Lil Tay
Updated: 12/10/2025, 5:12:57 PM Wikipedia source
Tay Tian (born Claire Eileen Qi Hope; July 29, 2007), known professionally as Lil Tay, is an American-Canadian internet personality and musician. She first came to prominence in early 2018 at the age of ten (while claiming to be nine years old), when content depicting her boasting about being wealthy and calling herself "the youngest flexer of the century", as well as videos of her rapping, were published and viewed millions of times on YouTube and Instagram. Tay's social media accounts became inactive after three months when her father applied to the superior court of Canada for full custody and control of her career as an influencer; full custody would eventually be granted to her mother. In 2023, Tay was the subject of widespread media coverage after a false statement announcing she had died was published from her Instagram account. Later that year, she released a single, "Sucker 4 Green".
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| Title | Year |
| "Sucker 4 Green" | 2023 |
| "Growing Up" | 2024 |
| "Stuck in July" | 2025 |
| Title | Year |
| "Money Way" | 2018 |
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- "Lil Tay: Child rapper dies aged 14 as family say brother has also passed away"https://news.sky.com/story/child-rapper-who-rose-to-fame-bragging-about-her-wealth-and-expensive-cars-dies-aged-14-12936986
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