READ MORE: Man arrested in fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff<\/a><\/p>\nMonday’s shooting followed a fight at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, just north of Miami, police said. Officers detained two people.<\/p>\n
A rapper known as Lil Tjay, Tione Jayden Merritt, was arrested for the altercation that occurred before the shooting, the Seminole Police Department in Florida said. He was charged with disorderly conduct and operating a vehicle without a valid license.<\/p>\n
His lawyer, Dawn M. Florio, told The Associated Press that Lil Tjay did not have a gun and was not charged with any weapons or gun-related crimes.<\/p>\n
She said he paid his bond and was released Tuesday afternoon. The 24-year-old rapper is a stalwart of New York’s South Bronx scene, celebrated for his sing-rapping and pop-hip-hop style delivered atop drill beats.<\/p>\n
While police said one person sustained injuries at a valet area outside the casino, they did not identify the victim.<\/p>\n
The second person detained at the scene has not been charged and investigators were working to identify others involved, police said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Offset,\u00a0born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, first made a name for himself with Migos. The Atlanta trio is one of the most popular hip-hop groups of all time, celebrated for their rapid-fire triplet flow, an often imitated delivery that changed the trajectory of trap.<\/p>\n
Their career kicked off with the 2013 hit “Versace.” They then had several multiplatinum selling singles, including “Bad and Boujee,” which went No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart, “Stir Fry,” “Narcos,” and “T-Shirt.” Migos released four full-length albums across their career, closing that chapter after the killing of Takeoff.<\/p>\n
Offset and Cardi B were secretly wed in September 2017 in Atlanta. In 2024, Cardi B announced that\u00a0she filed for divorce. They have three children together.<\/p>\n
The third member of Migos,\u00a0rapper Quavo,\u00a0sought to transform his nephew Takeoff’s tragic shooting into a force for change, holding a\u00a0summit against gun violence\u00a0in 2024.<\/p>\n
Police said Takeoff was an innocent bystander\u00a0when he was shot outside a Houston bowling alley after a disagreement over a dice game. Takeoff’s death was among a string of fatal shootings in recent years that involved hip-hop stars such as\u00a0Nipsey Hussle,\u00a0Pop Smoke,\u00a0PnB Rock\u00a0and\u00a0Young Dolph.<\/p>\n
Offset embarked on a solo career years before Takeoff’s death.<\/p>\n
As a solo artist, Offset is known for an idiosyncratic style \u2014 a melodic, aggressive finesse. He released three full-length albums: 2019’s “Father of Four”; 2023’s “Set It Off,” which he\u00a0described to The Associated Press\u00a0as an effort to “bring rap back” in a genre currently led by rappers who sing; and 2025’s “Kiari.”<\/p>\n
“‘Set It Off’ was a freedom,”\u00a0he told AP last year, proof that he could shine as a solo artist outside of Migos. “Kiari,” instead, is “me, for what I am. And recognizing who I am, because I feel like sometimes you could get lost in trying to please other people and trying to do what they want you to do. So, this is like my rebellion. My rebellion album.”<\/p>\n
Sherman reported from New York. Associated Press reporters Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed.<\/p>\n
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