Lil Tjay reportedly awake and speaking following shooting incident

Rapper Lil Tjay is now reportedly awake and speaking following an incident where he was shot last month. 
On June 22, Tjay – real name Tione Jayden Merritt – was shot multiple times along with a friend, 22-year-old Antoine Boyd, at a local shopping plaza during an attempted armed robbery. Tjay underwent emergency surgery as a result of the incident.
Now, according to a report in TMZ (June 30), sources told the outlet that Tjay is now awake and speaking.
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