{"id":53348,"date":"2026-02-07T19:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/lil-jon-mourns-death-of-son\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:59:53","slug":"lil-jon-mourns-death-of-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/lil-jon-mourns-death-of-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Jon Mourns Death of Son."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lj.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Lil Jon\u2019s son, Nathan Smith, has been found dead after going <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/lil-jons-son-dj-young-slade-reported-missing\/\"><strong>missing in Milton, Georgia, earlier this week.<\/strong><\/a><\/span> He was 27.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Smith\u2019s body was found in a pond on Friday (Feb. 6) morning. Police have said there was no indication of foul play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cI am extremely heartbroken for the tragic loss of our son, Nathan Smith,\u201d Lil Jon said in a statement. \u201cHis mother, Nicole Smith, and I are devastated. Nathan was the kindest human being you would ever meet. He was immensely caring, thoughtful, polite, passionate, and warmhearted \u2014 he loved his family and the friends in his life to the fullest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The statement went on to say: \u201cHe was an amazingly talented young man; a music producer, an artist and engineer, and graduate of NYU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cWe loved Nathan with all of our hearts and are incredibly proud of him. He was loved and appreciated, and in our last times together we\u2019re comforted in knowing that we expressed that very sentiment to him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUbtEcoD_XA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">View this post on Instagram<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center;white-space: nowrap\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUbtEcoD_XA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by LIL JON (@liljon)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Friday, Cherokee county fire department divers found a body in the pond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThe individual is believed to be Nathan Smith, pending official confirmation by the Fulton County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office,\u201d police said in a statement at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cBased on the investigation to date, there is no indication of foul play,\u201d police said. \u201cHowever, the Milton Police Department Criminal Investigations Division will continue to treat this as an open and active investigation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Smith performed professionally as DJ Young Slade, and released his debut single \u2018Move Thru Fire\u2019 in 2020, shortly after graduating from college. \u201cHe was so happy to express his art n do it himself,\u201d Lil Jon said in an Instagram post about the song yesterday. \u201cI was so proud of him for doing it all on his own.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/lil-jon-mourns-death-of-son\/\">Lil Jon Mourns Death of Son.<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\">Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, &amp; 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