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Offset dropped his first official statement after leaving a Florida hospital where he received treatment for a gunshot wound on Monday, April 6. The rapper took to social media to update fans on his recovery and tease what’s next for him. From the looks of it, he’s definitely back in that mode!
Just a few days after a shooting at Florida’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Offset came through with a health update on Instagram. On Friday, April 10, the former Migos member shared a handwritten post thanking everyone who showed him love and reached out to check on him. From there, he made it clear that he’s ready to get back to business, focusing on his family and recovery.
“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 life is made of quiet wins and loud losses…”
While some fans expressed relief to see him in good spirits, others still questioned his intentions as he ended his message with, “Life’s a gamble and I’m still playing to win.”
Reactions to Offset’s message kept rolling in over in The Shade Room’s comment section. Some folks said his statement gives very much “he’ll do it again,” meanwhile others sent him well wishes and said they are rooting for him.
Instagram user @scrilla_ wrote, “He play too much.. he the casino.”
Instagram user @itsquooo wrote, “He the monopoly ”
While Instagram user @goddessmysticty wrote, “Spoken like a true gambler with an addiction ”
Then Instagram user @naomisbeautyandwellness wrote, “Y’all really take nothing seriously #routingforyou ”
Another Instagram user @nigeriamusic wrote, “So he’s automatically saying he’ll keep playing gambling? ”
While another Instagram user @speakingoftori wrote, “Basically he finna go back to the casino just a more secured one ”
Instagram user @eazy_lifestyle wrote, “You in my prayers Set!!”
Then another Instagram user @junomeals wrote, “Keep pushing man. Sometimes we high sometimes we.low but keep keeping.”
Finally, Instagram user @iinfluencedyou wrote, “As long as he put money away for his kids future, fk it just let him enjoy his life.”
Offset’s statement is the first time he spoke directly about his status after the shooting at a Florida casino. However, he did drop a brief message on social media right after the incident. Details around the shooting are still unclear. At the time, authorities took Lil Tjay into custody after he was reportedly involved in a fight right before gunshots rang out. Tjay faced charges including “disorderly conduct” and “operating a vehicle without a valid license.” His booking record didn’t mention the shooting or include any gun-related charges.
A clip from NBC 6 South Florida’s Instagram shows Tjay speaking with reporters while walking out of jail. He doubled down on his claim that he didn’t take part in any fights and called out Offset for spreading false claims that he shot at him.“The last thing I seen was Offset looking at me like this, Yo, that n***a shot me. That n***a shot me [] N***a is a rat,”Tjay told reporters. Offset appeared to peep Tjay’s comments and ended up jumping on Instagram with a message that read, “U aint buss nun.”
