Lil Tay claims her father wanted to 'sabotage' her career with death hoax

Lil Tay, a Canadian rapper and influencer, recently talked about her fake death announcement, which went viral earlier this year. She disclosed that her father had carried out the ruse in an attempt to "sabotage" her. In a recent interview Lil Tay—whose real name is Claire Hope— claimed that her estranged father Christopher used the hoax "as a last resort to sabotage" her.

Lil Tay points finger at her father 

Along with her father, Lil Tay and her mother Angela Tian also claimed Harry Tsang, an influencer who has been referred to as Lil Tay's former manager, teamed up with Christopher to spread news of the death hoax.

The social media influencer called this an ingenious way to boost exposure for a cryptocurrency coin that "exploited" her, while denying Tsang ever formally represented her. She added, "Somebody has a strategy that a good way to get publicity is to make accusations against me. They’re all false.”

Tsang on his part called the cryptocurrency strategy the “part of a plan to bring Tay back into the spotlight”. However, he has denied any involvement in the death hoax and has instead pointed fingers at Lil Tay's brother Jason Tian.

“He is known to do something crazy,” Tsang said of Jason. “Ask anyone in the social media space.” Jason, however, shifted blame back to Tsang. “He went to every publication possible to allege I hacked Tay’s page to fake her death whilst also peddling the fraudulent Lil Tay crypto coin,” he said in a statement.

Lil Tay’s reaction to her death hoax

Lil Tay also went on to address how the death hoax inconvenienced her and had a bad impact on her social media career as a rapper and influencer. “I really wanted to get things going,” she told the publication, referring to her music career. “And this was just something that came out of absolutely nowhere. And I had to clean up.”

“I had some songs that I wanted to put out after winning my freedom. And thankfully, I did. So I was looking to get back on track as soon as I could. And then the death thing happens," she added.

(with inputs from IANS)