Drake inadvertently moved Gillie Da Kid to tears with an unexpected act of kindness during his recent Philadelphia tour stop.
Drizzy and 21 Savage’s It’s All A Blur tour made its way to the City of Brotherly Love on Monday (July 31), and Philly native Gillie was in the building with his family. Knowing the podcast host had lost his 25-year-old son YNG Cheese just days earlier, Drake kicked off the night by dedicating the show to the late burgeoning artist.
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“Before we get started, one of our friends, our brothers in this shit, lost his son the other day,” he began. “So I wanna dedicate this show tonight to Cheese. Y’all make some noise for Gillie and his son Cheese. Express some positivity!”
Sharing a video of the moment to his Instagram page, Gillie expressed his gratitude to Drake for the surprise.
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“@champagnepapi Me n And Family appreciate u From the bottom of Our hearts,” he wrote. “I watch u put a smile on my kids face at this ruff time [heart emoji] love u 4 that [100 emoji] but ur nut a$$ ain’t have to have me cryin like that in front of all them people u could of warned Me [crying and laughing emojis] #LLCheese”
Check out Gillie Da Kid’s post below:
According to NBC10 Philadelphia, Gillie Da Kid’s son YNG Cheese was murdered on the night of July 20 in Philadelphia’s Olney neighborhood.
Reports revealed that he was shot once in the back and taken to the hospital by police, where he was pronounced dead. A 28-year-old man and a 31-year-old man were also shot and taken to the hospital, with both men being placed in stable condition.
On Saturday (July 29), Gillie broke his silence on the death and took to Instagram to share a photo of Cheese alongside a heartfelt message.
“I Miss u like $hit Dev My heart will forever have a Black hole in it but u know ur father gotta be strong to hold the family up,” he wrote. “Thanks 4 all the support from family, friends, and all of my followers y’all really helping me get thru these ruff times Me and my family appreciate and love y’all [blue heart emoji].”
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He concluded: “Rest Well dev and watch over us u know I got chase [crying emoji] love u Cheese [five crying emojis].”
Killer Mike, Pusha T, YG, Ja Rule and Lloyd Banks were among the many Hip Hop figures who paid their respects to YNG Cheese in the comment section of Gillie’s post.
