No man or woman is responsible for anyone’s death when suicide is involved.
The hip-hop world was shook last weekend after reporting rapper and comedian Freddy’s E’s suicide, especially weeks after Pro Era Brooklyn-based rapper Capital Steez took his own life Christmas Eve after eerily tweeting “The End” from his Twitter account.
Freddy E broadcast on Twitter how unsatisfactory his life had become, professed his love to his family, and then eventually took his own life.
In the midst of all this, the 22-year-old artist had just gone through a breakup with Tyga’s Last Kings artist Honey Cocaine. It didn’t take long for fans to connect the dots and decipher tweets between the two, and draw the conclusion that Freddy E killed himself after having his heart broken and being egged on by the Canadian female rapper.
Many people need to realize this could not have been the sole source of Freddy E’s problems, and Honey Cocaine is not to blame. She did not place the rifle to his head and pull the trigger. And whether or not she baited the rapper, as humans, we all have self-control. He killed himself because he wanted to kill himself.
Freddy E could have been depressed, overwhelmed and looking for a quick way to end his mental and emotional suffering. Maybe his breakup with Honey Cocaine was the tipping point that finally pushed him over the edge, or maybe there were other variables we are unaware of. Nobody knows what was going on in his life, but Freddy E and those closest to him. We know nothing about the life he lived outside of the Twitterverse most of us are tightly wrapped up in.
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Suicide is never sudden. It can be caused by mental issues, medical problems, or a gradual catalyst of unfavorable events that can lead anyone to believe their life is no longer worth living. It is rare that someone wakes up and decides to kill themselves. It is very possible Freddy contemplated this before, or acted on impulse, unsure of how to deal with a new set of uncertainty on top of an already full and pressured plate.
More than one million people take their own lives each year in America. According to WomensHealth.gov, men are four times more likely to carry out suicides than women because they aren’t as likely to reach out for help. Suicides in men tend to be more violent, too.
Bottom line is, Freddy E was having a difficult time coping with the misfortune in his life, and failed to find a positive way to resolve it all.
The threats and blame to Honey Cocaine need to stop. They won’t bring Freddy E back, and no one stopped to think about how she felt about the suicide of her ex-boyfriend. Bad enough he killed himself after their split, now everyone is saying it’s all her fault. Besides blame, Honey Cocaine is undergoing emotions of her own that might include anger, regret and sadness from this tragic event.
The question many people have to look at is how they would feel if someone close to them killed themselves after a negative interaction with the deceased. If she’s responsible for his death via a breakup and some tweets, then so are we for not reaching out to the artist through the same avenue. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? We can’t place his death in her hands.
Instead of pointing the finger, let’s take the time to think about what we can do to prevent tragedies like this. We need to open our eyes to look for the fatal signs of those who are in emotional distress.
