Offset reveals his great uncle Jerry has died of coronavirus and asks fans: ‘Pray for my family’

Offset announced this Sunday that his great uncle Jerry has succumbed to coronavirus amid the ongoing pandemic.

The 28-year-old wrote on his Insta Stories: ‘Smfh this corona s*** done killed my great uncle Rip uncle Jerry damn man.’

Afterward he asked fans to ‘Pray for my family,’ posting a picture of a black leather cross sewn onto camouflage fabric.

Offset rose to fame as part of the musical trio Migos with his relatives Takeoff and Quavo, who have not commented publicly on the death.

Takeoff is the nephew of Quavo, who is Offset’s cousin, and the trio all grew up together in the Atlanta suburbs, according to a Spin profile from 2013.

All three of them were brought up by Quavo’s mother Edna Marshall whom they refer to as Mama, they shared in an interview with Rolling Stone. 

Offset did not specify on his Insta Stories this Sunday whether Jerry was related to him on his mother’s or father’s side.

During a recent Instagram Live session Offset’s wife Cardi B spoke about how the pandemic had impacted those ‘around’ her.

‘It’s hard to feel good when so many people around you are going through s***,’ she said Tuesday before a chat with Bernie Sanders.

Last month Cardi had to go to the emergency room while suffering a stomach illness, she revealed in since-deleted tweets.

She shared on the social media platform that ‘I was literally throwing up everything I swallow and lost 5 pounds in 4days do to stomach issues.’

Cardi and Offset have been married since 2017 and they are the parents of a one-year-old daughter called Kulture.