UPDATED, 4:45 AM:Lil Tayis not dead, as reported Wednesday.
My legal name is Tay Tian, not Claire Hope.'
The post now has been removed from Instagram.
Lil TayInstagram @liltay
No details were given.
We have no words to express the unbearable loss and indescribable pain, reads thestatement.
This outcome was entirely unexpected, and has left us all in shock.
Her brothers passing adds an even more unimaginable depth to our grief.
Back in 2019, Lil Tays success wascredited to her brotherJason Tian.
It is unclear if Jason is the brother the statement says died days before Tay.
