{"id":143617,"date":"2020-04-24T12:17:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T10:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=143617"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:17:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T10:17:57","slug":"fred-the-godson-passed-away-due-to-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/fred-the-godson-passed-away-due-to-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred The Godson Passed Away due to Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"143618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/fred-the-godson-passed-away-due-to-coronavirus\/screen-shot-2020-04-23-at-10-24-15-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.24.15-PM.png?fit=1292%2C1290&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1292,1290\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2020-04-23 at 10.24.15 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.24.15-PM.png?fit=640%2C639&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.24.15-PM.png?fit=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-143618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.24.15-PM.png?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.24.15-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.24.15-PM.png?resize=768%2C767&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.24.15-PM.png?resize=1024%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-10.24.15-PM.png?w=1292&amp;ssl=1 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>South Bronx rapper <strong>Fred The Godson<\/strong> passed away at the age of 35 from COVID-19. Fred was hospitalized earlier this month and was relying on a ventilator to breathe. He was at higher risk as a result of his asthma and kidney problems. His last post on Instagram was on April, 6th where he held up a closed fist as he breathed with the help of supplemental oxygen, writing: &#8216;I&#8217;m in here with this [COVID] 19 sh&#8211;! Please keep me in y&#8217;all prayers!!!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fred The Godson<\/strong> was a member of the 2011 XXL Freshman class, his wordplay and smooth delivery made him a promising MC on the rise. In 2012, he released his ambitious mixtape <em>City of God<\/em>, hosted by <strong>DJ Drama<\/strong>. His hit records include <em>Toast To That &#038; Doves Fly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>BlackoutHipHop extends condolences to <strong>Fred The Godson<\/strong>\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xYMud_XWuBw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-8251049\/Rapper-Fred-Godson-dies-COVID-19-age-35-asking-fans-pray-him.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">DailyMail<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/obituary\/9364643\/fred-the-godson-dies-35-coronavirus-obituary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Bronx rapper Fred The Godson passed away at the age of 35 from COVID-19&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Bmp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}