Future has broken his silence following the passing of his good friend and Freebandz signee, Young Scooter.

Taking to his Instagram Story with a video of them together on Wednesday (April 2), Future mourned the major loss.

“Life will never b the same without u my brother… this shit unreal,” he wrote.

You can view the clip below.

As a testament to their close relationship, Future once gifted Young Scooter a whopping $200k for the rapper’s 36th birthday in 2022.

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Showing off the wrapped bills on their Instagram Stories, both Future and Scooter posted videos of the latter’s gifted $200,000, with Scooter showing appreciation for his long-time boss.

“Appreciate it bra @future,” Scooter wrote. “Shit don’t stop.”

Hendrix also shared a clip of him and his brother Casino on a wild shopping spree with Scooter to celebrate his special day. A lot of other rappers took to Instagram to shout out the Jugg King lyricist on his special day as well, including Nav and Trav.

An autopsy confirmed that Young Scooter (real name Kenneth Bailey) died from an injury to his leg caused when he was attempting to jump a fence while fleeing the police.

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“Mr. Bailey sustained a penetrating injury of his right thigh that created marked blood loss,” the report reads. “This injury was not a gunshot wound.”

The autopsy contradicts conspiracy theories that had begun to circulate online that the 39-year-old rapper had been fatally shot by cops.

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