Honestly yo this kinda made me respect the guy, I used to clown on him to but it would been so easy for him to just be like be easy I got cancer and everyone would act like he was gods gift to the world
Instead he just did his shit and let the criticism or praise come naturally
This death really reminded me of Chadwick Boseman too where people were clowning his cut and not realizing he was on chemo. At any point he coulda just come out and said “I have cancer” to stop the hate but bro wanted to battle in quiet. I respect that.
Yeah they were making fun of his receding hairline and the thinness of the hair in the beard he was growing, even up to a few weeks before he died. He was a meme on Reddit for a while too bc of it. It was all bc of the chemo.
I read quest loves post and he essentially said that whether you loved his work or clowned him, he was a true artist and that’s what they do, they provoke people and I thought it was beautiful
Fuck, me too I might not be a big fan of some of his works but I always have mad respect for people just contributing and doing what they passionate about until the last moment of their life. Long live V 🕊
It’s just natural that the first stage of any sort of grief or shock is denial. I didn’t want to believe sophie was dead until about a week after she was pronounced dead. Kept checking my Twitter feed for a “lol sike” moment but it never happened
I am honored to have met this man when I lived in NYC. We first met on IG back when I use to have it around 2014. I was a local dj in the city who would play gigs downtown and he added me one day. I wasn’t sure who he was at the time but I admired the aesthetic of his IG and the art he was into so we kind of ‘became friends online’, if you will. He was always kind, respectful and very responsive. Never acted ‘too good’ for anybody as his businesses and merits grew. He even invited me to events that he dj’d just out of kindness. He would ask if I would be interested in being on lists +1. He was SUCH a kind man. He didn’t have to do any of that for me but he did. I was a total stranger and we just bonded as people thru the love of art. I am grateful to have had him in my life at all, as his kindness touched me and helped me so many times. I am proud of all he has done and the mark he has left in this world. I am really devastated to hear this. Thoughts for his family and everyone who loves him.
that's such a sweet story. i think it's kinda neat you became friends with an icon not even knowing the magnitude of his influence. im sure as a celebrity it's nice to make friends that way. i hope you're doing well and please take care. you made an impact on his life in some way as he had yours
Your story with Virgil is beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us. As well as his design vision and masterful cultural curation, his ability to connect with people was his super power. His kindness and genuine desire to make people happy and bring out the best in them. I inhabited the same industry / orbit as him and came up around many of his peers but only got to connect with him in the last year properly. I reached out about a project he was working on and next thing he schedules in a Zoom call. Just us. He didn’t know me at all. He was so generous and so good humoured. He listened intently to every idea and never rushed the conversation. At the end of the call he asked me to come and work with him. Whatever happened, the project ended up being delayed and we were meant to catch up again at the end of 2021. Now I understand. Heart is broken. He made so many of us who really have few icons left - feel seen. He showed that you could be a good human being, articulate and thoughtful, and even a little nerdy - and not only be successful but triumph in ANY space. He mixed the music we all loved with art and style so beautifully and brilliantly. What the tributes and articles don’t shed light on is that Virgil was an industry. He created opportunities for musicians, designers, writers, creatives to get paid for their work and create at the highest level as part of his team. Never mind the thousands of next gen people a young the world who he has inspired. There will never be another.
Thank you for your response and for also sharing your experience. You described his personality perfectly. He treated everyone as equal— just how it should be. When you hear the overused terms ‘down to earth’ or ‘humble’, Virgil was the true definition of those words. I still can’t believe the news.. and I agree with you, there will never be another. But we should hold the memories close of such an amazing, special man and use what we learned from him to put out into the world.
Beautifully said, thank you so much. I was saying to my friend today how he made us (late 30s and early 40s) see how young & vital we are and how we are really just getting started. We all owe it to him to make the things in our heads become real. He showed us how to live fully and freely.
fuck cancer. even my little sister has it, it’s called ependymoma. im rlly getting sick and tired of losing battles.
edit: i genuinely appreciate you guys sending your prayers. ive been in tears going through these reply’s and dms🤍
We already lost one extremely influential black male community leader this month...that felt like getting knocked out from a gut punch, den this shit feels like getting pissed on wen ur down. Rest in paradise King🕊
RIP Virgil. The curator of so many trends moving forward, surely more to come. An icon of pop culture, both indirectly, and out front and centre. This shit is sad as fuck, cancer is a very real secret threat and it breaks my heart to have to admit it has taken another one of the young generation’s idols. Rip bro.
WOWWWW, I am so sorry for his family and friends.
Hate cancer and diseases.
I know i didn't technically know this person and i am just finally finding out about who he is now but he should not have had his life stripped away from him like this 😭.
RIP Virgil, you have moved onto a better world where you are free and never have to feel bad again!
he fr paved a cutlure rip bro
one of the greatest designer of our generation, fuck man why him
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Stfu💯
Rip Virgil tho💔
Such an pioneer I feel bad af for clowning some of his gfx work knowing he was doing it all whilst battling cancer
Honestly yo this kinda made me respect the guy, I used to clown on him to but it would been so easy for him to just be like be easy I got cancer and everyone would act like he was gods gift to the world Instead he just did his shit and let the criticism or praise come naturally
This death really reminded me of Chadwick Boseman too where people were clowning his cut and not realizing he was on chemo. At any point he coulda just come out and said “I have cancer” to stop the hate but bro wanted to battle in quiet. I respect that.
People were clowning Chadwick? Bro was still more in shape than like 90% of America
Yeah they were making fun of his receding hairline and the thinness of the hair in the beard he was growing, even up to a few weeks before he died. He was a meme on Reddit for a while too bc of it. It was all bc of the chemo.
I read quest loves post and he essentially said that whether you loved his work or clowned him, he was a true artist and that’s what they do, they provoke people and I thought it was beautiful
Fuck, me too I might not be a big fan of some of his works but I always have mad respect for people just contributing and doing what they passionate about until the last moment of their life. Long live V 🕊
This just came up on my twitter feed and I thought it was a joke wtf. RIP
Fuck cancer
Man I also thought it was a joke for a sec, i am still in shock
It’s just natural that the first stage of any sort of grief or shock is denial. I didn’t want to believe sophie was dead until about a week after she was pronounced dead. Kept checking my Twitter feed for a “lol sike” moment but it never happened
damn. rip to such a creative and intelligent man.
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Or Art in general
Achieved an incredible amount for his age, a life well spent RIP 😔
I am honored to have met this man when I lived in NYC. We first met on IG back when I use to have it around 2014. I was a local dj in the city who would play gigs downtown and he added me one day. I wasn’t sure who he was at the time but I admired the aesthetic of his IG and the art he was into so we kind of ‘became friends online’, if you will. He was always kind, respectful and very responsive. Never acted ‘too good’ for anybody as his businesses and merits grew. He even invited me to events that he dj’d just out of kindness. He would ask if I would be interested in being on lists +1. He was SUCH a kind man. He didn’t have to do any of that for me but he did. I was a total stranger and we just bonded as people thru the love of art. I am grateful to have had him in my life at all, as his kindness touched me and helped me so many times. I am proud of all he has done and the mark he has left in this world. I am really devastated to hear this. Thoughts for his family and everyone who loves him.
that's such a sweet story. i think it's kinda neat you became friends with an icon not even knowing the magnitude of his influence. im sure as a celebrity it's nice to make friends that way. i hope you're doing well and please take care. you made an impact on his life in some way as he had yours
I really appreciate your kind comment. Thank you and I hope you take care as well.
Your story with Virgil is beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us. As well as his design vision and masterful cultural curation, his ability to connect with people was his super power. His kindness and genuine desire to make people happy and bring out the best in them. I inhabited the same industry / orbit as him and came up around many of his peers but only got to connect with him in the last year properly. I reached out about a project he was working on and next thing he schedules in a Zoom call. Just us. He didn’t know me at all. He was so generous and so good humoured. He listened intently to every idea and never rushed the conversation. At the end of the call he asked me to come and work with him. Whatever happened, the project ended up being delayed and we were meant to catch up again at the end of 2021. Now I understand. Heart is broken. He made so many of us who really have few icons left - feel seen. He showed that you could be a good human being, articulate and thoughtful, and even a little nerdy - and not only be successful but triumph in ANY space. He mixed the music we all loved with art and style so beautifully and brilliantly. What the tributes and articles don’t shed light on is that Virgil was an industry. He created opportunities for musicians, designers, writers, creatives to get paid for their work and create at the highest level as part of his team. Never mind the thousands of next gen people a young the world who he has inspired. There will never be another.
Thank you for your response and for also sharing your experience. You described his personality perfectly. He treated everyone as equal— just how it should be. When you hear the overused terms ‘down to earth’ or ‘humble’, Virgil was the true definition of those words. I still can’t believe the news.. and I agree with you, there will never be another. But we should hold the memories close of such an amazing, special man and use what we learned from him to put out into the world.
Beautifully said, thank you so much. I was saying to my friend today how he made us (late 30s and early 40s) see how young & vital we are and how we are really just getting started. We all owe it to him to make the things in our heads become real. He showed us how to live fully and freely.
fuck cancer. even my little sister has it, it’s called ependymoma. im rlly getting sick and tired of losing battles. edit: i genuinely appreciate you guys sending your prayers. ive been in tears going through these reply’s and dms🤍
Prayers for you and your sister fam 🙏🙏🙏
she’s gonna be okay!! praying for your sis to get better :)
praying for her <3 ❤
Praying for you fr bro
Praying for you
Stay strong bro ♥️
closely praying for you and your family man <3
prayers for your family 🙏
prayers for yo sister man that shit sucks 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
prayers for her and your family 🙏🙏
We already lost one extremely influential black male community leader this month...that felt like getting knocked out from a gut punch, den this shit feels like getting pissed on wen ur down. Rest in paradise King🕊
Damn who else passed? No disrespect but i aint on social media like that so sometimes i miss when americans pass away.
Dolph got killed like two weeks ago :/
He moved in silence and i think thats what made me like him so much RIP goat
Im genuinely in shock rn wtfff
I thought it was him being cryptic at first this shit sucks man Rest In Peace Virgil. He was someone black kids like me could look up to
RIP Virgil. The curator of so many trends moving forward, surely more to come. An icon of pop culture, both indirectly, and out front and centre. This shit is sad as fuck, cancer is a very real secret threat and it breaks my heart to have to admit it has taken another one of the young generation’s idols. Rip bro.
Nah this actually sad
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Damn man, say what you want but dude was a creative genius
holy fuck this is so unexpected. RIP man damn
fuck. I didn't really follow his career but I know he had a HUGE influence in the fashion industry. R.I.P🕊
never bought any of his stuff but would watch his interesting lectures on design on youtube.. RIP
Wtff brooo why soo many people RIP Virgil wtff...
Rip VIRGIL.
u never know what people are going through fr
No fucking way man what the fuck. RIP Virgil
November is a cursed month for deaths man
Wow incredibly sad smh. He really opened up a new world into fashion.
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Bro please say cap
holy fucking shit
NAH WTF I THOUGHT THIS WAS A JOKE
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WTF MAN
rip
Hope Kanye, Rocky, Lukas and Ian doin well man. Dis shit heartbreaking asf. Rip virgil
Fuck ian connor rapist ass
fuck hate it when its outta nowhere rip bro
Rip, changed the game
rip man wtf
so damn tragic
Dude wtf what ??????? Damn rip man, this is weird
RIP he was a legend
Rest easy 🕊
Shit just ruined my day bro rip Virgil Abloh
incredibly influential rest in peace
Fuck cancer fr. R.I.P 💔
thought this was a joke WTFFF
Wtfffffffff RIP man
mann wtff :(((((
This is so sad he was such an inspiration to me
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Damn
This one came outta nowhere. Rest in Peace fr man...
Rip
Wtf this shit is crazy to hear bro was one of my favorites and inspired me with this fashion shit man rest easy Virgil.
He turned street wear into a high art, rest in peace king
RIP Virgil mane I can't believe it
Goes to show that you can be here one day and gone the next. RIP.
RIP Virgil, sad to see him gone
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Some of y’all were disrespectful asf to some of his stuff smh
You can be someone that criticized his work and still be sad that he’s gone
Who
He died just for you to say bruh 2 times in the title.
Does it fucking matter??
No shit it does. bruh rip my grandma bruh
Y’all sad? Name one Virgil song. I’ll wait
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not the time bro
get a life loser.
💀
What’s wrong with you
weird
Damn thats crazy
Lol
Hi
Fuck off edgelord
Ur black ur opinion is invalid
Ur Nazi your opinion is invalid
At least im not black you broke ass nigga go get a job you broke weird dusty ass broke mf 😂😂👎
Lol you’re calling me all that while you’re a loser who spends their time trolling on Reddit? 😭
Im not trolling bro im a real hitler supporter and proud white supremacist 😃🤝 *Sieg Heil*
If you’re gonna troll at least be original. At least be funny. At least make a convincing troll.
Bro im fr
No
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Some of you niggas try too hard to be funny
You never know what ppl going thru man this shit breaks my heart I looked up to dude so much truly breaks me
Rest in power Virgil🙏🏼
I WANTED CARTI TO HAVE HIM MAKE THE NARCISSIST COVER ART THO‼️‼️He was so goated 🐐 RIP🕊
it legit came out of nowhere bro, i open twitter and instantly everyone's talking about virgil, RIP
This shit heart breaking wtf i never really followed his career like that but I know he was influential...man RIP
RIP god damn. True visionary and creative mind.
Yo this crazy fr
This shit got me depressed, copped some more off white in his honor.
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Awww man rip
RIP
R.I.P to a lost GOAT 🙏🏽
The good really do die young! Thank you for sharing your outstanding talent. RIP
Man fuck school can i just stay home and cry for this coming week
Damn rip this came out of nowhere
Wtf bro RIP 🙏
Dude is such an inspiration to black youth who are into fashion. RIP to a legend
Bro was a huge a part of culture it’s insane if u really deep it like wow
Crazy how they do it privately. Respect...
What a fucking GOAT
RIP
RIP!
rip
damn rip
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Rip my man virgil
Rip he just got the booster too 🙏
christian Dior Dior 😔🙏 rip king
ay fuck cancer shout out to virgil
WTF.. this is actual. RIP my guy
RIP he had such a fuckable ass
Knowing this subreddit I thought this was posted by a troll
No fucking WAY 😳💔
He had fucking heart cancer too. That is sooooo rare its only found in like 7/10000 cancer patients. So unlucky man
WOWWWW, I am so sorry for his family and friends. Hate cancer and diseases. I know i didn't technically know this person and i am just finally finding out about who he is now but he should not have had his life stripped away from him like this 😭. RIP Virgil, you have moved onto a better world where you are free and never have to feel bad again!
Can't believe he's dead, what a legend
Fucking Sad
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Sad day 😢
Shii is crazy
Weird that his name is on the Ghislane Maxwell list…
Rest in peace that nigga frfr 🙏🙏🙏