Lil TJay was one of two people shot dead in New Jersey early Wednesday morning, just weeks after announcing it would be a “good summer.”
The Bronx-born rapper was hit several times at The Promenade in Edgewater. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said the cops responded to reports of gunshots at the scene shortly after midnight.
When they arrived, they found 21-year-old Lil TJ, whose real name is Tione Marriott, with multiple gunshot wounds.
Antoine Boyd, 22, was also found with a gunshot wound, officials said.
Both were transported to a district hospital for treatment. Officials did not report his condition, but TMZ said Lil TJay underwent emergency surgery.
Officials said the shooting came after Mohamed Konate tried to rob Lil TJay, Boyd and a third person with whom the rapper, 24-year-old Jeffrey Valdes, was. Both Valdes and Boyd had illegal weapons with them at the time.
Konate was arrested later Wednesday by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the New York Police Department. He is currently awaiting extradition to New Jersey, officials said.
He is charged with three counts of attempted murder, three counts of armed robbery, two counts of possession of an illegal weapon and a grave assault of the fourth degree.
Lil Tjay became famous in Soundcloud in 2018 and gained over 7 million followers on Instagram.WireImage
Both Boyd and Valdes were charged with illegal possession of weapons and were detained at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack pending an initial hearing.
Lil Tjay was born in the Bronx rapper with over 7 million followers on Instagram. He became famous in Soundcloud and was signed by Columbia Records in 2018. His debut album “True 2 Myself” reached number 5 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.
In an Instagram post just two weeks before he was shot, the rapper posted a video of himself dancing without a shirt with a large chain with the caption “It’s going to be a nice summer.”
He was scheduled to play at the Nickelodeon Universe theme park at the American Dream Mall on July 22, as well as numerous music festivals in Europe, according to SeatGeek.com and tour dates posted on the rapper’s website.
Fellow artists and athletes offered their prayers for the wounded rapper.
“Pray for my brother, Lil Tjay,” tweeted hip-hop star French Montana.
The rapper “Run It Up” was arrested in Brooklyn in 2020, after the cops discovered a weapons cache in the Cadillac Escalade, where he was driving after he was stopped.
He was charged on New Year’s Eve with criminal charges of possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property and illegal possession of marijuana. He was awarded a $ 50,000 bond issued by celebrity bondholder Ira Judelson.
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