Offset stable after shooting outside Florida casino

Rapper Offset, a former member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, was shot outside a Florida casino and is in stable condition, a spokesperson says.

Offset, who was once married to Cardi B, is being treated at a hospital after the shooting on Monday night local time, the spokesperson said in a statement, although his exact condition was unknown.

Police said the injuries were not life-threatening.

More than three years ago, Offset's cousin Takeoff, another member of Migos, was shot and killed at a Houston bowling alley.

Monday's shooting followed a fight at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, just north of Miami, police said. Officers detained two people.

A rapper known as Lil Tjay, Tione Jayden Merritt, was arrested for the altercation that occurred before the shooting, the Seminole Police Department in Florida said.

He was charged with disorderly conduct and operating a vehicle without a valid licence.

His lawyer, Dawn M Florio, told The Associated Press that Lil Tjay did not have a gun and was not charged with any weapons or gun-related crimes.

She said he paid his bond and was released Tuesday afternoon. The 24-year-old rapper is a stalwart of New York's South Bronx scene, celebrated for his sing-rapping and pop-hip-hop style delivered atop drill beats.

Walking out of the Broward County jail, Lil Tjay told reporters he was not involved in any fighting.

While police said a person was injured at a valet area outside the casino, they did not identify the victim.

The second person detained at the scene has not been charged and investigators were working to identify others involved, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

Offset, born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, first made a name for himself with Migos. The Atlanta trio is one of the most popular hip-hop groups of all time, celebrated for their rapid-fire triplet flow, an often imitated delivery that changed the trajectory of trap.

Their career kicked off with the 2013 hit Versace. They then had several multiplatinum-selling singles, including Bad and Boujee, which went No.1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart, Stir Fry, Narcos, and T-Shirt.

Migos released four full-length albums across their career, closing that chapter after the killing of Takeoff.

Offset and Cardi B were secretly wed in September 2017 in Atlanta. In 2024, Cardi B announced she had filed for divorce. They have three children together.