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Confetti rained down as Lil Tjay looped the chorus to his smash hit “F.N” one last time for a rowdy crowd of screaming fans. As the 18-year-old finished, he took a moment, looked at his fans with admiration, and smiled. The moment felt grand and triumphant and at that moment it was impossible to not feel overwhelmingly happy for the young artist.

While this moment was incredibly special, his whole performance on Friday, February 7th was inspired. The show was part of the True 2 Myself Tour and took place at the Novo in Downtown Los Angeles. Tjay is currently on the road with Big Havi and Kid Laroi who both did a great job at getting the crowd loose, excited, and ready to turn up for the New York rapper.

When Tjay finally came on stage after an hour-long DJ set the crowd absolutely lost it. He was wearing a custom Kobe Bryant jersey and later paid tribute with a 24-second moment of silence. Opening with “Goat,” Lil Tjay had the Novo jumping from the start. After the intro, his vocals cut through the instrumental showcasing the Novo’s perfect sound mixing as he sang “No one can stop me I feel like the greatest.” As an 18-year-old playing for a packed crowd of screaming fans in downtown LA, I don’t doubt for one second that Tjay really did feel like the greatest in that moment and time.

The rest of the show kept the same energy as he played more than half of the songs off his debut album True 2 Myself as well as a couple old songs and all the songs he’s released since the album. Fans sang and danced along with unparalleled spirit motivating Tjay to continue to sing every line even when it was apparent that he was out of breath and needed a break.

Everything about the show was magical until a rude fan threw something at Tjay during his performance of “Go In” during the encore. Tjay stopped the song, pointed out the unwanted fan, and sent a member of his team into the crowd to remove him and rough him up a little. The fan tried to escape at which point Tjay said to let him go but continued to mock him until he was out of the venue. The altercation was uncomfortable and was a strange ending to what otherwise was an excellent show. Concert goers, DON’T BE STUPID AND PISS THE ARTIST OFF, NO ONE WINS IN THAT SITUATION.

All-in-all, the 18-year-old hit maker put on a killer performance at the Novo in LA giving fans everything they could’ve asked for and more. He sang, rapped, and danced his heart without ever having to sacrifice quality for energy. If you get a chance, go see Lil Tjay on the True 2 Myself tour, you won’t regret it!