UPDATED 8/5, 9:28 a.m. ET: Fetty Wap and his ex’s daughter Lauren, 4, reportedly died due to “heart defect complications.”
In a new report shared Thursday, TMZ wrote that Lauren’s death certificate says she passed due to a cardiac arrhythmia caused by complications from congenital cardiac anomalies. As the report notes, she had the heart issue since birth. She died on June 24 in Georgia.
Lauren’s mother, who goes by @fineassturquoise on Instagram and has taken issue with her government name being revealed amid the news, confirmed what the death certificate says in a post, but shared that there’s more to the story. “But that is not the full cause of her death that is why the autopsy hasn’t come back! How dare y’all go steal my child’s death certificate and announce the cause of death before anybody was ready. There is a reason why! Her autopsy isn’t back yet asshole @tmz_tv @hollywoodunlocked.”
In her caption she added the early cause of death reports are “the most disrespectful shit y’all could ever do to a human being. … And [they] have the audacity to PUT MY GOVERNMENT NAME that has not been on the internet, on the Internet DO Y’ALL SMOKE CRACK!?”
In several Stories posts, she also said, “Y’all love breaking news so bad but this is my life and it’s me without my daughter not none of y’all! I feel the loneliness every night not none of y’all! Y’all so fuckin thirsty to report a 4 year old. This is my trauma that is why I posted and moved HOW I FELT COMFORTABLE!”
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Fetty Wap took to Instagram Live Tuesday, where shared an emotional tribute to his late, 4-year-old daughter Lauren Maxwell, whose death her mother announced over the weekend.
During the Live, Fetty showed off a photo of Lauren and asked his fans to populate his feed with butterfly emojis, which apparently were his daughter’s favorite. The 30-year-old rapper also called Lauren his “shorty,” and referred to her as his “little twin.”
“She’s good. My baby’s happy now,” Fetty said.
As fans began to share butterfly emojis with the “Trap Queen” rapper, he seemed overwhelmed with emotion, and remarked that his daughter would be “happy” with the outpouring.,
“That’s love. I appreciate ya’ll, for real. Damn,” he said. “That’s love. She’d be happy as hell.”
Lauren’s death was revealed last week, when her mother Turquoise Miami shared an emotional post dedicated to her daughter on Instagram.
“This is my amazing, beautiful, funny, vibrant, loving, talented, smart and hardheaded princess mermaid Aquarius,” she 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.”
Before the IG live, Turquoise asked fans to be “more compassionate” to Fetty, encouraging them on her IG Stories to send over butterfly emojis, too. While they haven’t always gotten along, she said that their co-parenting had “improved” since.
“All that Y’all need to know is Lauren loved her daddy and he loved her,” she wrote. “She made him laugh with her crazy funny personality and she loved to be the center of attention and he loved to be her audience.”
Fetty also appeared to allude to Lauren’s passing on his IG Stories after his Rolling Loud performance a couple weeks back, writing that he “did that shit” for her. The rapper previously lost his younger brother, Twyshon Depew, in October.
Lauren’s cause of death has not been shared by her family.
