{"id":25987,"date":"2019-06-25T12:39:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T18:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1052077"},"modified":"2019-06-25T12:39:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T18:39:14","slug":"etikas-youtube-friends-react-to-tragic-news-of-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/etikas-youtube-friends-react-to-tragic-news-of-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Etika’s YouTube Friends React to Tragic News of His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The YouTube community is in mourning after a familiar face was found dead in New York City.<\/p>\n

Earlier today, the NYPD confirmed<\/a> the tragic passing of Desmond Amofah<\/strong> better known as Etika<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“On Monday, June 24, 2019 at approximately 1818 hours, police responded to a 911 call for a person floating in the waters in the vicinity of South Street Seaport in the confines of the 1st Precinct,” authorities said in a statement. “Upon arrival, officers discovered an unresponsive, unidentified male at the location. NYPD Harbor removed the male to the Pier 16 where EMS pronounced him deceased. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing.”<\/p>\n

Once police confirmed Etika was found deceased, YouTube and its stars couldn’t help but pay tribute.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“We mourn the loss of Etika, a beloved member of our gaming creator community,” YouTube Creators said in a statement on Twitter<\/a>. “All of us at YouTube are sending condolences to his loved ones and fans.”<\/p>\n

Take a look at just some of the touching memories and tributes being shared online below.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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RIP Etika. My heart is so so heavy hearing this news. I hope that the community FINALLY realizes that creators are human beings with real, valid feelings. Someone having followers doesn’t excuse cyberbullying. It’s so easy to be kind to one another!<\/p>\n

\u2014 James Charles (@jamescharles) June 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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About #etika<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zwzGxozGIY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Boogie2988 ? vidcon! (@Boogie2988) June 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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RIP Etika. We didn’t know each other but I just wanted to say rest in peace. It gets said a lot on social media but I’m gonna say it again. Reach out to someone, anyone, to talk through things. There are always people that care about you \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lux (@Callux) June 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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His final words to me… damn this hit me hard. pic.twitter.com\/OL1io5YPKy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 KEEM ? (@KEEMSTAR) June 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Mental illness is not a joke, nor is it something you should keep inside. I’ve had my struggles from time to time too. We all do. REACH OUT when it happens, no matter how much you feel you can’t. Nobody is alone in this life.<\/p>\n

Rest In Peace, Etika. https:\/\/t.co\/1t8TujABi0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 cbass (@FaZeCBass) June 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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I only met Etika once but the man had a legendary personality and you could tell he was born to entertain.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how it got to this point but today is a sad fucking day.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lannan (@LazarBeamYT) June 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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I want his funeral to be as big as his personality, his heart, and his spirit. I loved him. He is finally at peace.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alice ? AX!! (@TheAlicePika) June 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Our thoughts and prayers go out to Etika’s family during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Instagram The YouTube community is in mourning after a familiar face was found dead in New York City. Earlier today, the NYPD confirmed the tragic passing of Desmond Amofah better known as Etika. “On Monday, June 24, 2019 at approximately 1818 hours, police responded to a 911 call for a person floating in the waters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-10 17:21:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}