Offset has been released from the hospital after being shot outside Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Fla., on Monday (April 6). The Migos rapper also released a statement on Friday (April 10) with a message for the fans who have been checking in and shared his plans to be better in the future.
“Thank you to everyone who’s checked in on me and showed me love! I’m good….but I’m planning to be better! I’m focused on my family, my recovery, and getting back to the music…realizing that life is made up of quiet wins and loud losses,” Offset shared in a handwritten note posted to Instagram. “Life’s a gamble and I’m still playing to win.”
As far as his recovery goes, a spokesperson for Offset relayed to Billboard that the Atlanta rapper is up and about. “Offset has been released from the hospital and he is up and walking,” the spokesperson said. “We’re incredibly grateful to the doctors, nurses and the entire hospital staff who took such great care of him.”
Offset was shot on Monday evening in the valet area of the Hard Rock Casino following an altercation. While police didn’t target Lil Tjay as the gunman, he was arrested for misdemeanor disorderly conduct in connection with the shooting.
A spokesperson for the Seminole Police Department said in a statement shared with Billboard that “the incident began with an affray, or fight. [Lil Tjay] was booked into the Broward County Jail late [April 6].”
Offset was transported and treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla.
Lil Tjay posted a $500 bond on Tuesday (April 7) and gave an explosive interview to reporters as he left Broward County Jail, during which he called Offset a “rat” and recalled the alleged shooting. “The last thing I seen was Offset looking at me like this, ‘Yo, that n—a shot me. That n—a shot me.’ La la la. N—a is a rat. N—a is a rat. I don’t do no damn fighting,” he said, before being asked if he was the one who shot Offset. “I didn’t do no damn fighting. Did I shoot Offset? That s–t is crazy.”
Tjay continued: “I’ll slap the s–t out of Offset. He would never play with me like that in his life.”
The 24-year-old rapper’s lawyer also previously denied to Billboard that her client was involved in the shooting of the Migos rapper. “Lil Tjay has not been shot, nor has Lil Tjay been charged with any shooting,” attorney Dawn M. Florio said. “Any reporting to the contrary is false.”
Set responded to Tjay on April 8 in the comments section of a The Shade Room Teens Instagram post about Lil Tjay’s fresh-out-of-jail interview. He taunted, “U ain’t buss nun.”
See Offset’s note below:
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