Rapper Fetty Wap breaks down in tears following four-year-old daughter's death
Fetty Wap has broken his silence to celebrate the life of his late daughter, Lauren Maxwell, who sadly passed away over the weekend.
In an emotional Instagram Live video, the 30-year-old rapper tearfully thanked fans for their support after the death of his four-year-old.
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"She's good. My baby's happy now," he said in the video.
Rapper Fetty Wap broke down in tears following his four-year-old daughter's death. Instagram
"My shorty," he added before kissing a photo of Lauren. "That's my little twin right there."
Wap, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, then asked his millions of Instagram followers to comment on his posts with butterflies, which were Lauren's favourite animal.
"If y'all could do me a favour," he said. "Just post all butterflies on my s--t."
"Shorty loved butterflies," he added. "And if y'all could do that, it'd mean a lot to me."
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On Sunday, Lauren's mother and Wap's ex-girlfriend, Turquoise Miami, announced the tragic news via Instagram.
"This is my amazing, beautiful, funny, vibrant, loving, talented, smart and hardheaded princess mermaid Aquarius," Turquoise wrote. "If you see this post scrolling by with her comment or just say to yourself 'I love you LAUREN' because they say that souls can feel your love #rip💔."
Rapper Fetty Wap's daughter Lauren died at just four years old. Instagram
Lauren's cause of death has not been revealed.
Miami also came to the 'My Way' rapper's defence following criticism he has received for his parenting.
"The internet had very negative energy towards our child which bought me distress reading, so please stop any negativity towards him," she wrote. "Lauren love her daddy too just like she love me and he mourning hard just like me."
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Wap has a total of six children five different mothers and regularly posts photos with all his kids.
"Pieces of my heart ❤️ ..... It's them over anything or anybody 👑," he wrote in a heartfelt post back in June for US Father's Day.
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