New York rapper FredtheGodson has died at age 35 from COVID-19
Fred's good friend and collaborator Jaquae honored the MC, writing,"Sleep in peace my brother.... You'll never be forgotten. LOVE U MAN."The news was confirmed by friend DJ Self, who wrote that Fred "was loved ... never heard one bad thing about you RIP @fredthegodsonmusic Sleep Well my brother." Fred's good friend and collaborator Jaquae also honored the MC, writing, "Sleep in peace my brother.... You'll never be forgotten. LOVE U MAN.
On April 6, Fred posted a picture in which he held up a closed fist as he breathed with the help of supplemental oxygen, writing, "I'm in here with this [COVID] 19 shit! Please keep me in y'all prayers!!!"on April 10 that she was confident he was "going to make it" and that he was being weaned off the ventilator, which has been at the center of many news stories about the pandemic ravaging the U.S. due to the shortage of the potentially life-saving devices.
"He is fighting and he is winning," Jemmott said. "He has no sign of infection. His heart is strong and working well. His kidneys have been affected, but as of today, he has started dialysis to clean the toxins out of his blood. Fred is going to make it. God is good!" Godson is the latest musician to die as a result of the novel coronavirus, joining an increasingly long list that includes John Prine, Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, Joe Diffie, Matthew Seligman, Lee Konitz, Ellis Marsalis, John "Bucky" Pizzarelli, Wallace Roney, Alan Merrill, Manu Dibango and DJ Black N Mild, among others. To date, the coronavirus has killed more than 48,000 and sickened nearly 868,000 in the U.S.
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