{"id":222907,"date":"2026-04-08T03:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222907\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:16:09","slug":"rapper-offset-remains-hospitalized-in-stable-condition-after-hollywood-casino-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222907\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Offset remains hospitalized in stable condition after Hollywood casino shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published:\u00a0April 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM<\/p>\n

Former Migos rapper Offset remains hospitalized in South Florida <\/p>\n

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Kiari Kendrell Cephus, better known as former Migos rapper Offset and Cardi B\u2019s ex-husband, remained hospitalized on Tuesday night, according to a spokesman for the rapper. His condition was stable. <\/p>\n

The 34-year-old rapper suffered non-life-threatening injuries during a shooting on Monday night in a valet area at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, according to the Seminole Police Department. <\/p>\n

There was a fight before the shooting. Tione Jayden Merritt, better known as rapper Lil Tjay, was among two arrested, according to police. <\/p>\n

Merritt, 24, faced charges of disorderly conduct and operating a vehicle without a valid license when he walked out of the Broward County Main Jail<\/a> on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n

\u201cDid he put his hands on you?\u201d Local 10 News reporter Bridgette Matter asked<\/a> him. \u201cHell naw,\u201c the rapper said<\/a>. \u201dHow many times I gotta tell you that ain\u2019t nobody touch me?\u201d<\/p>\n

Migos rappers Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset split in 2022. Offset went solo, and Quavo and Takeoff formed duo, Unc & Phew. Takeoff was fatally shot months later in Houston, Texas. <\/p>\n

Offset and Cardi B, who wed in 2017 and divorced in 2024, have three children together.<\/p>\n

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\"TerrellTerrell Forney<\/p>\n

Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.<\/p>\n

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The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM Former Migos rapper Offset remains hospitalized in South Florida FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-222907","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\/222907","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=222907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}