Gillie Da Kid has taken a moment to celebrate the life of his son YNG Cheese, one year after that life was tragically cut short by gun violence.
On Saturday afternoon (July 20), the rapper-turned-podcaster took to Instagram to share a footage of a video billboard he and his family took out to commemorate the one year anniversary of Cheese’s death.
Born Devin Spady, the younger rapper was shot once in the back in a triple shooting in Philadelphia. The 25-year-old was taken to the hospital by police, and was pronounced dead at 8:39 p.m on July 23, 2023. A 28-year-old man and a 31-year-old man were also shot and taken to the hospital, with both men being placed in stable condition.
Along with the clip of the billboard — which featured Spady at various stages of his young life — Gillie wrote, “Long Live Cheese [crying emoji]. Miss u kid #WeGotChase.”
While he did not immediately speak about his son’s death, Gillie Da Kid went on to break his silence a little over a week after YNG Cheese was killed.
On July 29, he took to Instagram to share a photo of his son, alongside a heartfelt message.
“I Miss u like $hit Dev My heart will forever have a Black hole in it but u know ur father gotta be strong to hold the family up,” he wrote. “Thanks 4 all the support from family, friends, and all of my followers y’all really helping me get thru these ruff times Me and my family appreciate and love y’all [blue heart emoji].”
He concluded: “Rest Well dev and watch over us u know I got chase [crying emoji] love u Cheese [five crying emojis].”
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Killer Mike, Pusha T, YG, Ja Rule and Lloyd Banks were among the many Hip Hop figures who paid their respects to YNG Cheese in the comment section of Gillie’s post.
Gillie Da Kid’s Million Dollaz Worth of Game co-host Wallo took to Instagram following the tragedy to pay tribute to YNG Cheese.
“Lil Cuz usually when I talk to you, I got a lot to tell you,” he wrote next to a photo of the late rapper. “Tonight the pain in my heart & tears spoke to you. I love you beyond life Cheese. I got your father, Rest Well!”
