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11h50 PT – NYPD tells TMZ … police officers responded to a housing project in Queens after receiving calls about people pointing guns. When the police arrived, we were told they found more than 150 people in a courtyard, with tons of vehicles parked illegally.
Due to the nature of the call, the officers searched several of the illegally parked vehicles … including one in which Lil Tjay was sitting. They did not find a firearm inside and Lil Tjay was also not arrested. Not another artist who was filming with him, Foreign Fivio.
NYPD says it arrested a guy – 21 years old Tahjay Dobson – for possession of a weapon, resistance to imprisonment and false impersonation … that is after police say they found a pistol with a loaded magazine in a vehicle he occupied.
Rapper Lil Tjay his music video footage was unceremoniously interrupted by New York law enforcement officers, and it is unclear why he was the target.
The 19-year-old rapper was recording the video when police officers searched his car. Lil Tjay jumped on Instagram during the parade and recorded.
A crowd gathered around the vehicle as New York police officers conducted the search. It is not clear whether something was found.
A crowd gathered to see what happened. Lil Tjay, who is one of last year’s biggest new rappers, was not arrested.
Tjay has had problems with the law in the past, but it is not clear whether this had anything to do with the meeting.
We contacted the NYPD to find out why they stopped Tjay … they said they are preparing a response and would let us know.
Originally published – 5:47 AM PT