{"id":222404,"date":"2026-04-07T19:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222404\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:41:07","slug":"rapper-lil-tjay-leaves-jail-after-hard-rock-arrest-denies-link-to-offset-shooting-hell-naw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222404\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Lil Tjay leaves jail after Hard Rock arrest, denies link to Offset shooting: \u2018Hell naw\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Rapper Lil Tjay had a lot to say as he exited the Broward Main Jail on Tuesday, one day after a disorderly conduct arrest outside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino. It\u2019s the same casino in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/06\/rapper-offset-reportedly-involved-in-shooting-outside-hard-rock-hotel\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/06\/rapper-offset-reportedly-involved-in-shooting-outside-hard-rock-hotel\/\">fellow rapper Offset was shot<\/a> the same night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lil Tjay, whose real name is Tione Jayden Merritt, has not been charged in the shooting and denies any involvement, which happened outside of the building\u2019s valet area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lil Tjay, 24, denied any fight between him and the 34-year-old Offset, whose real name is\tKiari Kendrell Cephus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t do no damn fightin\u2018,\u201d Lil Tjay told media outlets as he walked out of the Fort Lauderdale jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He gave an expletive-laden account of what he said happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018That n&#8212;- shot me.\u2019 \u2018That n&#8212;- shot me.\u2019 \u2018That n&#8212;- is a rat.\u2019 \u2018Cap n&#8212;-,\u2019\u201d Lil Tjay said. \u201cWeirdos. Y\u2019all gettin\u2019 a good a&#8211; interview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to Seminole tribal police, there was some sort of fight and a shooting at the valet area outside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two people were taken into custody but no other details were made available. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Offset boasts a whopping 23.8 million followers on social media with more than 17 million Spotify listeners monthly. He was married to well known rap artist Cardi B. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A representative for Offset confirmed he is in stable condition and is being closely monitored at a hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cDid he put his hands on you?\u201d Local 10 News reporter Bridgette Matter asked Lil Tjay, referring to Offset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHell naw,\u201c Lil Tjay replied. \u201dHow many times I gotta tell you that ain\u2019t nobody touch me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News has requested Lil Tjay\u2019s arrest report and has asked more questions of Offset\u2019s representative.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Rapper Lil Tjay had a lot to say as he exited the Broward Main&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-222404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}