While no other update has been given, it was last August when a statement was released on Lil Tay’s Instagram page claiming that she and her older half-brother, Jason Tian, ​​had passed away. It would later be clarified via TMZ that Tay’s Instagram account “was compromised by a third party and used to spread shocking misinformation and rumors” about her and Jason.

“I want to make it clear that my brother and I are safe and alive, but I am heartbroken and can barely find the right words,” the statement attributed to Tay said.

Following the hack, Tay regained access to her Instagram, but blamed her father, Christopher Hope, and alleged former manager, Harry Tsang, for the incident. However, the latter pointed the finger at Tsang, who denied any involvement in the hack.

“He went to every possible publication to claim that I hacked Tay’s page to fake her death and simultaneously sell the fraudulent Lil Tay cryptocurrency,” Tsang Tsang accused in a statement via Lil Tay’s PR.

In a Rolling Stone interview last November, Tay reportedly sided with her brother, saying, “There’s always going to be conspiracy theories. If you want to make conspiracy theories, I can’t stop you.”