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Navigating sudden family loss as a teenager can leave deep, lasting emotional wounds that feel impossible to carry alone.
When musician @honestav97 lost his brother, he chose to channel his heavy grief, confusion, and raw pain directly into his music. By sharing his honest story, he created a powerful space of healing and connection for millions of listeners who are walking through their own dark moments.
If you are carrying heavy grief or searching for hope, please know that your feelings are valid and support is available. You are never alone.💜
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Transcript
My brother, like, hung himself. He's in the garage. Like, his hands were, like, in the roof like this, so, like, I assume he, like, probably regretted it or whatever. But I, like, couldn't get him down. I'm 15. I'm, like, trying to pick him up. I couldn't get him down. I'm, like, screwing from my eye. I'm, like, bad, dad. He, like, comes out. He's like, what? He would never ever ever come to you. He would always best yell, what? What? Like, what? What do you want? Or, yeah. Yeah. And I'm like, bad, dad, dad. And he's like, what? And I'm screaming, like, get the fuck down here. And my mom my stepmom's in, like, her ribs are broken, so she was in, like, a rib brace at the time. I run up to him. I'm like, dad. I'm like, come down here. He's like, tell me what tell me. Tell me. Ends up running down there. I mean, it it that all probably lasted two seconds. In my mind, that lasted a year, but that that really probably lasted two seconds. He runs down the tier bone. I remember him, like, you no, it felt like he punched. My brother hung himself with an extension cord, so if I don't know how he got him down. It really felt like he, like, punched it or he, like, ripped it down. I don't know. He got my brother down. My stepmom's sitting there. I I we had a cord phone at the time, and it was right next to their bed, and I, like, called the police.
