HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The rapper Offset, a former member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, was shot outside a Florida casino and was in steady situation, a spokesperson stated Tuesday.
Offset, who was as soon as married to Cardi B, was being handled at a hospital after Monday evening’s taking pictures, the spokesperson stated in a assertion, though his precise situation was unknown. Police stated the accidents weren’t life-threatening.
More than three years in the past, Offset’s cousin Takeoff, one other member of Migos, was shot and killed at a Houston bowling alley.
Monday’s taking pictures adopted a struggle on the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, simply north of Miami, police stated. Officers detained two individuals.
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A rapper often called Lil Tjay, Tione Jayden Merritt, was arrested for the altercation that occurred earlier than the taking pictures, the Seminole Police Department in Florida stated. He was charged with disorderly conduct and working a car with out a legitimate license.
His lawyer, Dawn M. Florio, informed The Associated Press that Lil Tjay didn’t have a gun and was not charged with any weapons or gun-related crimes.
She stated he paid his bond and was launched Tuesday afternoon. The 24-year-old rapper is a stalwart of New York’s South Bronx scene, celebrated for his sing-rapping and pop-hip-hop model delivered atop drill beats.
Walking out of the Broward County jail, Lil Tjay informed reporters that he was not concerned in any combating.
While police stated one individual was injured at a valet space outside the casino, they didn’t determine the sufferer.
The second individual detained on the scene has not been charged and investigators had been working to determine others concerned, police stated in a assertion Tuesday.
Offset, born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, first made a identify for himself with Migos. The Atlanta trio is probably the most fashionable hip-hop teams of all time, celebrated for his or her rapid-fire triplet movement, an usually imitated supply that modified the trajectory of entice.
Their profession kicked off with the 2013 hit “Versace.” They then had a number of multiplatinum promoting singles, together with “Bad and Boujee,” which went No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart, “Stir Fry,” “Narcos,” and “T-Shirt.” Migos launched 4 full-length albums throughout their profession, closing that chapter after the killing of Takeoff.
Offset and Cardi B had been secretly wed in September 2017 in Atlanta. In 2024, Cardi B introduced that she filed for divorce. They have three kids collectively.
The third member of Migos, rapper Quavo, sought to remodel his nephew Takeoff’s tragic taking pictures into a pressure for change, holding a summit against gun violence in 2024.
Police said Takeoff was an innocent bystander when he was shot outside a Houston bowling alley after a disagreement over a cube recreation. Takeoff’s demise was amongst a string of deadly shootings in recent times that concerned hip-hop stars equivalent to Nipsey Hussle, Pop Smoke, PnB Rock and Young Dolph.
Offset launched into a solo profession years earlier than Takeoff’s demise.
As a solo artist, Offset is recognized for an idiosyncratic model — a melodic, aggressive finesse. He launched three full-length albums: 2019’s “Father of Four”; 2023’s “Set It Off,” which he described to The Associated Press as an effort to “bring rap back” in a style at present led by rappers who sing; and 2025’s “Kiari.”
“‘Set It Off’ was a freedom,” he told AP last year, proof that he may shine as a solo artist outside of Migos. “Kiari,” as an alternative, is “me, for what I am. And recognizing who I am, because I feel like sometimes you could get lost in trying to please other people and trying to do what they want you to do. So, this is like my rebellion. My rebellion album.” ___
Sherman reported from New York. Associated Press writers Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed.
