Fredo Santana’s death shocked the world of Hip Hop. Fredo posted a touching tribute to his son on IG.
Shug says Fredo is one of six children he fathered. He acknowledged to not being the “best father in the world,” but said he was always present in his children’s lives.
“Derrick was my second-born named after my mentor, my oldest, this is truly coming from my heart for I’m a lost for words,” he wrote. “I wanna thank my wife for picking [me] up off the floor cause I couldn’t stand. I wanna thank my family for showing what we are about. Next, I would like thank my sons, true friends in the industry for showing your support, [and] next I did not know the magnitude of souls & hearts my son had reached until today. I wanna thank all the fans, friends & family that I just couldn’t reach personally, thank y’all for everything.”
Shug continued, writing, “I just wanna thank everyone for text the phone calls the prayers the dm’s all my family & friends & my sons fans you truly have lifted my spirit with all the support you guys are amazing.”
Shug said he prayed to God that none of his children pass before him.
“The strange thing is, in my last conversation with G-d I asked if any of my children was being called home before me & asked can I take their place, but it doesn’t work like that,” he wrote. “This pain won’t go away.”
Fredo’s cause of death was revealed to be a seizure.
Fredo’s girlfriend reportedly found his body on the floor of his Los Angeles home around 11:30 p.m. He was 27.
Fredo had a light seizure in March 2017.
Fredo posted a photo of himself onto IG with a caption, reading, “When u working hard no sleep u get sleep deprived an have a light seizure.”
Fredo suffered a near fatal seizure in October 2017. The SSR boss’s day-one friend Gino Marley saved him just in time after he was found him shaking uncontrollably on the floor of his home.
Fredo wrote on Twitter, “Gino found me on da floor shaking bleeding out the mouth having a seizure s**t could a been the end.”
Fredo wrote he uses drugs to repress bad memories that haunt him.
He wrote, “I was running from my old life tryna get high didn’t want to face them demons.”
Fredo wanted to use his celebrity power to speak about drug addiction.
He wrote, “Hopefully I can be the face to sho n****s to slow down an we got out whole life ahead of us f**k being rock stars getting high. I got ptsd.”
Fredo admitted years of drug use led to him to developing kidney failure and liver failure.
Fredo’s October stay in the hospital had him take a stance against Lean consumption.
Fredo wanted to use his celebrity power to speak about drug addiction.
He wrote, “Hopefully I can be the face to sho n****s to slow down an we got out whole life ahead of us f**k being rock stars getting high. I got ptsd.”
Fredo got support from XXXTentacion who visited him in the hospital.
“My dog X done pulled up on me. Real n***a,” Fredo said.
Fredo revealed he was suffering from kidney failure and liver failure in his IG caption, writing, “Been in here since Friday. Doctor say a n***a kidney failure an live failure. I’m getting back to normal. Sorry to all my fans turbo bandana will not be dropping tomorrow due to my health issues. Thanks for everyone who prayed for a n***a. I wouldn’t wish this on my worse enemy.”
Fredo Santana appeared to be holding true to his word. His healthier stance caused him to lose a lot of weight. Fredo took to IG to show off his new physique, and put on emphasis on his anti-Lean stance.
“Hope y’all staying away from that Lean Ain’t no drank, man,” he said before lifting up his shirt to show his slimmed down stomach. “It’s about weed, man. Do it look like I be sipping Lean? I lost the Lean gut.”
Mozzy soon became the latest rapper to take an anti-lean stance.
“Shout out to everybody that’s been tapping in as far as a n***a slime addiction, sending positive vibes and all the ganster s**t,” he said. “We legitimate on my mama. It’s been like 10, 12 days or some s**t. It’s been hard to kick that s**t. We still bricked up though. I had a couple bricks in the closet.”
Mozzy called for his followers to kick the Lean habit as well.
“Any young n***a doing that s**t, this should influence you to stop. If it don’t, drink a lot of water at the minimum. …F— that cup,” Mozzy said while pouring an entire bottle of codeine-promethazine onto the ground of a local gas station. “They say health is wealth. I need my bag.”
Fredo Santana co-signed Mozzy’s stance against Lean.
Fredo wrote in Mozzy’s comment section, “I’m almost 60 days clean bro f**k dat lean s**t.”
