Offset performed at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, just days after he was shot outside a Florida casino.
The 34-year-old rap artist, real name Kiari Cephus, took the stage in a wheelchair as he continues to recover from a gunshot wound.
He managed to stand for some portions of the show, which he shared in footage posted on Instagram.
Offset captioned a post to his nearly 24 million followers, ‘REAL LOVE ❤️.’
Police allege that musician Lil Tjay, 24, set in motion a fight that led to the shooting of the former Migos member.
According to the probable cause affidavit obtained by the Daily Mail, law enforcement claims that Tjay – real name Tione Merritt – ‘directed members of his party to start a fight with another group of males’ around 7:22pm on Monday night.
Offset performed at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, just days after he was shot outside a Florida casino; pictured in February 2025
The 34-year-old rap artist, real name Kiari Cephus, took the stage in a wheelchair as he continues to recover from a gunshot wound. He managed to stand for some portions of the show, which he shared in footage posted on Instagram
The Atlanta-bred music artist broke his silence about the altercation as he hit back at Lil Tjay for calling him a rat.
Offset used a social media post from The Shade Room Teens to respond to his nemesis, writing in the comments, ‘U ain’t buss nun.’
It came after Tjay was arrested on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge and later bonded out of jail.
Amid his release, he told reporters: ‘The last thing I [saw] was Offset looking at me like this: “Yo, that n***a shot me, that n***a shot me!”
‘N***a is a rat, n***a. … I don’t do no damn fighting. Did I shoot Offset? That s**t is crazy. I will smack the s**t out of Offset.’
Police allege that one of the men in Lil Tjay’s group pulled out a gun and shot Offset in the valet area of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Offset, Lil Tjay, the Seminole Police Department and the Broward County Sheriff’s Department for comment.
Lil Tjay’s attorney, Dawn Florio, previously denied the ‘false rumors that Lil Tjay was involved in a shooting’ in a statement on Tuesday.
Police allege that musician Lil Tjay, 24, set in motion a fight that led to Monday evening’s shooting of the former Migos member
Offset wore a skull mask and a black and yellow hat in photos uploaded online
The music superstar went incognito in multiple Instagram photos
‘Lil Tjay has not been shot,’ she said, dispelling rumors that spread online shortly after Offset was reported to have been shot. ‘Nor has Lil Tjay been charged with any shooting. Any reporting to the contrary is false.’
Following his non-threatening injury, which later saw him being wheeled out of a hospital, Offset took to Instagram to release a statement.
He wrote, ‘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.’
The Bad and Boujee hitmaker added that he is ‘realizing that life is made up of quiet wins and loud losses.’
He finished the note by declaring, ‘Life is a gamble and I’m still playing to win.’
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