The unexpected death of Fredo Santana, the older cousin of Chicago rapper Chief Keef, was understandably surprising to hip-hop fans. While the 27-year-old was candid about his struggles with drug addiction -- specifically Xanax and lean -- the extent of his health damages was unclear. The rapper was reportedly suffering from liver and kidney failure, and his fatal seizure was caused by a cardiovascular disease that is believed to have been brought on by his drug use. In turn, fans have been quick to blame codeine cough syrup for the death of Fredo Santana, but Chief Keef wants everybody to stop making that assumption.

Taking to Twitter, 24-year-old Chicago drill legend Chief Keef wished that people would stop spreading misinformation about his cousin's death. 

Fredo Santana never had extreme mainstream success but as a leader in drill music, he played a major role in its proliferation across the world. The rapper’s life was cut short two years ago today when he died from kidney failure. The game hasn’t forgotten about him since his passing. His friends and family, in the rap game and out, have continued to carry on his legacy since his passing.

On the two year anniversary of his passing, Chief Keef, Fredo’s cousin, took to Instagram to share a throwback picture of the two back when they were younger. Keeping the caption simple, Chief Keef wrote, “Better smiles than Hard times.” DP Beats and Lil Reese both showed some love in the comment section of Chief Keef’s post.

G Herbo also took to his Instagram Story where he showed love to the late rapper on his death anniversary. Sharing a photo of Fredo seated on a throne, writing “[Long live] Big Boss aka Trap God aka Real Savage CEO.” Last year, G Herbo hit the ‘Gram to raise awareness about people with PTSD, especially in a place like Chicago where death is prevalent in the Southside. This was partially inspired by Fredo Santana who explained months before his death that he was using drugs as a way to cope with his own PTSD.

Legends never die. We’ve had a rough few years in terms of accepting the fact that some of our favorite rappers are gone forever. Thankfully, we still have the musical catalogues containing to industry-shakers like Juice WRLD, XXXTentacion, Mac Miller, Nipsey Hussle and others. After news broke last week about Mac Miller’s upcoming posthumous album Circles, it was confirmed that Nipsey Hussle’s album Victory Lap was finally awarded platinum status. Those two revelations certainly had people thinking over the weekend and one artist envisioned a bunch of rap’s fallen soldiers in one room, playing cards and lighting up one of Heaven’s rooms with their joy. 

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Tory Lanez shared the artwork on his social media profiles, pointing out that he’s not entirely sure of who created the picture but that it brought him to tons of emotional places. “Crazy…. S.I.P … don’t know who made this. But this is incredible,” wrote the Canadian singer. The artwork shows Fredo Santana, Nipsey Hussle, Lil Peep, Mac Miller, A$AP Yams, Juice WRLD and XXXTentacion gathered around a table with cards in their hands, weed on the surface, and half-drunk glasses of whiskey in front of X and Fredo. The picture truly is beautiful.

Remember some of the greatest forces to have impacted this generation of hip-hop below and think of what they could have accomplished had they not been taken away from us so early in their lives.