State of Emergency is Lil Tjay’s New York-themed mixtape. He teased the mixtape multiple times on his Instagram, such as a post on his 19th birthday with a caption:
Biggg fucking 19 Mann I’m blessed as shitt 🔥🙏🏾 ayooo I’m dropping a mixtape soon ima tell ya when I’m dropping tomorrow stay tuned or whatever 🤫 #maskupStaysafe #stateofemergency
He confirmed the title of the mixtape to be State of Emergency in a teaser video, and also confirmed the release date to be May 8, 2020 in its caption:
FUCK ALL THT OTHER SHIT GOING ON RN SHIT IRRELEVANT 😒 ONLY THING I KNOW IS IM SHUTTING THE STREETS DOWN FROM NOW ON IM THE KING OF NY!! ALL THAT OTHER NA NA NA SHIT ND SNITCH RAINBOW HAIR SHIT GOING ON IN MY CITY A DUBB! THE REAL GON UNDERSTAND..NY STAND TF UP 🗣🗣😈🔥
All of the features within the mixtape are rappers who were raised in Tjay’s home state – New York. He confirmed this with a post on Twitter, which highlights all of the features.
State of Emergency peaked at #31 during the week of May 31, 2020.