Lil Tjay

Lil Tjay: Biography in Details

Who is Lil Tjay?

Lil Tjay is an American rapper and songwriter. Tjay is renowned for the studio album, True 2 Myself. 

Currently, he is on a country tour.

Next, he will be appearing on the 30th of January he will be appearing at the Showbox in Seattle, WA.

Lil Tjay- Instagram, Twitter, YouTube

Lil Tjay has 6.9 million followers on Instagram and 90.6k on Twitter.

On Twitter, he is following the personalities like Josh Dugan, Tay Keith, and Tana Mongeau.

He also has a self-titled YouTube channel with 1.28 million subscribers and 449 million views.

He is also active on SoundCloud with 354k followers and 37 posts.

How many siblings does Lil Tjay have?

Lil Tjay was born Tione Jayden Merritt on the 30th of April 2001 in South Bronx, New York. He is of All-American ancestry. His mother is from Ghana.

He has two younger siblings. As of 2024, Lil is 22 years old.

Early Life

As a child, Lil Tjay was a troubled kid. When he was attending middle school, he was involved in fights with the boys in his neighborhood and school.

He has also started being a petty thief.

However, he was a decent boy at home. When he wants to curse, he just moves out of home and curses outside.

At the age of 15, he was in the youth detention center in New York for committing robbery. He spent a few of the months in the center.

In the meantime, he realized that he had to change the path where he was. Finally, he decided to pursue music as his career.

Lil Tjay- Professional Career

– Lil Tjay started his career by uploading his singles like Resume and Brother on SoundCloud which turned out to be starting milestones of his career.

Within the time interval of ten months, his tracks were played a million times. To date, he has accumulated 44.4 million plays.

– In July 2018, he released None of Your Love which gathered 18.2 million plays in the short interval of eight months.

The song featured rappers like Lil Skies, Ty Dolla Sign, and YoungBoy Never Broke Again.

– His tracks caught the eyes of the Columbia Recording Label. Under the recording label, he released his debut extended play, No Comparison. 

– In January 2019, he featured the song, Pop Out along with Polo G.

– On the 11th of October 2019, he released his debut studio album, True 2 Myself under Columbia recording Label. The album peaked at position #2 on the US Billboard.

– Following the album, he released the album, F. N. Last, on the 15th of October 2019, he released the official video of Hold On on his YouTube Channel.

Upcoming Events

Currently, the rapper is on a tour of the country. Some of his Tour events along with the date and location are-

Lil Tjay- Awards, Nomination

• Platinum by RIAA for Brothers. 
• Gold by RIAA for Leaked.
• Gold by RIAA and Music Canada for the album, True 2 Myself. 

What is Lil Tjay’s net worth in 2024?

He has an estimated net worth of $1 million US as of 2024. As a rapper, his earnings are in the range of  $26k-$122k US.

His average earnings as a songwriter are $43k US. As a YouTuber, his estimated earnings with one video upload in his channel is around $20k US which makes $380k US.

Apart from that, he also earns through his musical concerts.

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