Pat Stay has died astatine the property of 36 aft a stabbing successful downtown Halifax successful Nova Scotia, Canada, TMZ reported. Although it hasn’t been officially confirmed by police, the Canadian rapper’s brother, Pete Stay, confirmed the death, which took spot Sunday morning, to CBC, the outlet further reported. Authorities seemingly responded to the shocking incidental conscionable aft midnight and Pat died from his injuries soon aft being transported to a hospital. As of Sept. 4, there’s reportedly inactive been nary apprehension for the stabbing and authorities are asking anyone with accusation to travel forward.
As we nonstop our comfortableness to Pat’s family, friends, and fans, find retired much astir him and his budding rap vocation below.
Pat was known for being 1 of the champion conflict rappers connected the scene.
The rapper, who was from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, would often battle different rappers connected stages by utilizing freestyle, insults, and wordplay, and became fashionable among the community. Despite his success, helium inactive admitted to not having large connections that could assistance him get connected “big media outlets/platforms” and conscionable hours earlier his death, helium asked for his followers’ assistance with getting much vulnerability connected his Instagram story.
His occurrence brought connected a reasonably ample societal media following.
At the clip of his death, Pat had implicit 70,000 followers connected Instagram and implicit 43,000 followers connected Twitter. He would usage his pages to beforehand his euphony and beliefs and besides shared clips of interviews. He would besides stock comic clips of himself that brought connected a batch of responses from followers.
Drake praised him successful a opus that dissed The Game.
In the song, which was precocious released, Drake tin beryllium heard saying, “Pat Stay’s decidedly 1 of, if not, the best.” The YouTube video of the diss tune, which tin beryllium seen above, has implicit 109K views and uses a screen mentation of Dido‘s song, “Thank You,” which was besides utilized in Eminem‘s 2000 opus “Stan.” It besides included praising remarks by Method Man and Joe Budden, and encouraged The Game to a rap battle.
His decease brought connected respective societal media tributes.
“I tin moonwalk with alloy toed boots on” Rest successful bid Pat Stay. Battle Rap icon and king. If u cognize maine u cognize one ever thought helium was the best. I’m hurt.
— Alchemist Type Beat (@Alchemist) September 4, 2022
Hip Hop artists similar The Alchemist and R.A. The Rugged Man took to Twitter to stock their sadness. “‘I tin moonwalk with alloy toed boots on’ Rest successful bid Pat Stay. Battle Rap icon and king. If u cognize maine u cognize one ever thought helium was the best. I’m hurt,” Alchemist wrote. R.A. called him “a precise chill idiosyncratic and a household man” and sent “condolences to his loved ones.”
Pat has kids.
The hep hop creator was besides a begetter to his five-year-old lad Calvin and 10-year-old girl Alaura. He would sometimes stock photos and saccharine messages to them connected societal media for peculiar occasions, similar their birthdays. Last week, connected Calvin’s birthday, the doting dada shared photos of him, including 1 successful which helium was holding him close, alongside a loving caption.
“Today is my champion friends 5th birthday. My existent beingness ace hero, Calvin Royce Stay. I truly mean it erstwhile I accidental I tin ne'er find the words to genuinely picture however overmuch I emotion you buddy,” helium wrote. “I adore you, I respect you, you’re a kid yet I inactive look up to you. You are everything I could person ever dreamed of successful a lad x1000. I americium perpetually successful disbelief with however fortunate I americium and however peculiar you are. I shed blessed tears reasoning astir it and our peculiar bond, often. I’m definite I’ll beryllium posting much videos and pics successful my communicative contiguous but for now. Cheers to my twin, my full 🌎.”