Freeway has opened up about the death of his two children, crediting his faith for giving him strength after suffering such an enormous loss.
During an appearance on Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion podcast, the Philadelphia rapper talked about how his Islamic faith has helped him following the passing of his son and daughter, which occurred just a year apart from each other.
“Just my faith in Islam and knowing that God is not gonna put nothing on me that I can’t handle,” he said. “Our prophet, peace be upon him, prophet Muhammad, he lost six of his children, and we look at him like he’s the best of mankind, and he dealt with it gracefully.
“So when I have my moments and I’m down in the dumps, I just think about him and the promise that God made to us that he not gonna put nothing on us that we can’t handle.”
Freeway spoke more about the close proximity of his son and daughter’s deaths, while also detailing his daughter’s battle with cancer.
“It was rough,” he said. “I buried my son in 2021. My daughter was diagnosed with cancer in September of 2021. My son died the end of October. Then we rumbling. Me and my daughter, we rumbling.
“She got this cancer called sarcoma which put tumors all over her body. But we still hopeful, we praying, we rumbling, we going back and forth. She had a couple operations. She couldn’t walk, she started walking again. You know, we hopeful. Then things took a turn for the worst.
“2022, around the same time, towards the end of October, my daughter passed away. And just dealing with that, if it wasn’t for God, bro, I don’t know what I would be doing or where I would be right now.”
Freeway then explained his decision to speak openly about the tragedies and described the difficulty of comforting his daughter in her final moments.
“I’m open about it because it’s a part of life, bro,” he said. “Everybody seen me go through it. And the thing with my daughter with the cancer, she had me in her phone as ‘my best friend’ — that’s our relationship.
“And just having to be there for her at those moments, it came to a moment where I knew it was nothing else that we could do. I just had to leave it up to God.
“Then I had to tell her, ‘Baby, you’re a good person. God loves you. You’re gonna go to heaven.’ Being by my daughter’s bedside at that moment was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in my life.”
Damn, no parent should ever have to suffer the loss of a child. Truly sorry, Freeway
Damn, no parent should ever have to suffer the loss of a child. Truly sorry, Freeway
Dam. I’ve followed your entire career & never knew you lost two of your children. That’s a pain that no parent should have to suffer! May Allah continue to be your strength & your guide! Your an Amazing Father & MC!
Where there’s Love there’s Life!
For Love Remembers, Love Endures
Love Survives!
Peace & Blessings my Bro. You are covered by The Most High & your beautiful guardian angel daughter.
My deepest condolences, I watched my Mom pass away from pancreatic cancer and it wrecked me. You and your family are in my prayers. Life is cruel and so unpredictable. I applaud you for sharing your pain, you have truly helped someone else. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
This man lost two kids but Wacko100 still alive; there is no god.
Peace love and RESPECT
AS A CHILD OF Faith I PRAY WITH YOU AND FOR YOU AS YOU GET MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING FROM THIS TRAGEDY !!
Just know we all will soon be together again! Rejoicing in the power of LOVE !!
Peace…..blessings and strength to you and your family. May the Most High comfort you with continued love for your babies to share your story to help and guide others.
I understand how you feel. My son passed a few years ago and I really had to lean and depend on the help of God. He gave me strength to make it through that. I still have my days but I continue to pray. Just keep trusting and believing in him.