Rapper Offset was shot on Monday near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood. He is being listed in stable condition according to reports.
A spokesperson for the rapper confirmed the shooting in a statement to NBC News and said he was hospitalized and receiving medical care. “He is stable and being closely monitored,” the spokesperson said.
The Seminole Police Department said “a person” was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries following an incident that happened after 7 p.m. in the valet area outside the Hard Rock casino. At that time, police did not identify the victim. Two people have been detained, and authorities are investigating.
The internet seems to know exactly what happened here. Offset is broke. He has a serious gambling addiction. It is all over the internet. Even Bop, Celina Powell, who he slept with, told a story on how she lent him $15k to Offset when he called her from the casino.
So, to the actual incident that happened on Monday. Offset also owed money to another rapper named Lil Tjay. Both of them are at the Hard Rock Casino in the valet. They have a run-in about the money. Offset starts to fight with LilTjay, and a third person pulled out a gun and shoots Offset. That is the story in a nutshell.
The 34-year-old Offset is also known as Kiari Kendrell Cephus. His original group, Migos, was a chart-topping trio that defined a new era of what became known as “mumble rap”. Offset married the rapper Cardi B, with whom he shares three children. She filed for divorce from Offset in 2024.
This is the second shooting on record that involved a member of Migos. In 2022, rapper Takeoff was shot dead outside a bowling alley in Houston. The police said Takeoff had been a bystander at a private party where an argument led to gunfire. While that seems pretty hard to believe, there is a pattern developing here. If I am Quavo (the third member of Migos), I stay in the house for a while. Why tempt fate?
