wednesday. Additional details are unknown.

Another victim, with a single gunshot wound, was located at an Exxon station. While the report also includes mention of a second victim, additional information had not been made public at the time of this writing. The report alleges the incident was comprised of one shooting at a local Chipotle, as well as another shooting at a gas station.

Prosecutors announced the arrest of Mohamed Konate, 27, of New York City, on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery and weapons offenses, accusing the man ...

The complex has 24-hour security with guards in cars patrolling the facility. His 2021 song with singer 6lack "Calling My Name" debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The shooting happened at the western end of City Place, a mixed-use development on a former Hudson River industrial site with stores and restaurants on the first floor and five stories of high-end condominiums above.

In addition to the attempted murder allegation, Mohamed Konate, 27, was also arrested on charges of armed robbery and weapons offenses, the release states.

The 21-year-old rapper first garnered attention as a teenager, scoring his first major hit, “Brothers,” in 2018. Authorities say Lil Tjay, legal name Tione Jayden Merritt, was shot several times shortly after midnight on June 22 at the Promenade, a mixed-use development in Edgewater, New Jersey. Two friends, identified by authorities as Jeffrey Valdez, 24, and Antoine Boyd, 22, were with Merritt at the time of the shooting. Although some media reports indicated the Bronx-born rapper was undergoing surgery after the incident, authorities would not confirm the status of those injured.

The Bronx-born rapper was struck multiple times at The Promenade in Edgewater. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said cops responded to reports of shots ...

He was sprung on a $50,000 bond posted by celebrity bondsman Ira Judelson. His debut album, “True 2 Myself” peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard 200. The “Run It Up” rapper was busted in Brooklyn in 2020 after cops found a cache of guns in a Cadillac Escalade he was riding in after it was pulled over.

The Bronx rapper has reportedly undergone emergency surgery following a late-night shooting during an attempted robbery.

According to police, Tjay and 22-year-old Antoine Boyd were both shot at a local shopping plaza called 14 The Promenade. Tjay has reportedly undergone emergency surgery, TMZ reports. The incident occurred shortly after midnight last night in what police said was an attempted armed robbery. Mohamed Konate, 27, was arrested by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the New York City Police Department. He was charged with three counts of attempted murder, three counts of armed robbery, aggravated assault, and weapons-related offenses.

Lil Tjay, also known as Tione Merritt, was found with multiple gunshot wounds at the Promenade Apartment Complex in Edgewater, New Jersey, after an alleged.

Police said that he tried to rob the rapper and the two friends he was with at the time when the shooting occurred. Mohamed Konate, of Manhattan, faces three counts each of attempted murder and armed robbery, as well as weapons charges. Both victims were rushed to the hospital.

Two people were shot in New Jersey on Wednesday, one of them being the famous rapper, Lil TJay. The “Run It Up” rapper was shot multiple times while Antoine ...

The hip-hop star French Montana prayed for his “lil bro” as expressed via his Twitter account. Similarly, they also charged both, Antoine and Jeffrey, with unlawful possession of a weapon. Lil TJay was with two other people, 22-year-old Antoine Boyd and 24-year-oldJeffrey Valdez. Antoine also had a single gunshot wound as per the officials. The hip-hop star French Montana prayed for his “lil bro” as expressed via his Twitter account. Similarly, they also charged both, Antoine and Jeffrey, with unlawful possession of a weapon. Lil TJay’s real name is Tione Marriot, he had multiple gunshot wounds, when the cops arrived.

Lil Tjay, known for songs like Calling My Phone and In My Head, has undergone emergency surgery after he suffered “multiple gunshot wounds” following an ...

Talking to Rolling Stone in 2019, the rapper said: “It’s not nothing that I would want to do again, but I learned a lot from it. According to a statement from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Boyd and Valdez “were remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court”. A tweet from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said that Tjay’s condition has been “updated from critical to stable”. When the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the shooting occured, it added that three arrests had been made. According to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, the shooting was the result of an attempted armed robbery. In 2016, he found himself sentenced to a year in a youth detention centre at the age of 15 after spending his teenage years getting into fights and taking part in petty robberies.

Rapper Lil Tjay was shot multiple times and another victim was also injured during an attempted armed robbery early Wednesday morning in New Jersey, ...

TMZ was the first to report that Lil Tjay was shot and undergoing emergency surgery Wednesday. He is pending extradition to New Jersey. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the New York City Police Department on Wednesday arrested Konate on three counts of attempted murder, three counts of armed robbery and other weapons charges, the release stated.

Lil Tjay was shot during a robbery attempt on Wednesday (June 22) and the suspect is in custody.

“Just after midnight, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the Edgewater Police Department received multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired in the area of 14 The Promenade in Edgewater, NJ,” read the release. On Tuesday night, Tjay reportedly posted a since-deleted Instagram Story in which he said, “Just because you’ve been around a person doesn’t make you entitled to the fruits of that persons labor. New York resident Mohamed Konate, 27, was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree attempted murder, three counts of first-degree armed robbery, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, second-degree certain persons not to possess a firearm and fourth-degree aggravated assault.

Rapper Lil Tjay was shot several times and another man was also wounded in an attempted armed robbery early Wednesday in New Jersey.

He rose to prominence in 2018 with his song “Resume,” and signed to Columbia Records later that year. Later Wednesday, Konate was arrested in New York on three counts of attempted murder, three counts of armed robbery and other weapons charges, according to the release. Investigators reported that Mohamed Konate, 27, allegedly “attempted to commit armed robbery” against the rapper, Boyd and a companion, Jeffrey Valdez, 24, when the shooting occurred.

Among them: attempted murder, armed robbery and weapons charges, according to law enforcement officials in New Jersey. Advertisement. The shooting occurred ...

A third person, Jeffrey Valdez, 24, was with them and he and Boyd each were in possession of an unlawful weapon at the time, officials said. Konate is being charged with three counts of first-degree attempted murder, three counts of first-degree armed robbery, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, second-degree certain persons not to possess a firearm and fourth-degree aggravated assault, according to the statement. Valdez and Boyd were arrested and charged Wednesday with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and were being held at the Bergen County Jail pending their initial hearing in Hackensack, N.J.