Latest Update on Lil Tjay Controversy and the 2022 Shooting!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Selina shamp | In controversy , Crime , Health

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Lil Tjay, 21 an American rapper was recently shot on June 22, 2022, and thus undergone emergency surgery.
The True 2 Myself singer is still unconscious following the shoot during an attempted robbery.
The shooter Mohamed Konate, 27 is arrested on charges of attempted murder and robbery of Lil Tjay and his 2 friends.

New York-based rapper Lil Tjay was taken into emergency surgery on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, after being shot to death!

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Detail on the 2022 shooting of Lil Tjay

At around 12:05 am in Edgewater, New Jersey, someone shot rapper Tionne Merritt, 21-year-old Lil Tjay, at the Promenade shopping center.

Briefly, as per the police, the shooting occurred near two locations, a nearby Exxon and a Chipotle restaurant. Needless to say, it was multiple shots that Tjay received while his friend had received a shot in the back.

The Resume singer is lying unconscious after being while walking near 14 The Promenade in Edgewater along with his two friends.

Mohamed Konate, a 27-year-old Manhattan man guy with the intention to rob set an open fire on Lil Tjay and two of his friends. Even his friend Antoine Boyd was hospitalized while the other Jeffrey Valdez was not shot.

The solo motive seemed to be robbing the three young guys while things turned intense because of the gun firing.

Who is charged for the 2022 shooting of Lil Tjay?

Mohamed Konate who intended to rob Lil Tjay and his friends was arrested. His charges were three counts of attempted murder for opening fire, first-degree armed robbery, and multiple weapons offenses as per the Bergen County prosecutor.

Even his friend Antoine Boyd was taken into arrest after release from the hospital along with Jeffrey Valdez for unlawful possession of a weapon.

As Police also charged Boyd and Valdez, they were kept in Bergen County custody after necessary medical treatment. The authorities dropped the charges against the two later on.

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What about the dreams the rapper saw for himself?

Today when the rapper is lying unconscious with all his dreams in his eyes fainting vividly. Back in 2019, he said,

“My whole life, I wanted something more. I didn’t get here just to be broke at 28. I have plans: vocal lessons, dance lessons, on some Usher sh*t.”

The singer-songwriter who mastered Hip-hop, Trap, R&B, and Drill genres signed to Columbia Records in 2018 after his hit single Resume.

Iyaz uses the “Replay” sample in his latest single, showcasing his ambitious singing career. That was indeed a topic of controversy.

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