Atlanta rapper Offset was shot Monday night in Florida. His shooting comes nearly four years after Takeoff, his partner in the Grammy-nominated group Migos, was shot and killed.<\/p>\n
Offset, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, was reportedly shot near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.<\/p>\n
A representative told TMZ<\/a> that Offset is \u201cfine\u201d and \u201cis currently at the hospital receiving medical care.\u201d The representative added, \u201cHe is stable and being closely monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n Today, news broke that rapper Tione Jayden \u201cLil Tjay\u201d Merritt was arrested in connection with the shooting. Offset was reportedly<\/a> involved in a fight with Lil Tjay but his representative denies he was the shooter.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are issuing this release in regards to false rumors that Lil Tjay was involved in a shooting \u2026 which [resulted] in non-life-threatening injuries to Offset, formerly a member of Migos,\u201d Tjay\u2019s attorney, Dawn M Florio, said in a statement on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Offset shooting comes just a week after news broke about the alleged assault of another Atlanta rapper, Gucci Mane, in Texas. Rapper Pooh Shiesty, whose legal name is Lontrell Williams Jr., is facing robbery and kidnapping charges after police allege that he and others executed a \u201ccoordinated armed takeover\u201d Jan. 10.<\/p>\n According to the Associated Press<\/a>, federal prosecutors last Thursday accused rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight others of robbing three men at gunpoint and kidnapping them in Texas following a contract dispute involving Gucci Mane\u2019s record label.<\/p>\n Offset shares three children with rapper Cardi B. She has not yet released a statement following the shooting.<\/p>\n The post Rapper Offset Shot After a Fight in Florida Four Years After Takeoff\u2019s Death<\/a> appeared first on Capital B News – Atlanta<\/a>.<\/p>\n