Freeway shared some heartbreaking news on Thursday morning (October 29). According to an Instagram post from the Philadelphia-bred rapper, his eldest son Jihad has passed away.
The photo features the Roc Nation affiliate with Jihad on his high school graduation day and the caption, “God knows I try my best to be strong, but this right here is a pain like I never felt, Please cherish your time and your love ones because we’re not promise the next breath.
“I Pray Allah forgives my son for all Of his sins and I pray that Allah grants him the highest level of paradise. Ameen. Please make dua for him & my family.”
Erick Sermon, DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Premier are among his many famous friends sending their condolences in the comment section.
Although details surrounding Jihad’s death are scarce, the online chatter suggests he was shot.
“Damn yo Oschino son passed in that tragic car accident & freeway son was shot & fighting for his life,” one Twitter user wrote. “wtf prayers out to both families.”
Freeway has been dealt some challenging cards over the years. In 2015, he was diagnosed with kidney failure and told he needed a transplant. After four years of waiting, Freeway finally checked into a Baltimore hospital in February 2019 to undergo the procedure.
Soon after, his manager Sherman Byers delivered a statement, saying, “It gives me great pleasure to announce Freeway’s surgery was a success. He is now in recovery. He thanks you all for your prayers!!”
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Freeway rose to notoriety in the 2000s as a member of the rap group State Property and their run at Roc-A-Fella Records alongside label head JAY-Z. Freeway was briefly signed to Cash Money Records in 2009 but ultimately returned to Roc Nation with his 2018 album Think Free, his most recent project.
HipHopDX sends our condolences to Freeway and his family.
Rest in power my condolences to my brotha freeways son i don’t know what it’s like to lose a son or a child man I feel for this cat and for
His family I say all the time give your loved ones that’s close to you your flowers don’t wait until something happens and then praise them give them thier flowers while there here tommrow is not promised
Dudes get money but don’t want to move their families out for a better life.
You can get shot anywhere fam.
You can get shot anywhere. But more likely to get shot in bad neighborhoods. Smart people like Hov, Tyson, 50, Mayweather moved out when they got money. Gotta progress, not stay the same or move backwards.
You make no sense how do even know if freeway lives in the projects for one and two I highly doubt his son was shot because they live in the projects. This is your response to a man who lost his son, should of moved out the projects smh your ignorant to the situation
Very sad to hear this, my condolences to Freeway and all the family & friends.
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Thoughts and prayers to Freeway. That is an immense loss indeed. The scars can only be healed by reunification in the next life.
Rest Easy Young Man..
Now to you ignorant asses that dismisses death so casually. The problem more than not is how you youngsters are so immune and hardened to death that you dont value laugh at all. I just lost a young cousin last weak 27 years old shot while him and his crew were filming a rap video. The cycle has to stop yall.. We should be saddened with any situation of young Black men losing their lives over basically nothing or these petty beefs.. Refocus that energy young men.
Prayers to the family. Dummy people are murdered all over the world regardless of where you live. Stop using someone’s pain for your ignorance. Unacceptable for children to be murdered.