Yung Joc confronted an unimaginable tragedy after an condo hearth in southwest Atlanta claimed the lives of three of his brother’s younger youngsters.
The hearth, which broke out Monday (February 17) afternoon on the Nation Oaks Flats, took the lives of 4-year-old Jhacari White, 9-month-old Xhalia White, and 1-year-old Xyla White.
Emergency crews rushed the siblings to Grady Memorial Hospital, however regardless of medical efforts, they succumbed to their accidents associated to smoke inhalation.
The reason for the fireplace stays below investigation.
The Atlanta rapper and radio host revealed his connection to the tragedy throughout his Streetz Morning Takeover present, sharing that he had remained quiet at first to make sure the main target stayed on the victims.
“I don’t assume folks knew that that was my brother, my brother’s household, their youngsters,” Yung Joc mentioned. “I deliberately didn’t need to communicate out on it as a result of I didn’t need to overshadow this story.”
“However the actuality of it’s, I’m human, we’re human, and I’m hurting, my household’s hurting, my brother’s hurting, his girlfriend’s hurting,” he continued.
A group candlelight vigil held Thursday, which might have marked Xyla’s second birthday, grew to become not solely a remembrance for the younger lives misplaced but in addition a present of help for the grieving household.
Neighbors, mates, and family members gathered to mourn, consolation one another and categorical their condolences in a second of collective sorrow.
Atlanta hearth officers haven’t launched additional particulars on what could have began the blaze.
Native authorities urged residents to examine smoke detectors and create evacuation plans to stop related loss.
