A Life Lost and the Questions That Remain

Added: 2026-05-13

[00:00:00]Hello, hello, hello, hello, and welcome back to my channel. Welcome if you're new here. So, I am checking in really quick. This is a little bit different.

[00:00:11]As many of you know who have been following me. However, something very, very, very tragic happened in my family and some of you saw the post that I did in YouTube about that. So, this video is going to be brief, but it's going to be regarding my cousin who unfortunately passed away about a few weeks ago due to an incident that occurred with him and being shot by the police. So, with that being said, I don't like to state anything without facts and I don't like to state anything under emotional tense.

[00:00:53]So, I would prefer to just read everything that I've gathered so far, my thoughts, so that I don't miss out on anything and share that with you all.

[00:01:02]So, I'm going to be looking down at my notes, and I'm going to share with you all what has occurred thus far. Okay.

[00:01:10]So, like I said, I just really wanted to come on here because I have such a heavy heavy heart over what has happened to my cousin. And like many of you know, I have been trying to process this tragedy. And I've actually taken a couple of days off of social media myself to process things, to research, to pray, and just to be led in the right direction. So with the information that was presented in public stance and understanding how something could happen like this again and I don't understand I don't understand how something like this is even a thing.

[00:01:54]So like I said let me read my notes cuz I already feel it. So, like I said, I just wanted to come on here today because my heart has been very heavy over what has happened to my cousin. And like I said, many of you already know that I've put a post in YouTube. And I've been trying to process this tragedy, gather information, and understand how something like this could happen. So, like I said, I'm going to be looking down quite often because I know how I am, and I just want to keep the main focus on my cousin and not allow my emotions or my own opinions to get in the way of what's most important.

[00:02:44]So basically from what has been shared publicly and discussed my cousin was identified by the police as 421 Adam which stands for 421A and 421A is commonly associated with someone believed to be experiencing a mental health crisis.

[00:03:10]And that alone raises serious questions for me about how these situations are handled in our country.

[00:03:18]When someone is identified as being in mental distress, there should immediately be a shift in strategy. There should be mandated deescalation tactics, mental health intervention, crisis trained responders, communication specialists, time, patience, distance, and every possible effort to preserve the life before deadly force is used. So my opinion because I I'm going try to stay on task, but my opinion none of that really happened. So I understand that officers can face difficult and unpredictable situations. But if someone is believed to be mentally unstable or emotionally distressed, then the goal should be to rescue and stabilization, not escalation.

[00:04:15]This situation does not have to end the way that it did.

[00:04:20]Another thing that has really been weighing on me is how quickly someone can be labeled once a tragedy like this happens. My cousin was immediately labeled as a suspect.

[00:04:36]Yet, from everything being shared by people who actually knew him, he had never been in trouble with the law in his life. Now, the media, online commentary, and public assumptions are already painting a picture of him as someone harmful, a harmful person. The typical black male criminal stereotype that society so often pushes before people even know the facts or know the person behind the headlines. I have seen comments where people have called him an animal. And that's heartbreaking because many of those people never knew his true character, never sat down with him, never spoke with him, and never understood what he may be going through mentally or emotionally in that moment.

[00:05:24]Too often, once a black man is labeled a suspect, his humanity gets removed from the conversation.

[00:05:32]People stop seeing a son. They stop seeing a human being, a person with emotions, a family, potential, and people who loved him deeply. Instead, they see a narrative.

[00:05:48]A family is grieving right now. Parents are mourning their child. Loved ones are trying to figure out how to bring their son home.

[00:05:58]And from what I understand, they need support during this incredibly painful time. So, what I want to do is use my platform responsibly.

[00:06:11]I'm going to continue researching, gathering public available information, listening carefully, and trying to understand the full picture while advocating for a transparency and accountability. I don't want to spread rumors or misinformation.

[00:06:31]I want facts, truth, and meaningful discussions about how we can prevent tragedies like this from happening again.

[00:06:44]Mental health crisis should not automatically become deadly encounters.

[00:06:50]We need better systems. We need better training. We need more mental health response teams. and we need policies requiring officers to use alternative tactics once someone is identified as being in a crisis. My prayers are with my cousin, my family and his friends and everyone affected by this loss. I also want to share that I have spoken with his father and he gave me permission to share this tragedy with my platform. If you feel led with help to fund bring my cousin's body home or assistance with burial expenses, you can use my cash app that is listed in the description and I will forward the donations directly to the person who is in charge of that area. And the father is aware of this as well. So, thank you for listening and like I said, this is very, very, very tragic and I know that a loss of life does not have to occur just because that is what you are trained to do. I feel like training should be mandatory when it comes to mental health when a person is under a distress or any of that. And it's just unfortunate. And like I said, the videos are public. I stayed up till 3:00 a.m.

[00:08:26]one day just watching videos, looking at articles. I talked to his dad. I told him everything that I gathered so far.

[00:08:35]And it's unfortunate because I know for a fact that he did not have to get shot in the manner that he did, which was multiple times. And I'm just going to leave it like that because a lot could have been done better in that manner overall. And so, like I said, if you feel led to assist the parents with helping to bring his body home or if you want to help with the burial, feel free to do the cash out. Please do not send donations to my YouTube. It wouldn't get to me for a month. So YouTube pays out for one whole month. That's number one. Number two, it will be mixed in with my own income that comes from YouTube. And number three, I will get taxed on that. Oh, number four, YouTube charges a percentage. So, I haven't looked into see the details of how that would work with YouTube, but to make it easier, just send a a cash app and I will forward it to the person that is handling his affairs. So, be blessed and I will talk to you all soon and thank you in advance for your assistance. Here's a little video of my cousin just playing music. He loved music and so this is a little video of him. I hope you enjoy.

[00:10:27]I don't mind spending every week.

[00:10:48]All right. So, I would just like to inform you that you're not witnessing a legend in the making. You're witnessing the makings of a legend. Right now, the legend is hungry.

[00:11:01]If you're wondering why my pasta is orange, it's cuz I drowned it in hot sauce. Um, all right. So, I have a dream. I know a lot of people don't dream.

[00:11:12]But more importantly, I have goals and quotas throughout the day that I have to meet for pursuing this dream and pretty much putting life on hold or the rest of the world on hold. I can't do that no more.

[00:11:32]So, my time has to be spent progressing my goals.

[00:11:40]I have milestones that I have to meet and I got places to go, got people to seek.

[00:11:49]The penitentiary ain't the place for me.

[00:11:52]I think two of the most important things to me to make it is consistency and content.

[00:12:00]And I know you're tired of seeing my face right now. It's only been like 3 days. So just imagine as time progresses, you're going to get used to it. You're going to hate me. You're going to love me. You're going to hate me again. And you're going to miss me when I'm gone. That's how it works. But anyway, consistency and content.

[00:12:19]I'm doing it every day. And if I'm not here making music or doing something that involves music that involves my music specifically or my company specifically, then