{"id":245076,"date":"2026-04-24T17:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245076\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:52:08","slug":"offset-feels-like-energizer-bunny-weeks-after-florida-casino-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245076\/","title":{"rendered":"Offset feels like \u2018Energizer Bunny\u2019 weeks after Florida casino shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK \u2014 Rapper Offset was shot just more than two weeks ago \u2014 but he\u2019s not letting that stop his hustle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The former Migos rapper was shot the night of April 6 in the valet area of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, according to the Seminole Police Department. In the immediate aftermath, he was rushed to the hospital, where he recovered for several days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During a recent appearance on the &#8220;Creators Inc. Podcast,&#8221; Offset revealed that a bullet struck his hip, though it did not prevent him from taking the stage in Arkansas just five days later. He performed while sitting in a wheelchair and a large armchair <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/offset-arrives-wheelchair-perform-days-after-shooting-11948324\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:at Rowfest;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">at Rowfest<\/a> on April 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201c<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p3Gd0lyKAAU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People get shot every day.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People get shot every day.<\/a> You got to keep pushing. Like Energizer Bunny, man. Keep this s\u2013 pushing,\u201d he began. \u201cThe show don\u2019t ever stop at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Offset added that he felt<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/23\/offset-talks-shooting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:\u201cblessed\u201d to be on the mend,;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> \u201cblessed\u201d to be on the mend,<\/a> emphasizing that he did not plan on slowing down despite his gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe grind don\u2019t stop bro. I don\u2019t want nobody feel sorry for me or no s\u2013 like that,\u201d he added. \u201cLike I\u2019m blessed. I can keep pushing. So why would I just sit down? I got to keep pushing. I got to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lil Tjay, a Bronx native born Tione Jayden Merritt, <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/07\/lil-tjay-started-fight-leading-to-offset-shooting-police-allege\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:was arrested;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">was arrested<\/a> for his involvement in a fight that occurred just before Offset was shot, with authorities alleging he was the one who instigated the brawl. He was allegedly seen on security video exiting his car and pointing out Offset to his group of friends before walking to them around 7:22 p.m., according to a probable cause affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A fight eventually broke out between the groups, during which one of Lil Tjay\u2019s associates pulled out a gun, then shot and wounded Offset, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/04\/07\/lil-tjay-leaves-jail-calls-offset-rat-denies-fighting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Lil Tjay was briefly jailed;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lil Tjay was briefly jailed<\/a> on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct-affray before he was released on $500 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 Rapper Offset was shot just more than two weeks ago \u2014 but he\u2019s not letting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,686,100339,100362],"class_list":{"0":"post-245076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news","11":"tag-hollywood","12":"tag-rapper-offset","13":"tag-seminole-police-department"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245076","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=245076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}