Frederick Thomas popularly known as Fred the Godson has died after contracting the coronavirus earlier this month. He was 35.
The Bronx rapper revealed on Twitter he was on a ventilator in the hospital on April 6.
Fred, who has two children , ultimately passed from the deadly virus. The news of the 35-year-old’s death originally broke through social media, with people paying tribute to his life.
Fred the Godson was a prominent rapper in New York for over a decade. He has previously collaborated with artists such as Diddy, Meek Mill and Pusha T. This year, he dropped both a solo project and a collaboration with Jay Pharoah.
RIP Fredthegodsonmusic One of the most illmatic figure’s I ever heard lyrically. This hurt deeply. I never got a chance to meet you or to do song with you being lock up in here or anybody that’s in the industry. I was real close into doing collabations before this pandemic happen. Your voice authentic, it move me of short metaphors to some up someone entire rhymes in on stanza in a verse. You was flowing like you didnt rehearse or write. I would listen to mixtapes and watch you on hot 97 freestyles with funk flex; it felt like you was having a dialogue conversation. I was touch especially when you said “I right with my right ” . My condolences to him and the family of Fred the Godson. ??